At age 16, Jamarria Hall joined a lawsuit that accused Michigan state officials of failing to provide Detroit students a basic reading education. He remains involved in the fight.
Ethan Bakuli , Chalkbeat Detroit
A guest author for Bridge Magazine.
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How a Detroit pastor got involved in a citywide effort to reduce chronic absenteeism
The Rev. Larry Simmons wondered why children were roaming the streets of his neighborhood during school hours.
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Detroit students show slight gains on Michigan’s M-STEP standardized test
The percentage of Detroit Public Schools Community District students and students in city charters who achieved grade-level proficiency on the M-STEP exam was up in most grades and subject areas.
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One Detroit school’s multilayered effort to get absent students back to school
At Gompers Elementary-Middle School, located on Detroit’s northwest side, teachers and administrators came together to address the issue of chronic absenteeism, when students miss more than 18 days of school.
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Detroit district teacher named Michigan Teacher of the Year
The Michigan Teacher of the Year will spend the next school year representing the voices of teachers from across the state.
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Many leadership positions at risk in Detroit schools as COVID-19 relief dries up
Detroit public schools received $1.3 billion in COVID aid. The loss of those funds, as well as a decline in enrollment since 2020, will hurt.
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Michigan’s 4-year graduation rate up, but so is the dropout rate
Michigan’s long-term gains in the graduation rate track with substantial improvements nationwide over the last two decades.
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Federal COVID relief aid to schools will dry up soon. Are districts ready?
Detroit and other districts face some tough decisions about which programs and employees they can afford to keep once federal support is gone, and they’re under pressure to map out their spending quickly.
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Detroit NAEP scores drop amid national pandemic backslide
The Detroit school district’s poor performance on NAEP, better known as “the nation’s report card,” adds new urgency to its long-term reform efforts, which seek to bolster student achievement, test scores and attendance rates
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Detroit superintendent’s wife leaves nonprofit after backlash over contract
Literacy advocate Rachel Vitti has left her position with Beyond Basics, which received a multi-million-dollar tutoring contract for Detroit schools. Her position at the nonprofit was disclosed to the education board before the contract was approved.