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Urban Affairs
In-depth reporting on Michigan’s largest city and surrounding communities, including deep dives into the big changes afoot in Detroit, its schools, neighborhoods, institutions and city hall.
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One year in, Detroit’s QLine falling well short of expectations
The streetcar system attracted barely half of its projected riders for several months. Operators are confident it will become an asset.
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Guns share spotlight with budget woes at Michigan school convention
Amid seminars on retirement costs and finance, budget officials learn how to ward off a gunman during a school conference in Detroit. Another colorful stop on the Michigan Truth Tour.
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Listen: Discussion on poaching of Detroit police who received free training
Listen to Chastity Pratt-Dawsey discuss efforts in Lansing to allow Detroit to recoup training money from new cops who split for suburban departments.
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Podcast flips script, puts mic in hands of Detroit neighborhood residents
Residents of the MorningSide neighborhood are telling their own stories and crafting their own narratives.
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Facing police shortage, Detroit seeks to stop new cops from jumping ship
For years, Detroit has trained police recruits only to watch them split for the suburbs. A proposed bill would require them to repay the city.
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Detroit is ranked worst on the national exam. Again. Can schools improve?
In 2015, Detroit posted the worst NAEP test scores in the nation. Two years later, scores are worse.
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Detroit finally has money to hire teachers. Good luck finding them.
Short on teachers and promising all schools can get gym and art classes next year, Detroit officials are traveling the nation to find teachers
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Detroit schools' outdated curriculum sets students up to fail, audit finds
The Detroit school district has been using a curriculum that’s ‘an injustice to the children of Detroit’ — but it’s not alone.
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Tax breaks for poor neighborhoods steered to booming pockets in Detroit
A deadline is approaching to designate poor areas for tax breaks in Detroit and across the state. So why are some more affluent areas being included?