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The Detroit Public Schools Community District is prepared to sue the state if it moves ahead on its threat to shut down some low-performing schools.The…

As the state decides which schools it’s deemed “failing” will close, students, parents and staff at some Detroit schools on the chopping block are…

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan officially launched his reelection bid today.Duggan’s first term was focused on new streetlights for the city’s neighborhoods…

Just look at the racial census makeup of school districts in Michigan. The numbers from the state Department of Education show districts in Michigan are…

A neighborhood school used to be the center of a everything. You sent your kids there, you had community meetings there, you went there to vote.So, what…

The Michigan School Reform/Redesign Office recently released its latest list of schools that are under-performing. There are 38 schools on this year's…

The city of Detroit is signing onto a federal lawsuit that claims many Detroit students are being denied a fundamental “right to read.”Activists and pro…

The Michigan Legislature is back in session, and the bills are rolling in. This Week in Review, Weekend Edition host Rebecca Kruth and Michigan Radio…

There was movement Thursday on two federal lawsuits filed over poor learning conditions in Detroit schools.The American Federation of Teachers announced a…

New Detroit school board members officially took office Wednesday night.It’s the first time the district has had a true school board since a series of…