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Nov 25, 2024 | 
outliermedia.org | Shannon Mackie
Dwight “Skip” Stackhouse is a longtime Detroit home inspector and award-winning storyteller. His journey begins like many others — inspired by a close-knit family — but the plot line to his success follows an unconventional path. As a teen in 1960s Detroit, Stackhouse was introduced to his future career by his uncle — one of Detroit’s most competent and exacting builders, Stackhouse said. Despite his expertise, as a Black man his uncle was denied a builder’s license.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
modeldmedia.com | Shannon Mackie
Bangladesh, a country surrounded on three sides by India and by the Bay of Bengal on the fourth side, has been in tumult since July. And the effects are far-reaching, significantly impacting Metro Detroit’s large Bangladeshi-American community. The relatively young country achieved independence from Pakistan in 1971. For the past 15 years, the country has experienced harsh authoritarian rule, which ended in July with a student-led uprising.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
outliermedia.org | Shannon Mackie |Sarah Hulett
Voters renewed the Wayne County Regional Enhancement Millage in Tuesday’s election — affecting 33 school districts and more than 90 charter schools. Voters initially passed this millage in 2016 and renewed it in 2020 through 2027. It raises an estimated $360 per student each year through 2033.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
chalkbeat.org | Jason Gonzales |Julian Shen-Berro |Becky Vevea |Shannon Mackie
Sign up for our free monthly newsletter Beyond High School to get the latest news about college and career paths for Colorado’s high school grads. Thousands of students, including in Newark, Chicago, and the Denver area, are helping test out federal financial aid forms before they go live to the broader public on or before Dec. 1.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
chalkbeat.org | Julian Shen-Berro |Becky Vevea |Shannon Mackie |Dale Mezzacappa
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools. Dozens of cultural arts organizations flocked to Lincoln Center on Tuesday, joining elected officials and educators for a celebration of arts education in the city’s schools — replete with a performance by dancers from the Juilliard School.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
chalkbeat.org | Becky Vevea |Shannon Mackie |Dale Mezzacappa |Jessie Gomez
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. Chicago Public Schools is considering an enrollment policy change that would give pre-K students priority to stay in the same school for kindergarten, even if they live outside the school’s boundary or are at a magnet school. Currently, if a pre-K student lives outside a school’s boundary or attends full-day pre-K at a magnet school, they are not guaranteed a seat in kindergarten.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
chalkbeat.org | Shannon Mackie |Dale Mezzacappa |Jessie Gomez |Marta W. Aldrich
Following a blockbuster year for ballot measures in 2022, this year’s general election is pretty quiet. Detroiters will see two local questions at the very end of the ballot. Both are millage questions. Here’s what you need to know about the proposal to renew the Wayne County Regional Enhancement Millage. The millage provides funding to county schools through the intermediate school district, Wayne RESA, as a supplement to state funding.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
medium.com | Shannon Mackie
Shannon Mackie·Follow7 min read·--I’ve never been good with the gray areas. With two opposites coexisting comfortably in harmony. But my father was. He traveled halfway around the world in a boat to emigrate from France, but once he was here, he never left the country again. My father purchased everything at garage sales even though he didn’t have to. When he died, he had a lot of money saved up in various bank accounts and investments.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
outliermedia.org | Shannon Mackie
Key election datesNov. 5, 7 a.m.-8 p.m.Polls open for Election DayNov. 5, 8 p.m.Deadline to register to vote in-person at your clerk’s officeDeadline for returning your ballotOther election datesOct. 19-Nov. 3Early voting period in DetroitOct. 21Deadline to register online or by mail to vote Oct. 21Recommended deadline to request an absentee ballot onlineOct. 22Recommended deadline to mail your absentee ballotNov.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
medium.com | Shannon Mackie
Shannon Mackie·Follow2 min read·--For the sake of argument, let’s assume there is a God. In “The Parable of the Sower” and “The Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler, main character Lauren Olamina forms a new religion and the main tenet is that God is change. This concept initially confuses many of her new followers, but eventually they accept the idea and come to believe that God as change can be shaped and molded.
