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One year in

Detroit
May 17, 2018

A year after Nikolai Vitti arrived in Detroit, a look back at his application shows what’s changed

A year after Nikolai Vitti arrived in Detroit, we return to his application — his blueprint for the district — to mark the things that have happened, the plans that have been made, and the work still left to do.
Detroit
April 13, 2018

Week in review: Getting over that ‘F’ on the Nation’s Report Card

The reports early this week about Detroit’s last-place ranking among big city school districts on a national exam is…

Rock bottom

Detroit
April 10, 2018

Detroit schools ranked worst on national exam — again. But is there hope that things can improve?

Not only did students in the city’s main district rank dead last — for the fifth time — among major cities in every subject, but their scores dropped even lower than the rock-bottom numbers Detroit fourth-graders posted the last time they took the exam in 2015.

meet the new boss

Detroit
April 24, 2017

Nikolai Vitti has been chosen to lead Detroit schools. Read the application that got him the job

He lays out his qualifications in a 26-page application that spells out his experience in great detail including specifics on the work he’s done as superintendent of Duval County Public Schools in Jacksonville since 2012 and in his previous jobs.

Week In Review

Detroit
March 31, 2017

Week in review: The superintendent candidate who might (or might not) send his kids to Detroit public schools

Controversy and a lawsuit didn't stop Detroit's main school district from moving into the next phase of its superintendent search this week: interviews with the first of two remaining finalists.

Superintendent search

Detroit
March 28, 2017

Ten things to know about Detroit superintendent candidate Nikolai Vitti

The search for Detroit’s next schools superintendent enters the next stage on Wednesday with the first of two public interviews with the finalists for the job. Here's what you need to know