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1 week ago | chalkbeat.org | Micah Walker |Bridge Detroit

Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. On Monday morning, in front of officials from the Detroit public school district, city and wider community, 17-year-old Caiyla Turner was ready to give her testimony. The teen, who is going into her senior year at Davis Aerospace Technical High School in the fall, recounted that her academic journey hasn’t been easy.

2 weeks ago | outliermedia.org | Malachi Barrett |Bridge Detroit

Esta historia fue co publicado con BridgeDetroit. Agentes federales de inmigracion arrestaron al menos a cuatro migrantes venezolanos afuera de una sala de audiencias en Detroit la mañana del miércoles, justo momentos después de que un juez desestimará sus casos de asilo, según activistas que presenciaron el proceso.

4 weeks ago | chalkbeat.org | Rebecca Redelmeier |Christine Ferretti |Malachi Barrett |Bridge Detroit

Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. Stavros, a 4-year-old at Denver’s Palmer Elementary School, stood on a low blue chair scooping soil into a white pot he’d decorated with his school picture and stickers of a donut, a camera, and the word “lucky.” Next, he shook in a packet of seeds for wildflowers native to Colorado and swirled them around with his index finger.

4 weeks ago | chalkbeat.org | Christine Ferretti |Malachi Barrett |Bridge Detroit

Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. MACKINAC ISLAND – Beyond its struggles with chronic absenteeism and academics, another ongoing challenge for Detroit’s public school district is a “disruptive” proliferation of marijuana.

1 month ago | chalkbeat.org | Micah Walker |Bridge Detroit

Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. The niece of a renowned Detroit educator and historian is asking the city’s school board to champion a proposal to ensure her aunt’s legacy endures as officials plan to close a school named after her. The Detroit Public Schools Community District board discussed the Catherine C. Blackwell Institute at its meeting this week.