Moving Costs

How students changing schools disrupts Detroit classrooms, a joint project from Chalkbeat and Bridge Magazine.

Detroit

Report: Detroit students leave the city for schools that aren’t much better

By Lori Higgins

September 4, 2019

Detroit

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

By Koby Levin

November 16, 2018

Detroit

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

By Joel Kurth, Bridge Magazine

November 7, 2018

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Detroit

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

By Erin Einhorn

October 10, 2018

Detroit

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

By Chastity Pratt Dawsey, Koby Levin

October 3, 2018

Detroit

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

By Erin Einhorn, Chastity Pratt Dawsey

October 2, 2018

Detroit

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

By Erin Einhorn, Chastity Pratt Dawsey

October 2, 2018

Detroit

They don’t even say goodbye: The heartbreak and challenge for teachers in schools where students are on the move

By Erin Einhorn, Chastity Pratt Dawsey

October 2, 2018

Detroit

At a Detroit school, two women become detectives when students stop showing up

By Erin Einhorn, Chastity Pratt Dawsey

October 2, 2018

Detroit

5 ways to stop students from changing schools — or at least reduce the impact

By Erin Einhorn, Chastity Pratt Dawsey

October 2, 2018

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