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Michigan still allows emergency takeovers of local governments. Is it finally time to reconsider this drastic measure?
Under emergency management, Flint faced problems that turned catastrophic while Detroit charted a new course. That mixed record and stark racial disparities have prompted calls for change.
By Anna Clark, ProPublica
Tags: Michigan News, News, Emergency management, Detroit, Flint, ProPublica, Michigan, Rick Snyder, Lansing
Detroit sneaker shop launches app with a portion of the proceeds going to DPSCD
$3 of each subscription to the Fire Exchange app will be donated to the Detroit Public Schools Community District
By Alex Washington
Tags: Culture, Arts & Culture, sneakers, sneaker culture, sneaker, DPSCD, Detroit Public Schools, DPS, Avenue of Fashion, Livernois, Detroit, fashion
State education board passes measure countering GOP’s ‘critical race theory’ bills
By Allison Donahue, Michigan Advance
Tags: michigan advance, critical race theory, michigan board of education, detroit public schools
Detroit public schools suspend in-person learning until January as COVID-19 cases surge
By Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: News Hits, COVID, Michigan, Detroit, Detroit Public Schools, remote learning
Detroit right-to-literacy settlement includes payments to student plaintiffs, $94.4M proposed legislation for district
By Lee DeVito
Tags: News Hits, Detroit, literacy, Michigan, Whitmer, Snyder, reading, lawsuit
Detroit Public Schools to reclaim and upgrade former charter schools
By Will Feuer
Tags: Charter Schools, Detroit Public Schools
No, we will not miss Gov. Rick Snyder
Tags: News Hits, Gov. Rick Snyder, Republicans, GOP, Keith Crain
GRiZ announces fifth annual Detroit charity series '12 Days of GRiZMAS'
By Devin Culham
Tags: GRiZ, 12 Day of GRiZMAS, Detroit Public Schools, Video
Detroit school board wants to drop Ben Carson's name from high school
Tags: News Hits, Ben Carson, Dr. Benjamin Carson High School, Detroit Public Schools, Donald Trump
Literacy: Michigan kids of color falling behind
By Mary Kulhman, Michigan News Connection
Tags: News Hits, Literacy
Additional 33 Detroit schools found to have elevated lead, copper in water
Tags: News Hits, Detroit Public Schools, Detroit water
Little Libraries is hoping to make a big splash in Livernois this month
Tags: Detroit Little Libraries, reading, literacy, Livernois, Avenue of Fashion, books
Snyder continues to plead for civility and we continue to say, 'Oh, fuck off'
Tags: The Scene, Gov. Rick Snyder, civility
End to backdoor admissions to Detroit's most prestigious schools results in more district students enrolling
Tags: News Hits, Detroit public schools, Detroit Public Schools Community District, Cass Technical High School
Pardon our French, but fuck Snyder's call for civility
Tags: News Hits, Gov. Rick Snyder, Michigan, civility
Detroit's board of education gives the green light to hire teachers without classroom experience
Tags: Detroit Public Schools, Teachers of Tomorrow, Nikoli Vitti, Education
The Guardian runs excerpt from Anna Clark's Flint book 'The Poisoned City'
By Michael Jackman
Tags: The Scene, Anna Clark, summer reading, Flint water crisis, emergency management
U.S. Court: Detroit students have no right to access to literacy
Tags: News Hits, Detroit, Literacy, Michigan, Rick Snyder, emergency management, Detroit public schools, Detroit Public Schools Community District
Gov. Snyder to sign 'polluter panels' bill into law
Tags: News Hits, MDEQ, Gov. Rick Snyder, Michigan environment, National Resources Defense Council, Arlan Meekhof
Detroit launches new bus loop to boost enrollment at charters, city public schools
By Violet Ikonomova
Tags: News Hits, Detroit, schools, Detroit public schools, charter schools, Michigan, education, school bus, after school programming
Now that it’s lit up, people seem to like Detroit’s new I-94 sign
By Steve Neavling
Detroit’s City Winery music venue aims for 2025 opening
Michigan communities are raking in benefits of legalized weed