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The mayor's role

Duggan’s schools commission has already brought charter and district leaders to the table. Here’s what else it can do (and what it can’t)
Detroit
3 days ago

pink slips

Detroit
May 23, 2018

One Detroit principal keeps his job as others get the ax. Next year’s challenge? Test scores.


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choice and competition

Detroit
May 22, 2018

It’s not just Detroit. Across Michigan, ‘active and aggressive’ competition imperils schools

Busing together

Detroit
May 21, 2018

A partnership to make bus stops for students at district and charter schools in Detroit appears to be back on track

Dropped charters

Detroit
May 21, 2018

Detroit board members decide not to renew charter, leaving 3 schools and 700 students in limbo

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Detroit's future

One year in

Detroit
May 17, 2018

A year after Nikolai Vitti arrived in Detroit, a look back at his application shows what’s changed

A year after Nikolai Vitti arrived in Detroit, we return to his application — his blueprint for the district — to mark the things that have happened, the plans that have been made, and the work still left to do.

Is Lemmons leaving?

Detroit
May 16, 2018

Detroit school board member Lemmons weighs leaving, slams colleagues he says listen to special interests

Name recognition could help Detroit school board member LaMar Lemmons in his run for Senate. If not, he'll run for board re-election

making their case

Detroit
May 15, 2018

As pink slips go out to Detroit principals and school leaders, some are pleading their case to the school board

Superintendent Nikolai Vitti issued “non-renewal notices,” to four school principals and 12 central office administrators.

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tick tock

Detroit
May 14, 2018

As a school board decision looms, some Detroit charters are jumping ship. Others have their fingers crossed.

Three Detroit schools aren’t waiting around for the outcome of a debate over the future of charter schools overseen by the main Detroit…

Sweetener

Detroit
May 10, 2018

As Detroit’s schools chief celebrates new salaries, veteran teachers may want to give the district a second look

Detroit school officials took to the podium on Thursday to trumpet new pay guidelines they hope will help fill 190 teacher vacancies.

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Detroit
May 10, 2018

As Chalkbeat Detroit grows (again), meet our newest reporter and hear how you can have your voice heard

Chalkbeat Detroit is growing again — and we’d like you, our readers, to help our team cover the story of Detroit schools in new and exciting ways.

Casting their lines

Detroit
May 9, 2018

‘Come help these babies.’ Inside the Detroit district’s long-shot effort to end a crippling teacher shortage

Detroit's main district is looking for teachers who are ready, willing and able to teach.

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Detroit
April 16, 2018

Let’s solve the right problems for Detroit’s students with disabilities — not recycle old ones

I’ve spent 25 years both studying and actively trying to improve schools for students with disabilities. Segregated settings aren't the answer.

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classroom to congress

National
3 days ago

Can Ms. Hayes go to Washington? A national teacher of the year explains why she’s running for Congress

Jahana Hayes thinks what Washington, D.C. needs is a schoolteacher — one of the nation’s top teachers, in fact.

breaking

Indiana
2 days ago

A student is in custody after Noblesville West Middle School shooting that injured another student and teacher

The victims were taken to hospitals in Indianapolis. No information is available on their status.

schools of the future

National
May 23, 2018

What does the ‘future of work’ mean for schools? Big claims leave educators with more questions than answers

Dig into common claims about our changing and you end up knee-deep in mixed messages and muddled statistics. What now?