Some are questioning whether either Tonya Allen or Charlie Beckham have the education experience necessary to lead the struggling district.
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Detroit teacher ‘sickout’ was a call for attention and help
Detroit school conditions are sickening, so teachers called in sick. Now it’s the state’s responsibility to make it right.
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Detroit students unfairly pay the price for the district’s debts
Roughly 40 percent of state funds meant to educate Detroit students are being diverted to service past debts incurred by the district. This is not fair to a big city student population already ranked last in the nation.
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Echoing state, Detroit schools cut back on standardized tests
Bowing to complaints about test fatigue, Detroit reins in the amount of time students spend on in-district standardized tests.
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You are invited to Detroit Performs LIVE
Detroit Public Television invites the readers of Bridge to Detroit Performs Live! Bettye LaVette – Jessica Hernandez – Ty Stone – Alexander Zonjic – Ben Sharkey – on Friday at The Fillmore in Detroit.
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Interactive map: See how much the middle class has lost in your county
See how much ground the middle class has lost in every Michigan county since buying power peaked, in an interactive map that confirms what you’ve feared when you pay your monthly bills.
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Welcome to school, Detroit kindergartners. Now pay up!
If something isn’t done to remove the crushing debt faced by city schools, Detroit’s most vulnerable students will be stuck with the bill.
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One teacher, 25 kids and the enormous challenge of turning around Detroit schools (Chapter 1)
The state is in the midst of yet another fix for Detroit’s troubled schools. So this spring, Bridge spent time in William Weir’s social studies classroom to get a sense for what works, and what doesn’t, for one Detroit teacher.
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One teacher, 25 kids: For struggling students, a push to 'dream bigger' (Chapter 2)
For third- and fourth-graders with limited reading skills, a teacher must take creative measures to make lessons stick.
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One teacher, 25 kids: ‘Can I sleep at night?’ (Chapter 3)
Budget deficits in Detroit mean even larger class sizes come this fall. Will Mr. Weir meet the challenge for his young students?