The Metro: ‘Chronic absenteeism’ is hurting Michigan students. How can we solve it?
“Chronic absenteeism" is one of the biggest problems hurting students in Detroit and across the country, accounting for any students...
The Metro: How do you teach positive masculinity to boys?
How do you raise young men with healthy masculinity? It’s something author Ruth Whippman explores in her new book, “Boymom:...
The Metro: Hoopfest takes over Northwest Goldberg
When you walk around Detroit during the summer, it’s a completely different experience than any other season. The sun is...
Detroit Evening Report: Michigan students’ access to school counselors among worse in the nation, report finds
Michigan’s school counselor to student ratio is more than double the number of what is recommended, according to a report...
Lawmakers seek to shift youth work permits from schools to state
The Michigan House Labor Committee heard testimony Thursday on a bill to have the state take over responsibility for issuing work permits...
FORCE Detroit working to empower young people through city’s ShotStoppers program
A Detroit community organization claims it’s helped eliminate about three-quarters of the shootings in one of the most violent areas...
Created Equal: What Columbia University’s crackdown on protesters tell us about free speech on college campuses
Hundreds of protesters have been arrested on college campuses across the country in recent weeks. The escalating tensions between student-led...
Created Equal: Foster care in America from a children’s advocate raised in the system
Andrew Bridge spent 11 years of his childhood in foster care and says the system did more harm than good....
Detroit Evening Report: GM seeking high school students for paid summer internship
General Motors is looking for high school students in metro Detroit, Flint and Pontiac to apply for a comprehensive paid...
The Metro: Birdie’s Bookmobile to collect books for kids at Eastern Market this Saturday
Birdie's Bookmobile is a local nonprofit working to put books in kids' hands no matter where they are. As part...
The Metro: ACLU report calls for end to Michigan’s parental consent law for abortions
Abortion rights are the subject of a nationwide debate this week following a court decision in Arizona making the procedure...
Created Equal: Can tech regulation solve mental health issues?
It is already difficult to track what kids are doing online these days, but now, Congress is in the process...