Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration shelved a planned $6 million investment in child care infrastructure to make more room for investments in home repairs, internet access, and job training.
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‘Profound’ racial gaps in AP course participation for Michigan students
Students of color are not realizing the full benefits of the Advanced Placement program.
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Newly elected Detroit school board members share top priorities
Tuesday’s winners all aimed to continue the district’s ongoing reform efforts to address poor academic achievement and chronic absenteeism.
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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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Four Detroit school board seats up for grabs. What you need to know
Chalkbeat reporter Ethan Bakuli talks to BridgeDetroit’s Bryce Huffman about the issues impacting the Nov. 8 race for the school board in the city’s public school district.
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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 NAEP scores put an exclamation point on the pandemic’s academic toll
Math scores declined sharply nationwide on the first National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, given since the pandemic, and Detroit was no exception.
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Detroit Superintendent Nikolai Vitti named nation’s top urban educator
Nikolai Vitti was one of nine finalists for the Urban Educator of the Year award.