
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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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.
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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. The Detroit school board on Tuesday night adopted a $1 billion spending plan for the next school year that maintains funding for programs at their current levels, extends an incentive program that pays students to attend high school, and invests in a new pilot program to provide yellow bus transportation for students at two high schools.
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chalkbeat.org | Hannah Dellinger |Lori Higgins
Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. After more than two hours of heated criticism from the public, the Detroit school board reversed course and issued a statement condemning the detention of a district high school student by federal immigration officials.
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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. The State Board of Education could select Michigan’s next top education leader by Sept. 4, seeking input from the public on the qualifications that person should have. Representatives from Hazard, Young, Attea, and Associates, the search firm the board hired to assist in conducting the search, presented the timeline to the board during a meeting Tuesday.
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heraldpalladium.com | Hannah Dellinger |Lori Higgins
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