Jennifer Chambers

Detroit

Detroit journalist. I write about Michigan K-12 schools for @detroitnews alum: @MSUjschool @EdWriters Priors: @thesnews @TheOaklandPress https://t.co/8OgDtAj5dH

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Feds: Trucker headed to Canada from Ambassador Bridge found with $3M in cocaine in trailer

6 days ago | detroitnews.com | Jennifer Chambers

Federal agents arrested a truck driver headed for Canada on the Ambassador Bridge after they found $3 million worth of cocaine in his trailer toolbox early Friday. The driver, Gurshinder Singh, was stopped at 6:55 a.m. Friday as part of an enforcement operation by the Detroit Contraband Enforcement Team, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court.
Michigan needs to invest in poorest students amid threats to education funds, report says

1 week ago | detroitnews.com | Jennifer Chambers

MICHIGAN Jennifer ChambersThe Detroit NewsView Comments Michigan must prioritize investing in students from low-income backgrounds who are farthest behind in post-pandemic learning if it wants to stop its slide to the bottom nationally in K-12 education metrics, a new education report released Thursday says.
‘Kill list’ uncovered in Memphis schools through student tip

1 week ago | macombdaily.com | Jennifer Chambers

By Jennifer Chambers, The Detroit NewsA local superintendent is commending a student who reported a “kill list” written by another student, saying the decision led to a rapid and timely response by school officials. Sara Dobbelaer, superintendent of Memphis Community Schools informed families April 29 in a letter that a student used the district’s Yellowjacket Tip Line to report a concerning journal entry written by a junior high student.
Innovative program launched in Lincoln Park schools

1 week ago | thenewsherald.com | Jennifer Chambers

By Jennifer ChambersThe Detroit NewsAn intervention program designed to find and thwart the next school shooter in Michigan has moved into its first Downriver school district to train employees in a first-of-its-kind model in the nation. Prevent 2 Protect is a $15 million project funded by the Michigan Department of Education that is designed to prevent acts of adolescent violence and increase school safety.
This first-of-its-kind program could stop Michigan's next school shooter

1 week ago | detroitnews.com | Jennifer Chambers

EDUCATION Jennifer ChambersThe Detroit NewsView Comments Lincoln Park — An intervention program designed to find and thwart the next school shooter in Michigan has moved into its first Metro Detroit school district to train employees in a first-of-its-kind model in the nation. Prevent 2 Protect is a $15 million project funded by the Michigan Department of Education that is designed to prevent acts of adolescent violence and increase school safety.
'Kill list' uncovered at Memphis Community Schools through student tip

2 weeks ago | detroitnews.com | Jennifer Chambers

A Michigan superintendent is commending a student who reported a "kill list" written by another student, saying the decision led to a rapid and timely response by school officials. Sara Dobbelaer, superintendent of Memphis Community Schools, informed families on Tuesday in a letter that a student used the district's Yellowjacket Tip Line to report a concerning journal entry written by a junior high student.
Steelworker boss gets 6 months in federal prison for stealing

2 weeks ago | detroitnews.com | Jennifer Chambers

MICHIGAN Jennifer ChambersThe Detroit NewsView Comments A 38-year-old steelworker boss who spent $58,697 on sneakers, strip clubs, Florida vacations and jet flights with money he stole from his coworkers was sentenced to six months in federal prison on Tuesday.
Three Michigan school districts get $75M to close buildings, consolidate

3 weeks ago | detroitnews.com | Jennifer Chambers

MICHIGAN Jennifer ChambersThe Detroit NewsView Comments Three Michigan school districts are using $75 million in state grant funds to close and consolidate school buildings, a move state officials said will help chip away at $23 billion in statewide school infrastructure needs.
Michigan astronaut among first all-female crew to complete space flight

1 month ago | detroitnews.com | Jennifer Chambers

Ann Arbor — Dreams are real and sometimes reality is wrong, Michigan astronaut Aisha Bowe proclaimed Monday after stepping off the first all-female spaceflight Monday morning as a room of launch party participants watched at her alma mater, Washtenaw Community College.
Facing loss of millions, Michigan schools defend pandemic grant spending

1 month ago | theoaklandpress.com | Jennifer Chambers

By Jennifer Chambers, The Detroit NewsLincoln Park Public Schools prides itself on its fiscal stewardship, including a high bond rating as well as keeping students safe, dry and warm by updating school buildings. But a decision by the federal government to claw back COVID-19 school funding nationwide could harm both of those goals, forcing leaders in the Wayne County district to search for a way to recover $780,000 the district had dedicated to upgrading its outdated HVAC system.