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In ‘speed dating’ exercise, Detroiters grill school board candidates about third-grade reading, charter schools
Detroit

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New Arrivals

Detroit

1 day ago

In a letter to Betsy DeVos, Michigan officials highlight the plight of refugee students — and ask for testing waiver

live stream

Detroit

1 day ago

WATCH: Candidates for Detroit school board introduce themselves live

meet the candidates

Detroit

September 18, 2018

These candidates are running for Detroit school board. Watch them introduce themselves.

NEW DATA

Detroit

September 17, 2018

Michigan’s ‘band-aid’ for filling teaching jobs is expanding. Here’s what you need to know.

Detroit's future

Detroit

September 13, 2018

A foundation, a district, and a university unite in Detroit to build one of the nation’s first ‘cradle to career’ schools

When it’s up and running, the school coming to the campus of Marygrove College in northwest Detroit will be one of the first in the nation to serve everyone from babies to graduate students, simultaneously educating children, giving high school students the opportunity to earn college credits, and training teachers in an innovative new way.

What's in a name?

Detroit

September 11, 2018

Ben Carson, Aretha Franklin, will be part of lengthy public debates as Detroit board approves new policy to rename school buildings

Months after Ben Carson’s name became a hot-button issue in Detroit, the city school board approved a policy Tuesday that moves Carson’s critics…

mark your calendar

Detroit

September 10, 2018

Mark your calendars: Here are four chances to dig into the issues facing Detroit schools

As we at Chalkbeat work to cover education in Detroit, we’re keeping our ears to the ground by participating in four upcoming events…

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How I Teach

Detroit

September 14, 2018

For this Detroit teacher, math is about teaching ‘what makes something true’

Here, in a feature we call How I Teach, we ask educators who’ve been recognized for their work how they approach their jobs. You can…

price tags

Detroit

September 6, 2018

Here’s how much it will cost to fix your school. Report puts a price tag on repairs at every school in Detroit’s main district.

Kindergartners arriving at Nichols Elementary-Middle School this week for the first day of school were welcomed to a building that needs massive repairs…

test scores

Detroit

September 5, 2018

These Detroit schools are the city’s most improved

Sean Townsin has a one-word explanation for why his small charter school was among the most improved in the Detroit this year in…

looking forward

Detroit

September 4, 2018

Despite heat, water problems, Detroit students get a fresh start

It took a lunch table of high schoolers to give Superintendent Nikolai Vitti some good news on the first day of school.

First Person

First Person

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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How Chicago schools are using cool classes like aviation and game design to repopulate neighborhood schools

Schools see career-education classes as a means of attracting students who had fled local schools and also of teaching fundamental skills and concepts.

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Brooklyn middle schools eliminate ‘screening’ as New York City expands integration efforts

The changes mark one of the most far-reaching integration efforts under Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration.

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In a letter to Betsy DeVos, Michigan officials highlight the plight of refugee students — and ask for testing waiver

To teachers who work with recently arrived refugee students, the problem is clear: Although their students will eventually learn English, their language skills…

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