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‘I just have to work hard for it.’ As Detroit students settle into their first semester of college, these programs provide needed support
By Lori Higgins
November 15, 2019

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Students in these Detroit schools grew more than their peers in a wealthy suburb. How did your school do?
By Koby Levin
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After years of fundraising and legal battles, a Detroit charter celebrates its new home
By Koby Levin
November 15, 2019
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I graduated from Detroit’s most prestigious high school. I still struggled when I got to college.
By Imani Harris
November 14, 2019

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Report: Michigan’s takeover of Detroit schools was ‘a costly mistake’
By Koby Levin
November 14, 2019
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Detroit board OKs student input on teacher evaluations, but reduces its impact
By Lori Higgins
November 13, 2019
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A Detroit group named her teacher of the year. Here’s how Sandra Limmer connects with her students
By Imani Harris
June 17, 2019

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Motor City students to benefit from a different kind of horsepower through new partnership
By Lori Higgins
November 11, 2019
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Vitti wants community input on plan to relocate some Detroit schools, programs, and even district headquarters
By Lori Higgins
November 5, 2019
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‘I want them to make the video games’: Detroit schools are racing into the digital future
By Koby Levin
November 4, 2019
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Just two months after a new ‘cradle-to-career’ school opened, Detroit principal is under investigation and on leave 
By Koby Levin
October 31, 2019
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Despite another last-place finish, Detroit fourth graders make big math gains on rigorous national exam
By Koby Levin
October 30, 2019
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As other states backslide, Michigan schools are now average
By Ron French, Mike Wilkinson
October 30, 2019
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Student input would play a part in new Detroit teacher evaluation system
By Lori Higgins
October 28, 2019
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Let’s solve the right problems for Detroit’s students with disabilities — not recycle old ones
By Lauren Morando Rhim
April 16, 2018
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Want to help children dealing with trauma? Listen to them.
By Lori Higgins
October 24, 2019
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Detroiters woke up before 3 a.m. to insist on a constitutional right to literacy. Will judges agree?
By Mike Wilkinson, Bridge Magazine
October 24, 2019
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Wayne State offers free tuition for Detroit grads 
By Koby Levin
October 23, 2019
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