Lori Higgins
Bureau Chief at Chalkbeat Detroit
Bureau chief @chalkbeatDET. Former ed writer @freep. Music lover. Maker of bags. Native Chicagoan. Die-hard @Cubs fan. Reach out: [email protected]
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chalkbeat.org | Lori Higgins
Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. A state commission created in the wake of the 2021 deadly school shooting at Oxford High School has issued a final report that calls for steps to improve school safety, reduce youth suicides, and strengthen the mental health of students and their families.
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heraldpalladium.com | Lori Higgins
Marcie Gould, a tutor/interventionist with the Michigan Education Corps, works with a student on literacy exercises at Ralph J. Bunche Elementary School on Fri., April 4, 2025 in Ecorse, Michigan. (Lori Higgins / Chalkbeat)kAmk6>m%9:D DE@CJ H2D k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]492=<362E]@C8^C6AF3=:D9^56EC@:E^a_ad^_d^_`^>:49:82?\65F42E:@?\4@CAD\27764E65\3J\5@86\4FED^Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qm@C:8:?2==J AF3=:D965k^2m 3J r92=<362E] $:8?
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michiganadvance.com | Lori Higgins
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. A Michigan program that deploys reading and math tutors to schools to help struggling students faces an uncertain future because of Trump administration cuts.
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1 month ago |
chalkbeat.org | Lori Higgins
Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. A Michigan program that deploys reading and math tutors to schools to help struggling students faces an uncertain future because of Trump administration cuts.
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1 month ago |
michiganadvance.com | Lori Higgins
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newslettersSign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. In a slightly warm classroom on a sunny April afternoon, five fifth graders loudly clapped their hands together or on their desks as they read a sentence out loud. “Did” Clap. “She” Clap. “Wink” Clap. “At” Clap. “Hank” Clap.
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Parents of children with disabilities are in limbo, waiting to get crucial services for their children with the help of a federal ed civil rights office that has been gutted. @hdellingermedia shares the stories of several Michigan parents.
Hundreds of Michigan students are awaiting resolutions to federal civil rights complaints https://t.co/MBP7wiDJNL
Some breaking news from @hdellingermedia this afternoon.
Michigan State Superintendent Michael Rice announces retirement via @hdellingermedia https://t.co/l1jd0oJhVg
Would love to hear what Michigan educators think about this new directive that threatens to withhold federal funds from districts that have DEI programs. #miched
The Trump administration's interpretation of civil rights law is being challenged in court. https://t.co/Ck00sMATEQ