Education
The Class of 2021 navigates COVID, as well as college
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For Detroit high school students, applying to college in a pandemic brings new concerns and questions about “the right path.”
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For Detroit high school students, applying to college in a pandemic brings new concerns and questions about “the right path.”
The Detroit school district has decided it will pause in-person instruction next week to prevent the spread of COVID-19 after spring break.
Democratic lawmakers introduced bills Monday that would send $94.4 million to the Detroit Public Schools Community District, making good on a key piece of the lawsuit settlement that already has brought millions of dollars to the city’s students.
Even without full attendance, Monday marked another step toward a pre-pandemic normal. An estimated 20,000 students were expected to report to school, or about 40% of the total. That’s about twice as many as last fall, when the district reopened classrooms until rising COVID-19 cases forced a suspension in mid-November.
Some Detroit third-graders were projected to be held back due to the State’s new Read by Grade Three Law in 2020. A year and a pandemic later, parents and education advocates fear many more are behind in 2021.
Transportation struggles aren’t the only reason chronic absenteeism is so pervasive in Detroit schools, but it is the most common reason so many students aren’t showing up for class on a regular basis, Wayne State University researchers say in a new report.
In a predominantly white university in one of Michigan’s whitest regions, a declaration against racism prompts two white professors to claim they’re the real victims. Critics say the ongoing debate is exposing hard truths.
Students would be able to retake exams up to two times, the letter grades D and F would become a G or a No Credit, and homework largely would be limited to reading assignments or studying.
A new program called Michigan Reconnect offers free tuition at community colleges and many job training programs.
Students in states with higher COVID rates are playing, making it harder to believe the restrictions are health-related, Nikolai Vitti writes to the governor.