In the Detroit Public Schools Community District, the graduation rate is 78% while the dropout rate is 16.15%.
Shannon Houtrouw has been teaching computer science since 1998. This year, he learned he won a top award for educators.
The Detroit school district has seen a small reduction in chronic absenteeism for high school students since introducing a perfect attendance incentive.
In the Detroit Public Schools Community District, the graduation rate is 78% while the dropout rate is 16.15%.
Shannon Houtrouw has been teaching computer science since 1998. This year, he learned he won a top award for educators.
The Detroit school district has seen a small reduction in chronic absenteeism for high school students since introducing a perfect attendance incentive.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael Rice said Thursday his department believes in the value of teaching “all of history,” including lessons around racism.
The housing will be income-restricted and all K-12 educators in the region will be eligible to apply.
More than 3,000 students in the Detroit school district have been identified as homeless. The actual number is likely much higher.
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Youth in the system are calling on the Michigan Department of Education to require schools to immediately release their transcripts.
State Superintendent Michael Rice said he doesn’t expect the effort to abolish the U.S. Department of Education to succeed. But he worries that the Trump administration will attempt to make big cuts to education programs.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s budget proposal would increase per-pupil funding by nearly $400 per student.
The DPSCD lawsuit against the state Treasury Department remains alive, with the judge likely next taking up the state’s motion to dismiss the case
They are also asking community members to call on school boards and district officials to make the changes.
At one school in the Detroit Public Schools Community District, just 7% of the students attended class Monday.
Detroit Superintendent Nikolai Vitti reiterated a plan to offer four high school diploma options to students, beginning with the 2026-27 school year.
The Detroit Public Schools Community District will begin training key staff next week on what to do if immigration officials show up at schools.
Transparency for parents, increased literacy grants are key to Whitmer’s upcoming education proposal
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s education budget will be proposed a week after NAEP scores show Michigan students aren’t significantly improving in reading and math.
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Fourth and eighth graders did not make significant improvements to reading and math scores on the “nation’s report card” since historic lows in 2022.
A directive from the Trump administration lifts a longstanding policy of forgoing immigration arrests at or near schools.
Whitmer has also signed legislation that requires charter schools to publicly post teacher salary information and all public schools to allow indigenous students to wear traditional regalia to graduation ceremonies.
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The Detroit school board on Tuesday elected Corletta Vaughn as its new president. She says the board is looking to improve virtual meetings.
The $70 million will provide a one-time infusion of funding for the district that could be used for a number of efforts, including facilities and mental health support.
A special election for a millage proposal would cost the Detroit school district $1 million, officials said.
The Detroit school district is hoping its new incentive program will motivate students to attend school daily and improve its 66% chronic absenteeism rate.
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.
Districts serving the most vulnerable students struggle to retain high-quality educators.
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.
Detroit’s high childhood asthma rate causes kids to miss school, contributing to chronic absenteeism
Children with asthma and their parents need help to understand the disease process and how to mitigate their triggers.
Benchmark assessments from last school year suggest student achievement gaps are still wider than would be expected before COVID.
The Detroit-based program will be geared toward incoming 12th graders who come from a low-income household and have a minimum 2.5 GPA. Enrollment begins early next year.
One issue we’re watching: a lawsuit the Detroit school district filed against the state over a dispute about millage revenue.
The Detroit school district wants to use revenue from an 18-mill operating millage to pay off its remaining debt.