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Schola Latina

With school board approval, new Detroit Latin School plans to enroll students as soon as next fall
Detroit
1 day ago

Miseducation

Detroit
2 days ago

Promising students in Detroit lack access to high-level AP classes that are common in suburban schools


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How I Teach

Detroit
October 12, 2018

Meet the teacher behind a farm-to-cafeteria program powered by Detroit students with disabilities

Out of town

Detroit
October 11, 2018

Just a quarter of Detroit students attend schools in their own neighborhoods. The rest commute.

Detroit
October 10, 2018

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

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Moving Costs

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.
Detroit
October 2, 2018

The children of 8B: One classroom, 31 journeys, and the reason it’s so hard to fix Detroit’s schools

The 31 eighth-graders in Bethune’s “8B” homeroom had collectively attended a total of 128 schools — an average of more than four schools each. They are among countless others just like them in cities like Detroit — kids who’ve spent their childhoods starting over every couple of years, navigating new schools, trying to fit in.

survey says

Detroit
October 2, 2018

Detroit makes it easy to switch schools. So parents do. Frequently.

Overwhelmingly, Detroit parents said they moved their children to new schools because they wanted better for their child — a safer school, a cleaner school, the kind of school where their children could thrive.

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Long-term fix

Detroit
October 9, 2018

Detroit district settles on long-term water fix, but major facilities issues remain

Detroit schools are getting new water filtration systems in the next year, a long-term solution to one piece of the district’s staggering school…

Race and policy

Detroit
October 9, 2018

Michigan students of color more likely to struggle, less likely to have teachers who look like them

That lack of diversity among teachers is just one reason why the report finds that children of color are struggling in schools. Faced with challenges related to poverty, including health problems and unstable housing, they’re more likely to have chronic school absences. They’re more likely to change schools frequently, which can affect their ability to succeed. They’re more likely to drop out and to post low scores on state exams.

The race

Detroit
October 8, 2018

As governor, Bill Schuette would consider ‘all options’ for struggling schools, including closings

Schuette stopped short of saying that he would actively close schools down but he has supported school closings in the past.

How I Help

Detroit
October 4, 2018

‘Unapologetically myself’: How one Detroit counselor uses humor, social media, and Beyonce to support her students

It didn’t take long for Joy Mohammed’s students to realize that they literally didn’t have what it took to work on the high…

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Detroit's future

another new school?

Detroit
September 28, 2018

In a bid to lure students back to Detroit, Vitti wants to open a new school focused on classical culture

Just two weeks after Detroit’s main district announced the opening of one new school, its superintendent is asking…

detroit philanthropy

Detroit
September 27, 2018

How do you make a better school? The Detroit Children’s Fund says start with principals  — and $85 million

One of Detroit’s largest education philanthropies is expanding its presence in the city’s schools, laying out plans to spend upwards of $85 million…

listening tour

Detroit
September 25, 2018

These parents won’t stop chipping away at literacy and the language barrier in Detroit schools

Para leer este artículo en español, oprima aquí. If you think it’s hard to navigate Detroit’s troubled school system, try doing it…

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Well-funded political action committee supporting charter schools poised to campaign for mayor, aldermen candidates — with potentially enough to sway elections.

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A Chalkbeat roundtable: What New York City is still learning from its teacher strikes of 1968

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New York
15 hours ago

We’re a middle-class black family. Here’s why we’ve skipped our local schools for now.

While some newcomers in our neighborhood seem willing to take a chance on works-in-progress schools, we feel we have little room for error.