Even without full attendance, Monday marked another step toward a pre-pandemic normal. An estimated 20,000 students were expected to report to school, or about 40% of the total. That’s about twice as many as last fall, when the district reopened classrooms until rising COVID-19 cases forced a suspension in mid-November.
Youth & Kids in Coronavirus
BridgeDetroit, with sponsoring funds from the Skillman Foundation, is providing special coverage of Detroit families, youth and kids during the coronavirus pandemic. Detroit is rallying together to protect the well-being of children, and rightly, the stories of these efforts are being told.
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Third-graders return to classroom, but are they prepared to succeed?
Some Detroit third-graders were projected to be held back due to the State’s new Read by Grade Three Law in 2020. A year and a pandemic later, parents and education advocates fear many more are behind in 2021.
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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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Detroit students have great expectations for Biden-Harris administration
Even though most of them aren’t old enough to vote, high-schoolers in Detroit say they’re celebrating the many firsts Vice President Kamala Harris brings to the role, while maintaining great expectations for the new administration.
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Report: Michigan’s food insecurity problem only got worse during COVID-19 pandemic
An advisory group to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer tasked with identifying the causes and scope of food insecurity in Michigan — particularly as the COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated the problem — made several recommendations intended to address the issue.
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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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As football resumes, King High takes a season of lessons to the field
Detroit’s Martin Luther King varsity football team has fumbled and stumbled its way to a winning year, amid a never-ending coronavirus pandemic. As always, their alumni coaching staff have been the constant that got them through.
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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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Black, Hispanic Detroiters hesitant to take coronavirus vaccine
In a study from the University of Michigan, 60 percent of Detroiters surveyed say it’s unlikely they’ll get a government-approved coronavirus vaccination when it becomes available. Experts say it’s because of distrust and ‘cultural incompetence’ in health care systems.
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Another casualty of COVID: testing for lead poisoning in Michigan
In old paint, water pipes and the ground, lead can leave a child with a lifetime of learning problems and mental health issues. But during the pandemic, the number of children being tested for poisoning has been cut in half.