The NAACP urges a moratorium on new charter schools. A new law, though, already limits their growth in Detroit.
Chastity Pratt
Chastity Pratt is a former reporter for Bridge.
Posted inUrban Affairs
One promise Mike Duggan can’t keep?
Detroit’s mayor has said early and often he should be judged by whether Detroit gains population. So far, it hasn’t.
Posted inTalent & Education
Michigan shuts down bad schools. Leading states build them up.
Michigan’s law that calls for the annual closure of the state’s worst schools is unique in the nation.
Posted inTalent & Education
For poor and first-generation college students, ‘I think I can’ is half the battle
Amid a graduation gap, Michigan colleges are making a greater effort to help low-income, first generation and other at-risk students earn their college degree.
Posted inChildren & Families
Soaring pneumonia deaths in Genesee County likely linked to undiagnosed Legionnaires’, experts say
Pneumonia was blamed for 177 deaths over two years. Experts say Legionnaires’ was likely the culprit in some of the deaths, but patients were never tested. The county is now requiring such testing.
Posted inTalent & Education
Betsy DeVos’s Michigan legacy
The nominee for U.S. Education Secretary has used money and muscle to make Michigan a free-market lab for charter and school choice expansion. Can she sell the results?
Posted inMichigan Government
State sheds little light on troubled prison transport firm
Michigan uses a for-profit company that’s been accused in the death, injury and abuse of prisoners, while other prisoners have escaped. State prison officials don’t want to talk about it
Posted inMichigan Government
Steps Michigan can take to make prisoner transportation more secure
To reduce injuries, deaths, escapes and lawsuits involving for-profit prison transport companies, state prison officials could consider these recommendations
Posted inUrban Affairs
Will Detroit school board candidates choose to fight or unite?
Some of the 63 candidates for school board want to carry on the fight against the state’s financial oversight. Others vow to work within the state’s restrictions. See our database on each candidate.
Posted inMichigan Government
McPhail continues to lead Detroit charter school, faces more fines
Detroit Community Schools, run by former Detroit city attorney Sharon McPhail, faces $21k in monthly fines for continuing to employ her and another administrator who the state say lack proper certification as administrators. She has appealed.