The 38 Michigan schools that were threatened with closure in January could now have a way to stay open. State superintendent Brian Whiston sent letters this week to eight school districts that have …
Tens Of Millions Of Dollars Spent On Improvements By Taxpayers And Nonprofits On Detroit Schools Are At Stake With Possible Closures
Parents, students and staff at the Fisher Upper Academy on Detroit’s east side gathered at the school last fall for an exciting announcement. The Ford Fund, the carmaker’s philanthropic arm, planned …
Podcast: A Deep Dive On Detroit’s Schools With Erin Einhorn And Julie Topping Of Chalkbeat
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Here’s How Poisonous Politics And Bad Timing Killed An Effort To Streamline School Enrollment In Detroit
A sophisticated new enrollment tool that was supposed to make signing up for school easier in Detroit won’t be of much use to the thousands of families whose children could be displaced by upcoming …
State Steers Detroit Parents To “Better” Schools That Don’t Accept Detroit Children
Thousands of Detroit parents last month opened their mailboxes to find an alarming letter. “You are receiving this letter because the school your child attends is at risk of being closed by June 30, …
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Worried Betsy DeVos Could ‘Destroy’ Public Education? Here’s What You Should Know
Ed. Note: With all the polarization out there on the internet, we thought we'd find a summary that highlights what could actually happen with the confirmation of Betsy DeVos, a wealthy Michigander who …
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Where Are The Detroit Schools That Face Possible Closure? Everywhere.
Detroiters are only now absorbing the reality of potentially losing 25 struggling schools and trying to figure out where as many as 12,000 displaced students would go if their school is shut down at …
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25 Struggling Schools In Detroit Are Set To Close, But Nearby Options Aren’t Much Better
Michigan education officials’ aggressive school closure plan faces a major challenge: It’s unlikely that most students displaced by closures will end up in substantially better schools. That’s …
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