More than two dozen struggling Detroit schools will likely be added to the state’s “partnership” program after posting years of rock-bottom test scores. That will bring to 50 the number of Detroit …
The Prospect Of A $30,000 Pay Cut Pushed This Teacher Out Of Detroit Schools And To The Suburbs
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 …
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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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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 Detroit Schools Could Be Shut Down In June, 38 Total In Michigan
The state of Michigan Friday put 38 struggling schools on notice. After years of rock-bottom test scores and disappointing results, the schools were informed that they’re in serious danger of having …
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Detroit’s first intentionally diverse charter school might not stay that way
It was four days into the two-week enrollment period for the new Detroit Prep charter school and Kyle Smitley was starting to worry. Smitley, the school’s co-founder, had opened Detroit Prep in …
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Spain Elementary, Once A Symbol Of Detroit’s Troubles, Gets A Chance To Show Off
Three weeks into the school year at Spain Elementary-Middle School, the teachers are starting to get used to their new classes. Students are starting to get back into the swing of things. And now …
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Eighth Grader Taught Classes And 23 More Startling Allegations In Schools Lawsuit
The federal civil rights lawsuit filed this week on behalf of a Detroit school kids isn’t likely to bring a quick fix to Detroit’s troubled schools. Even successful lawsuits can take years to wend …
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A Principal And His Staff Have Just One Year to Prove Their School Should Survive
It was the first day of school at the Mumford Academy high school and principal Nir Saar was working the hallways, shaking hands, introducing himself to new students. “There’s the football star!” …
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Most Detroit Schools Are Off The Chopping Block For Now, But 5 Charter Schools Could Still Close
Dozens of low-performing Detroit schools that faced possible closure next spring may have gotten a stay of execution from Gov. Rick Snyder this week — but some city charter schools are still on the …
Most Buildings Repaired, But School Starts With As Many As 200 Teaching Jobs Unfilled In New Detroit Public District
Eight months after hundreds of Detroit teachers made national headlines by calling in sick to draw attention to deplorable conditions like rodents and buckling floors in public schools, city officials …
A Block Away, But A World Apart: Detroit And Grosse Pointe Schools Have Largest Poverty Divide In Nation
School district borders often divide students by income — and in Detroit and many other places across the U.S., that gulf is especially wide. That is the conclusion reached in a report released …
Detroit Could Get Another First: Little Free Libraries In Every School In A District
Many of us carry our own little library with us. It’s called a Nook or a Kindle or one of the other e-readers. Mine’s a Nook. When I open it up sayings appear. One of them is a quote from Cicero, “A …
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HAP Launches School Supply Drive For Detroit Schools
Before you know it, the school year will be here. With that in mind, there are a lot of kids who need school supplies. To help out, Health Alliance Plan (HAP) is partnering with the Detroit Public …
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