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Opinion | Detroit schools chief: Gov. Whitmer, let students play ball
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.
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The Detroit district targets February to restart in-person learning
The Detroit school district hopes to resume in-person learning by early to mid-February if the number of COVID-19 cases in the city declines significantly. Online classes resumed Monday.
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After months of negotiations, the Detroit district reaches agreements with support staff unions
The Detroit school district settled contracts with six non-teachers unions Friday that include pay raises and onetime bonuses.
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Detroit school board approves pay raise and 3-year contract extension for Superintendent Vitti
Despite some public pleas to delay the vote, the Detroit school board extended Superintendent Nikolai Vitti’s contract for three more years, making him one of the longest-serving school chiefs in recent district history.
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How two Detroit sisters cope and plan for a post-coronavirus society
BridgeDetroit’s engagement director Orlando Bailey is sitting down for interviews with Detroit youth to hear about their experience during the coronavirus pandemic and its accompanying social isolation.
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Has certifying Detroit’s election always been so politically polarized?
Certifying Detroit elections now involves extreme politics. This week, two Republican members of the bipartisan Wayne County Board of Canvassers remade election administration. This is not how it used to be.
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Report: Michigan’s most vulnerable students have limited learning options during the pandemic
The students who need in-person instruction the most are among the least likely to get it, new Michigan data shows.
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With COVID rising, Detroit closes classrooms; other districts may follow
Detroit had fought to keep its school buildings open, but the pandemic has caught up with the state’s largest district and its 51,000 students.
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Detroit district halts in-person learning due to growing number of COVID-19 cases in the city
The Detroit school district is suspending in-person learning and its learning centers until at least January 11 due to an increase of positive COVID-19 cases in the city. The closures are effective beginning Friday.