Hannah Dellinger

Hannah Dellinger

Reporter, Chalkbeat Detroit

Hannah Dellinger is a reporter for Chalkbeat Detroit. Previously, she was an education reporter at the Houston Chronicle, where she completed a project on censorship in Texas public schools with an Education Writers Association fellowship in 2022. Prior to that, Hannah was a Hearst journalism fellow for two years in Houston and Connecticut, where she published an investigation and database of child sexual abuse tied to Boys & Girls Clubs of America affiliates that won an Investigative Reporters and Editors Award in 2020.

The four-year graduation rate was 83% in 2025 – the highest it’s been since the state started using its current measures in 2007-08.

State Superintendent Glenn Maleyko praised the improvement in the high school graduation rate, but said there is more work to do.

The Department of Justice is investigating whether parents can take their kids out of classes with “gender ideology” lessons.

The current collective bargaining agreement is set to end June 30. Negotiations will likely start in the coming weeks.

The board voted Tuesday night to spend $1.7 million to hire additional security for the rest of the school year.

Tara Becker-Utess, an administrator at Mason High School, wants more students to take college prep classes.

The proposal aims to chip away at more of the $2.1 billion infrastructure needs the district identified in a 2018 analysis.

As immigration enforcement hits close to home in their communities, Cass Tech students demand change.

Detroit Superintendent Nikolai Vitti has made it a priority to invest in facility upgrades, but the district doesn’t have enough money to fix all of its building problems.

Muslim students say they often must choose between religious observance and school obligations.