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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
Are cellphone towers dangerous to kids? Detroit City Council wants to know
Transmitters like the ones mounted on Detroit schools have increasingly become a target of conspiracy theorists
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, cellphone towers, Detroit, Detroit City Council, Detroit Health Department, Detroit Public Schools Community District
Due to bus driver shortage, Detroit area school districts partner with HopSkipDrive rideshare app
The program is seeking eligible drivers to drive children to and from school, says it will pay $40 per hour
By Darlene A. White
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, schools, labor shortage, HopSkipDrive, Detroit public Schools Community District
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
All teachers, staff at Detroit's public schools must be vaccinated by February
Tags: COVID-19, vaccines, Detroit Public Schools Community District, Mayor Duggan, vaccine mandate, schools, education, outbreaks
James Craig reveals profound, dangerous ignorance of public schools crisis in Detroit
Tags: Detroit, schools, education, James Craig, Detroit Public Schools Community District, Michigan, Governor, election, politics, Nikolai Vitti
City of Detroit urges parents to get young children vaccinated. But will they listen?
Tags: Detroit, Michigan, COVID-19, coronavirus, vaccinations, Mayor Duggan, Denise Fair, Detroit Health Department, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Schools, Detroit Public Schools Community district, Nicolai Vitti
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
As few as a quarter of Detroit public school students may show up for face-to-face instruction next month amid coronavirus pandemic
Tags: Dr. Vitti, Detroit Public Schools Community District, coronavirus, schools, Detroit, students
Face-to-face summer school in Detroit turns Black children into 'guinea pigs,' lawsuit claims
Tags: Detroit, school, education, coronavirus, Gov. Whitmer, Dr. Vitti, Michigan, lawsuit, court, Detroit Public Schools Community District
Detroit school district provides sanctuary status for immigrants
By Sonia Khaleel
Tags: News Hits, Detroit Public Schools Community District, Superintendent Nikolai Vitti, sanctuary, undocumented immigrants, ICE
Detroit public school students to showcase art in annual exhibition at DIA
Staff pick
Tags: The Scene, Local art, support local art, Detroit Public Schools Community District
Detroit Public Schools to reclaim and upgrade former charter schools
By Will Feuer
Tags: Charter Schools, Detroit Public Schools
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
Additional 33 Detroit schools found to have elevated lead, copper in water
Tags: News Hits, Detroit Public Schools, Detroit water
Detroit's $2M school water 'solution' looks like this
By Lee DeVito
Tags: News Hits, Detroit, public schools, Detroit Public Schools Community District, water, Flint
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
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
Now that it’s lit up, people seem to like Detroit’s new I-94 sign
Michigan communities are raking in benefits of legalized weed
Detroit’s City Winery music venue aims for 2025 opening