Desiree Foster stands at her stove. She’s cooking up some hamburgers and white rice for her two daughters. I’m hovering near her refrigerator when I…

Our series Bringing up Detroit takes you inside the lives of four Detroit families as they navigate the city's often unpredictable school systems,…

This story is part of Michigan Radio's year-long series Bringing Up Detroit, which examines the inner-lives of four Detroit families as they navigate the…

The Detroit neighborhood where Richard Chang lives has changed. A lot. Chang moved into the Osborn neighborhood in 1980 “because the economy in Michigan…

On her first day of school, Franca Grassi woke up, ate a bowl of oatmeal with diced nectarines and maple syrup. She brushed her teeth with the help of a…

Five-year-old Franca Grassi is only looking for two things in a kindergarten: She doesn't want to be forced to nap, and she wants to see her mom every…

This fall, it’s looking like Alyssa Nuñez and and Brianna Foster-Nuñez might switch to a new school.Again.It’s a pretty common experience in Detroit,…

Back in March, I introduced you to 57-year-old Christina Lumpkin and her family. At the time, they were navigating a crisis. Lumpkins’s daughter, Maya,…

When we talk about immigrant communities in Detroit, the Hmong don’t usually come up in that conversation. The ethnic group from Southeast Asia began…

Think about most of the news stories you read about kids in Detroit. What comes to mind?Something about dysfunctional schools? Maybe a crime story?When’s…