In the Detroit Public Schools Community District, the graduation rate is 78% while the dropout rate is 16.15%.

The Detroit school district has seen a small reduction in chronic absenteeism for high school students since introducing a perfect attendance incentive.

More than 3,000 students in the Detroit school district have been identified as homeless. The actual number is likely much higher.

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

At one school in the Detroit Public Schools Community District, just 7% of the students attended class Monday.

The Detroit Public Schools Community District will begin training key staff next week on what to do if immigration officials show up at schools.

The Detroit district and Michigan NAEP scores show students haven’t fully rebounded from the pandemic, a trend that was consistent across the nation.

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.