The funding will provide a one-time infusion of funding for the district that could be used for several efforts, including facilities and mental health support.
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Detroit district’s new attendance incentive is drawing more students to class
The Detroit school district is hoping its new incentive program will motivate students to attend school daily and improve its 66% chronic absenteeism rate.
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Detroit school district approves new millage proposal amid lawsuit
Members of the Detroit Public Schools Community District approved a resolution Tuesday to place an 18-mill operating millage on the ballot for a special election in May.
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Michigan’s treasury department asks judge to toss DPSCD lawsuit
The Detroit Public Schools Community District is moving ahead to potentially hold a millage election but is hoping a judge will rule the district can use operating revenue for non-operating debt.
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Black students, poor communities are hit hard by Michigan’s teacher shortage, report says
In the state’s highest-poverty communities, first-year teachers make up one-third of all teaching staff.
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Can financial incentives and holding students back improve attendance in Detroit?
Research on attendance incentives is mixed, and some experts worry that such efforts don’t address the family circumstances that lead many students to miss school.
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Detroit’s high childhood asthma rate contributes to chronic absenteeism
Children with asthma and their parents need help to understand the disease process and how to mitigate their triggers.
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Report: Michigan students improved math scores since COVID, but reading remains the same
Benchmark assessments from last school year suggest student achievement gaps are still wider than would be expected before COVID.
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The Michigan education stories we’re watching in 2025
One issue we’re watching: a lawsuit the Detroit school district filed against the state over a dispute about millage revenue.
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‘The kids everyone forgot’: The faltering post-pandemic push to reengage teens and young adults not in school, college, or the workforce
As Detroit clamors for skilled young workers to power its growth, more than a quarter of Detroiters age 16 to 24 are not going to school or working, the country’s second-highest youth disconnection rate, according to a Chalkbeat analysis of recently released U.S. Census Bureau data.