At Gompers Elementary-Middle School, located on Detroit’s northwest side, teachers and administrators came together to address the issue of chronic absenteeism, when students miss more than 18 days of school.
Education
Posted inEducation
Metro Detroit students start new school year with familiar challenges, fresh solutions
The 2023-24 year marks the fourth full school year since the pandemic started, and offers the state’s public schools an opportunity to recalibrate academic recovery programs, tackle mental health issues, and address longstanding problems.
Posted inEducation
New school year and new challenges on the first day of school in metro Detroit
As the new school year begins in Detroit Public Schools Community District and others across Michigan, students face familiar challenges — with the promise of fresh solutions.
Posted inEducation
What you need to know as Detroit students return to school
The year begins with big questions about how Detroit will manage its enrollment challenges and protect students from the impact of budget cuts.
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.
Posted inEducation
Michigan teachers still scrounging for classroom supplies
Michigan schools are responsible for supplying items that students need to learn. But teachers continue to spend hundreds of dollars from their own pockets and routinely ask families, friends and strangers to help.
Posted inEducation
Detroit district contract would raise salaries 6% for highest-paid teachers
If the agreement is ratified, the district would give all teachers a retention bonus, as well as extra pay for hard-to-staff positions and veteran employees.
Posted inEducation
Task force holds public meeting on settlement funds for Detroit literacy
The task force will conduct annual evaluations of Detroit literacy and provide state-level policy recommendations. It also will provide the recommendations to the DPSCD school board, but they do not have to accept them.
Posted inEducation
Detroit attendance proposal would kick students out of their chosen school for high absenteeism
As of 2022, only about 55% of Detroit Public Schools Community District students attended their assigned neighborhood school.
Posted inEducation
Michigan school tutoring funds not likely until spring state officials say
Michigan’s record education budget includes $150 million set aside for tutoring to help students recover from pandemic learning loss. But the state’s strict approval process means a wait until possibly March for the money.