Tuesday’s winners all aimed to continue the district’s ongoing reform efforts to address poor academic achievement and chronic absenteeism.
Ethan Bakuli, Chalkbeat Detroit
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Election results: Here’s who won seats in the Detroit school board election
18 candidates were vying for four open seats in this year’s Detroit Public Schools Community District school board election.
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Tyrone Winfrey, Detroit educator and youth advocate, dies at 63
Winfrey, who was born and raised in Detroit, was the executive director of community affairs for DPSCD
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Newcomer LaTrice McClendon has big fundraising lead in Detroit school board race
Among the 18 candidates for four seats on the Detroit Public Schools Community District’s school board, one has raised more than half of all the donations.
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Detroit’s vacant Cooley High School expected to be sold to nonprofit
Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said the district is on the verge of selling the storied building for $400,000.
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Detroit students talk with astronaut in space as part of aviation program
Most kids dream of going into space one day. For students at Detroit’s Davis Aerospace Technical High School, Tuesday brought the chance of a lifetime: talking with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station.
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This Detroit teacher carries her father’s legacy into the classroom
How do teachers captivate their students? Here, in a feature we call How I Teach, we ask great educators how they approach their jobs.
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Here’s where candidates for the Detroit school board stand on education issues
The candidates for the Detroit school board weigh in on chronic absenteeism, mental health, and enrollment losses.
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Detroit school board revives name change talk for Carson, East English Village
Detroit Public Schools Community District is reopening community conversations over a high school named after the retired neurosurgeon and former Trump cabinet member.
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‘No violence in general’: Detroit students speak out at Day of Peace
“A Day of Peace and Healing,” was created to acknowledge the trauma and tragedies students have experienced at school or at home.