Lily Altavena
Education Reporter at Detroit Free Press
Covering inequities in education across Michigan @freep. alum: @azcentral @Cronkite_ASU. laltavena at https://t.co/1s25wxVbv0. Skeeball machine queen.
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6 days ago |
freep.com | Lily Altavena
A 15-year-old boy faces charges after accidentally shooting another 15-year-old on a school bus near Thurston High School in Redford Township. The incident occurred on May 7, and the accused teen faces charges including carrying a concealed weapon and careless discharge of a firearm. Thurston High School closed on May 8 to allow students and staff time to process the event.
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6 days ago |
yahoo.com | Lily Altavena
Thurston High School in Redford is closed Thursday to give students and staff a moment of pause and to heal after a student suffered a gunshot wound on the school bus Wednesday afternoon, according to district and Redford Township Police Department officials. "We want to reassure our community that there is no ongoing threat to students, staff, or the campus," wrote Jason Bobrovetski, superintendent of the South Redford School District, in a news release.
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6 days ago |
freep.com | Lily Altavena
A student suffered a gunshot wound on a school bus outside of Thurston High School in Redford on Wednesday afternoon. Redford Township Police Department officials are still investigating the incident. District officials say there is no ongoing threat, but have closed Thurston High on Thursday for a day to heal.
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1 week ago |
usatoday.com | Lily Altavena
• President Donald Trump has proposed slashing billions from the federal education budget, a plan advocates say could be "potentially catastrophic" for public education. • A new report finds Michigan is in the bottom half of states in the nation for fourth grade reading and eighth grade math, two important measures.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Lily Altavena
While federal lawmakers consider slashing billions of dollars from the federal education budget, Michigan education leaders are once again sounding the alarm on public school students' lagging academic achievement, which puts the state in the bottom half of the nation for both fourth grade reading and eighth grade math, according to a new report.
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