With initiatives targeted at specific schools, neighborhoods, or family needs, they’re chipping away at a problem that has long undermined efforts to improve student achievement.
Christine Ferretti
Christine Ferretti is BridgeDetroit's managing editor, bringing 20 years of reporting and editing experience from The Detroit News, where she spent nearly a decade leading Detroit City Hall coverage, including the city's historic municipal bankruptcy. Her reporting has been recognized by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Michigan Press Association.
Ferretti holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and public relations from Madonna University and has completed fellowships with the National Press Foundation and Michigan State University's Great Lakes Environmental Journalism Training Institute.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
AFSCME puts Michigan’s Council 25 in receivership, dismaying local officials
The international dissolved Council 25’s elected board and took control of the council’s local operations and finances following an investigation.
Posted inPolice & Public Safety
Arrest made in connection with murder of Detroit synagogue leader
Samantha Woll was found fatally stabbed outside her Lafayette Park home on Oct. 21.
Posted inEducation
Detroit student who fought for ‘right to literacy’ is still in the fight
Jamarria Hall remains engaged in the fight to improve schools: ‘I want to change education,’ he says. ‘If you look at the last century, education has not changed at all.’
Posted inPolitical and Public Policy Information
Lawmakers, DWSD break down details and status of water affordability bills
BridgeDetroit convened a Community Conversation to bring residents together to discuss affordable water with Detroit Water and Sewerage Department Director Gary Brown and Detroit Democrats State Sen. Stephane Chang and State Rep. Donavan McKinney.
Posted inEducation
Michigan districts brace for Count Day as federal COVID aid nears end
Some districts used pandemic aid to shore up their budgets amid enrollment declines. They’ll no longer have that option late next year.
Posted inHousing
Detroiters pack east side community center for housing help. What to know
BridgeDetroit this week convened its second “community conversation” with the Detroit Land Bank Authority, Wayne Metro Community Action Agency and the Eastside Community Network on all things housing.
Posted inEducation, Uncategorized
DPSCD labor contracts with pay increases win board approval
Vitti is already looking ahead to next year’s contract and the need to retain mid-career teachers.
Posted inEducation
Detroit school district enrollment figures dip as year begins
Attendance rate slips, too, due in part to heat-related dismissals. ‘This week will give a better indicator,’ Superintendent Vitti says.
Posted inEducation
Detroit teachers union members approve one-year contract with district
About a third of the teachers union’s 4,300 members voted on the contract for 2023-24.