Erin Einhorn

Group wants more money for students living in poverty and disabilities. But will it fly?

The state has placed more than three dozen struggling schools on notice: Improve, or else. Can Alisanda Woods beat the clock?

Teacher shortages and poaching of talent among traditional and charter schools hurts students in the low-performing school district.

Rampant turnover has schools yearning for teachers and turning to bonuses and penalties. Research shows the instability is bad for kids.

Detroit’s new superintendent only gets three hours’ sleep per night. There’s no time to waste if he’s going to fix a district pushed to the brink.

This is what it’s like to teach in a classroom with too many children, books that don’t arrive until March, and no help because there not enough teachers.

Nikolai Vitti, the incoming superintendent from Florida, faces some age-old Detroit problems: overcrowded classrooms, historically low student achievement, and the burden of replacing a popular predecessor. Here’s what insiders suggest he should tackle first.