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Hope Starts Here

Two foundations announced ‘Hope Starts Here’ to improve the lives of Detroit’s young children. Here’s how they’re spending their money
Detroit
20 hours ago

Family Hubs

Detroit
December 14, 2018

Why the Detroit district is turning its adult ed centers into places where families can find helpful services


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School letter grades

Detroit
December 13, 2018

Lame duck Michigan lawmakers just voted on A-F grades for schools. Here’s what you need to know.

early childhood

Detroit
December 12, 2018

This growing program is addressing Detroit’s literacy crisis — just don’t say it’s filling a ‘word gap’

Literacy tutors needed

Detroit
December 11, 2018

Detroit enlists volunteer tutors before third-grade reading law takes effect

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Detroit's future

Payroll Data

Detroit
December 10, 2018

From pay to personnel, changes in the principal’s office shed light on Vitti’s first year — and his plans for the next

Changes in the principal's office during Superintendent Nikolai Vitti's are seemingly only a start. Vitti says he wants further pay and personnel shifts.

State of schools

Detroit
December 6, 2018

Equitable school funding prompts a tense moment during Detroit’s second State of the Schools event

School funding was a hot topic at a forum, attended by nearly 250 people in Detroit, that was designed to help them understand the state of schools in the city.

chronic absence

Detroit
December 6, 2018

Too few Michigan students are showing up to school. This study says fix unstable housing, not schools.

A new study suggests that the best way to address chronic absenteeism is to stabilize housing.

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State of the Schools

Detroit
December 6, 2018

Watch: The state of Detroit schools, according to the people leading them

Watch our livestream of the second annual State of the Schools address.

Power Shift

Detroit
December 5, 2018

GOP power grab — or path to better schools? Lame-duck votes could shift some Michigan education powers

A proposed education accountability commission would take on some powers currently held by state elected officials.

Tale the teacher

Detroit
December 4, 2018

Watch: ‘Educators are civil rights activists,’ school counselor says

Meet the LeBron James of school counseling who prides herself on being a "covert activist against latent racism."

School letter grades

Detroit
December 3, 2018

Lame-duck lawmakers could derail improvement-focused A-F rating system planned for Detroit

A bill that would require an A-F school letter grade accountability system in Michigan would put a halt to plans currently being developed in Detroit that were also required by state law.

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Moving Costs

Finding solutions

Detroit
November 7, 2018

Forum to seek solutions to Detroit’s problems with frequent school moves

The discussion, 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 15 at the main branch of the Detroit Public Library at 5201 Woodward, will be recorded and later aired on WDET's “Detroit Today” and DPTV's “American Black Journal.”
Detroit
October 10, 2018

Enrollment instability is a major reason why schools are struggling — so why isn’t anyone tracking the problem?

A Milwaukee newspaper that surveyed the education departments in all 50 states found that half don’t collect or post data on students hopping around. And of states that do collect the data, the numbers they collect are so inconsistent that making state-to-state comparisons is nearly impossible.

Moving costs

Detroit
October 3, 2018

Michigan gubernatorial candidates Schuette, Whitmer push for bus fixes to help Detroit schools

One day after an investigation by Chalkbeat and Bridge Magazine found 1 in 3 Detroit elementary students switched schools every year, candidates Bill Schuette and Gretchen Whitmer said their education plans could help.

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devos watch

National
Updated 3 hours ago

Obama-era discipline rules should be scrapped, Trump school safety commission says

The federal school safety commission recommends the move in a report released Tuesday.

money matters

National
20 hours ago

To help them across the college finish line, alums of KIPP charters in four new cities will be eligible for emergency cash

It's a straightforward strategy to help ensure students from low-income families make it through college — give them money when they need it most.

explainer

National
December 10, 2018

What it will mean if Betsy DeVos rolls back the Obama school discipline rules

It would be a victory for the conservative campaign to link school discipline reforms with unsafe schools.