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What will it take to boost school funding? Detroiters want to know.
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Name Changes?

Detroit

3 hours ago

Detroit school named after Ben Carson would get a new name that evokes its Crockett history

emergency aftermath

Detroit

8 hours ago

More fallout from emergency management: A tiny city inside Detroit is looking for a new charter operator

Early Start

Detroit

March 22, 2019

Detroit students will get jump start on learning if the board agrees to begin classes in August

latchkey for free

Detroit

March 21, 2019

Mayor Duggan launched a bus route to draw students back to Detroit schools. Is it working?

Future of Schools

Educator Concerns

Detroit

March 20, 2019

Michigan educators like their own schools — but urge young people to stay away from their profession

It was the one of the largest surveys ever done of Michigan educators, and the results will help shape policy recommendations.

nec schola Latine

Detroit

March 11, 2019

Detroit Latin to pursue a charter after talks break down with Detroit district

Leaders of the proposed Detroit Latin High School want it to be a charter school, turning away from a partnership with the Detroit district.

Marygrove School

Detroit

March 11, 2019

As Detroit works to appeal to more families, hundreds apply to new high school at Marygrove

Detroit's newest examination high school at Marygrove College is expected to open with ninth-graders and a focus on social justice and engineering

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lowering the stakes

Detroit

March 19, 2019

As a deadline looms to make test scores a bigger part of teacher evaluations, Michigan lawmakers race to change the law

Legislators are racing to delay a scheduled increase in the role of test scores in Michigan teacher evaluations.

Making the grade

Detroit

March 18, 2019

City commission moves forward with A-F grades for Detroit schools, bucking new state rating system

In moving ahead with A-F school grades, a Detroit city commission is defending its idea of what a good school looks like, bucking Michigan's grading system.

Detroit

March 14, 2019

Months into the adoption of a new curriculum in Detroit, teachers deal with growing pains — and victories

The Detroit school district adopted a new curriculum in math and language arts to better prepare students, but it's been challenging for teachers

Montessori Learning

Detroit

March 13, 2019

The Detroit school district wants to attract new parents. A new free-standing Montessori school might help.

The new Montessori school would be housed in a school building the district is taking back from a charter school.

Moving Costs

moving forward

Detroit

November 16, 2018

Frequent school changes are hurting students. Here’s how Detroit’s educators want to fix the problem.

As Detroit education leaders gathered Thursday night to find solutions to the problem of students frequently changing schools, it was clear that the…

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.

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A crisis and an opportunity: Inside the fight to save one Denver middle school

While the student body was mostly white when the school opened, it is now mostly students of color, forcing a hard conversation about the role of race in school closure.

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Memphis parent advocacy group spreading model to other cities, most recently Nashville

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