When the school year began at Detroit’s Central High School last month, a beloved teacher was missing. Quincy Stewart, who was featured in a June Chalkbeat story about his innovative use of music to …
Here’s What Detroit Schools Superintendent Nikolai Vitti Says He Can Do By Next Year
It could be years before Detroiters see significant improvement in their struggling city schools, but Detroit’s new schools boss says there are some very specific ways that he expects to see some …
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Inside Nikolai Vitti’s Early Effort To Transform Detroit’s Battered Public Schools
Three months after taking on one of the most daunting tasks in American education, Nikolai Vitti was having a fit over pizza — $340,000 worth of pizza. Vitti, Detroit’s new school superintendent, …
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Here Are The Top 10 Public High Schools With The Best Teachers In Metro Detroit
The education ratings site Niche.com has come out with their top teachers in Michigan, and many of those schools are in Metro Detroit. For the purposes of this post, we're going to call Metro …
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A Legal Battle Brews Over Whether Detroit Students Have A Right To Literacy
A lawsuit filed nearly a year ago over the conditions in Detroit schools had its first day in court Thursday, but it could be a month before a judge rules whether it can proceed. The suit, filed in …
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Marygrove College To Become A Graduate-Only Institute, End Undergraduate Programs
Marygrove College, which has been facing a steep enrollment decline over the last three years, announced today that beginning in January of 2018, it will offer Master’s degree programs and close …
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PODCAST: Starting A Micro Charter School In Detroit With Drew Schantz Of Venture School
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Their Charter School Was In Debt, So Teachers Won’t Get Paid
Furious teachers at a recently shuttered Detroit charter school were notified Wednesday that they won’t be paid thousands of dollars they earned during the last school year. Teachers at the Michigan …
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Detroit Educators To Get Half Off Houses Auctioned Through Land Bank
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is getting ready this morning to announce a major effort to lure teachers and other school employees to the city of Detroit: Offering them half-priced homes. According to …
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New Children’s Book Teaches Pride In Detroit, Power Of Women Behind War Effort
Rosie the Riveter is such an iconic image, that sometimes people forget that it was more than just one woman that worked on the home front providing aid during World War II. Sure, there are books …
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Advocates Trying Again To Bring Order To Detroit’s Disorganized Public And Charter School Situation
It’s been more than a year since the tearful, emotional night when a divided state legislature blocked a major effort to bring order to Detroit schools. Now some of the parties involved in last …
A Detroit Teacher Uses Music To Expose Students To History, Politics & Power. “They Walk In Here And They Don’t Even Know Who They Are.”
As soon as Quincy Stewart started teaching music, he realized that harmonies and melodies would never be enough — not nearly enough for a man determined to connect his students with their history and …
A Tale Of Two Pre-Ks In Detroit Shows Gap Between Classrooms That Get Private Donations And Those That Don’t
LaWanda Marshall and Candace Graham both teach pre-kindergarten at the Carver STEM Academy on Detroit’s west side. Both have colorful, toy-filled classrooms, computers for students to use and …
No Music, No Art, No Gym, Overcrowded Classrooms And Teacher Shortages: The Journey Of Detroit’s New Superintendent Starts Here
Detroit schools have been buzzing these last two weeks with what feels like a fresh start. A new superintendent — Nikolai Vitti — has landed in the city and started his job as the first new leader …
Beyond The Bookshelf: How Detroit’s Libraries Are Finding New Ways To Engage With The Community
When folks talk about Detroit, we hear the same words used over and over again: poor, broken, abandoned, blighted. But our experiences in the Motor City have shown us something completely different – …
Big Sean’s Foundation Donates $15K To Help Support Homeless Wayne State Students
The Sean Anderson Foundation has donated $15,000 to benefit Wayne State University’s HIGH (Helping Individuals Go Higher) Program to provide short-term support to Wayne State students experiencing …
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When Fighting Back Against Detroit’s Poverty, You Need An Education To Survive
As Khali Sweeney travels to represent his beloved Downtown Boxing Gym, one thing always remains on his mind: That education is a keystone to moving Detroit forward. Actually, it’s the only thing …
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Looming Financial Threats Could Undermine ‘Fresh’ Start For New Detroit District, Says Report
The creation of a new school district last year gave Detroit schools a break from years of crippling debt, allowing the new district to report a healthy budget surplus going into its second …
Here’s The 100 Day Plan For New Detroit Schools Superintendent Nikolai Vitti
When new Detroit schools chief Nikolai Vitti arrives in Detroit as soon as next Monday, he plans to make daily school visits with an early focus on some of the city’s most struggling schools. Those …
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City Year’s Red Jacket Gala Raises $700,000 To Expand Their Program Into Three More Detroit Schools
Last night more than 700 people gathered at Cobo Center to attend the City Year Detroit's Red Jacket Gala. The money raised from the gala will help City Year improve the educational outcomes of …
Is An Exodus Of Detroit Teachers On The Horizon?
Stefanie Kovaleski loves teaching kindergarten at Detroit’s Bethune Elementary-Middle School. “I love this building. I love the kids in it,” she said as she doled out hugs and high-fives to her young …
Detroit’s Schools Are Full Of Empty Classrooms. Can They Find A Way To Keep The Buildings Open?
When Pershing High School opened in 1930, it was designed to serve more than 2,200 students in what was then a fast-growing part of the city’s east side. Today, the school serves just 314 kids. That …
Area College Creates Puppy Program For Students To Raise And Train Leader Dogs For The Blind
College is a time of growth. New experiences. Learning new things. For people... and now, for puppies. Leader Dogs For The Blind has a new partnership with Rochester College, located in Oakland …
Three Detroit-Area Charter Schools To Close In June, But Not All Parents Know
At least three Detroit-area charter schools will close in June after years of low test scores, leaving hundreds of families to scramble for new schools — including some who haven’t yet been …
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OPINION: New DPS Superintendent Dr. Nikolai Vitti Deserves Broad-Based Support
As a former Western High School teacher I’ve watched the selection process of the new superintendent from afar and, at times, chuckled to myself. I’ve read the stories about the candidacy of Alycia …
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New Shipping Container Kiosk On Riverfront To Teach Students About The Great Lakes
The Portal View is a shipping container repurposed to provide an education experience about the Great Lakes and the maritime industry's past and future. It opens to the public on May 22 (that's …
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What Detroiters Say New Schools Superintendent Nikolai Vitti Should Tackle First
Nikolai Vitti, the Florida school leader selected this week to run Detroit schools faces many steep challenges. Among the most daunting: He’ll be working with people who wanted someone else to get the …
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DJ Khaled Tells Detroit Students To Win As Part Of Launch For Get Schooled Detroit Program
None other than Snapchat and music star DJ Khaled is getting into the encouraging Detroiters to graduate high school. We've embedded the video above. It's all part of a push by Get Schooled and the …
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An Evening Of Stories: “School Days” With The Secret Society Of Twisted Storytellers & Chalkbeat
There is something special about listening to someone tell their story, and storytelling events have become pretty popular in the past few years. Every month The Secret Society of Twisted …
How Changes To Michigan’s Ranking System Hurt Schools Like Cass Tech, Help DeVos Family Charter School
Some of Detroit’s most celebrated selective schools saw their standings plunge on the state’s most recent school rankings. Renaissance High School was one of the highest ranked schools on …
