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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.
Debilitating pain turned me into a student I didn’t recognize. Here’s how I got back on track.
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.
The legislation will require school districts to create behavior threat assessment teams and create more stringent emergency response protocols.
The Senate passed a few of Democrats’ charter school reform bills Thursday night. Bills that would have required more financial transparency died in the House.
In Detroit and nationally, a push to reconnect youth who are not in school, college, or the workforce hits longstanding hurdles.
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The Detroit school district has worked to increase AP offerings in all high schools and encourage students to take the rigorous courses.
During a lame duck session, Senate Democrats approved bills that could require more financial transparency for charter schools.
The district wants legal clarity on whether it can use operating millage revenue to pay off all of its historic debt.
The district will educate the community about how the public comment changes will affect participants.
The introduction of the bills comes in the final days of Democrats’ control of the state legislature.
Lawmakers pushed the bills forward days after the three-year anniversary of the deadly Oxford school shootings.
The legislation would stop schools from forbidding Indigenous students from wearing traditional regalia to graduation ceremonies.
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Kelley Cusmano teaches student leadership and English language arts at Rochester High School.
The board delayed the decision in order to give the community more time to learn about the proposed changes.
One of the proposals would prohibit for-profit management companies from leasing property to the charter schools they run.
Nine bills on charter schools are awaiting action in the waning days before Republicans take control of the state House.
There were 22 candidates running for three seats on the Detroit Public Schools Community District board.
All of the top candidates for Michigan’s State Board of Education have concerns over how state education officials have responded to a federal investigation.
The election for the Detroit school board could determine the direction the district heads in the future.
The millage is important for Detroit because revenue from the millage goes toward paying off debt.