Jennifer Guerra
Senior ProducerJennifer is a reporter for Michigan Radio's State of Opportunity project, which looks at kids from low-income families and what it takes to get them ahead. She previously covered arts and culture for the station, and was one of the lead reporters on the award-winning education series Rebuilding Detroit Schools. Prior to working at Michigan Radio, Jennifer lived in New York where she was a producer at WFUV, an NPR station in the Bronx.
Her stories and documentaries have won numerous regional and national awards, and her work has aired on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Marketplace and Studio 360.
Jennifer graduated from the University of Michigan and received her M.A. in broadcast journalism from Fordham University. When she's not on the radio, she and her husband are making up lyrics to songs and singing them to their adorable baby girl.
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Michigan's average teacher salary has dropped for the fifth year in a row, and many districts say they have trouble retaining high quality teachers… -
Michigan will no longer rank schools based on test scores. The state is working on a new accountability system as part of the Every Student Succeeds Act… -
Detroit students will have a new high school option this fall, but they'll have to pass a test to get in.There are currently three high schools in Detroit… -
Michigan is one of 23 states that did not meet all the federal requirements for educating its students with disabilities.The annual review by the U.S.… -
Michigan's zero tolerance policies were part of a 'tough on discipline' trend that was big in the 1990s, but countless studies since then have shown that… -
Gov. Rick Snyder’s proposed state budget includes a 20% cut to per pupil spending for virtual charter schools, but lawmakers in both the state House and… -
This will be the second so-called adequacy study to try to figure out the cost of educating a child in Michigan.The state paid $399,000 for the first… -
A man who was found guilty of shooting his friend outside a Detroit restaurant 25 years ago was released from prison today.A Wayne County judge threw out… -
The new superintendent for the Detroit Public Schools Community District could begin work as early as Tuesday. Dr. Nikolai Vitti’s five-year contract was… -
It's been a relentless news cycle this week, so here's a break for at least a few minutes from politics, national security and healthcare. We turned the…
