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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

The walkouts mean Democrats may not have enough votes to pass their legislative education priorities before they lose control of state government.

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.

Charter schools have been in Michigan for almost 30 years. Here are some major events in their history.