As the Detroit school district continues to explore ways to reduce chronic absenteeism, providing bicycles to students could help them travel to and from school, some board members say.
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Detroit schools are changing special education. Here’s how it impacts Detroit families.
The new plan will increase the number of self-contained classrooms for ESE students, but services will be offered in fewer schools.
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How will the Detroit district select a new school board member?
The district’s board announced the process it will use to fill a vacancy left by Angelique Peterson-Mayberry this month.
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Detroit district school board seeking new member after resignation
The board is now seeking people who want to fill the remainder of Peterson-Mayberry’s seat, which expires at the end of 2026.
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Michigan’s state superintendent demands release of $160M in federal funding
State Superintendent Michael Rice said the withholding of the federal funding would hurt some of the state’s most vulnerable children.
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For DPSCD’s small schools, costs are high and solutions are needed
The costly schools in the Detroit Public Schools Community Schools aren’t covering their costs.
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Twelve years after merger, schools of choice battle rages on in Ypsilanti
With K-12 enrollment declining statewide, state officials have encouraged consolidation within districts as an option to pool resources.
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DPSCD community celebrates planned return of Davis Aerospace to City Airport
The move back to the municipal airport will expand the aviation and engineering curriculum to include hands-on training and allow the school to enroll as many as 200 students
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Detroit school board adopts budget that maintains programs, attendance incentive
Henry Ford and East English Village students will be able to take yellow school buses as part of a new pilot program.
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Stay of deportation denied for Detroit student held by ICE, attorney says
Maykol Bogoya-Duarte’s request to remain in the U.S. to finish school was denied Wednesday, his attorney said.