Detroit
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has until Jan. 1 to opt Michigan into the program in order for the state to participate in 2027.
Chalkbeat asked candidates vying for five Detroit school board seats what the district should do about its small, costly schools.
Chalkbeat asked school board candidates to reflect on the district’s challenges and successes 10 years later.
Nearly half of Michigan students face economic disadvantages. Why don’t Michigan gubernatorial candidates specifically mention addressing poverty in their education plans?
All five BAMN candidates for the DPSCD school board want to oust Superintendent Nikolai Vitti. They all want to stop the district from closing small schools.
Michigan law allows parents of children with poor attendance to lose public benefits and face court penalties. Researchers question whether such penalties improve attendance.
DPSCD Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said students who were close to reaching grade level in reading didn’t get the individualized support they needed. The focus was on those who were very far behind, according to a district report.
The Detroit Public Schools Community District received $94.4 million from the state to settle a federal right-to-read lawsuit
There are 34 people running for seats on the Detroit Public Schools Community District board. Three of them are running for a partial two-year term.
Los distritos tienen dificultades para atender las necesidades de los estudiantes que aprenden inglés con niveles más altos de dominio del inglés, según defensores. Todavía no hay fondos específicos para estudiantes que siguen desarrollando su comprensión del inglés.
The Detroit Public Schools Community District has seen steady declines in student chronic absenteeism, but a majority of students still miss too much school.
Five four-year seats are open on the Detroit school board in the Nov. 3 election.
With five open seats on the seven-member board, there is potential for the governing body’s new majority to change the district’s strategies and policies. Would change help or put DPSCD’s progress at risk?
The Detroit Public Schools Community District continued to see improvements in its chronic absenteeism rate, which was at 60% at the end of the 2025-26 school year.
The Detroit school district is using its facility master plan to significantly improve its buildings, including adding air conditioning to many of them.
A Chalkbeat analysis found the percentages of DPSCD students at or above proficiency in math surpassed the combined average scores of suburban and city charter schools in nearly every grade on the M-STEP.
Districts struggle to meet the needs of English learners with higher proficiency levels, advocates say. There is still no dedicated funding for students expanding their English language comprehension.
The funding will allow GOAL Line Detroit to serve around 1,000 more students. The nonprofit also provides transportation from city schools to the programs.
Results on the Michigan Student Test of Educational Performance were released Friday.
Researchers say DPSCD’s long-term improvement over the years across all grades and subjects suggests systemic changes are paying off. However, the district’s proficiency rates remain behind statewide averages.