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Dr. Galen Duncan is a nationally recognized sports clinician, former NCAA standout basketball star, and Detroit PAL alumnus.
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The Metro: Detroiter tapped to lead National PAL’s youth mental health and wellness program

Tia Graham, The Metro April 14, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Detroit’s Police Athletic League (Detroit PAL) has been around since 1969....

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Books donated to Birdie's Bookmobile are shared with children and families via school visits, free book fairs and community events.
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The Metro: Birdie’s Bookmobile is turning the page on Michigan’s literacy crisis

Tia Graham, The Metro, Lauren Myers March 25, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Education plays an important role in the way in which society...

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Detroit Public Schools Community District Superintendent speaks during a panel discussion in November 2018.
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The Metro: ‘All students’ in Detroit public schools could feel impacts from Department of Education cuts

The Metro, Robyn Vincent March 24, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Education in the U.S. is facing upheaval. The Department of Education...

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Michigan libraries prepare for impact as Trump moves to eliminate federal library agency

Isabel Gil March 24, 2025

Michigan libraries are some of the latest local institutions preparing for the effects of the Trump Administration’s slashing of federal...

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MDHHS kinship support pilot program aims to expand through proposed $24M budget

Nargis Rahman March 10, 2025

There are 10,000 kids in Michigan’s foster care system. About half of them are placed with a relative, known as...

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InsideOut Literary Arts will bring local poets and writers together for the annual event celebrating the spoken word.
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The Metro: Detroit Youth Poetry Con shining light on young writers

Lauren Myers March 5, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. There’s power in writing. Whether it's to jot down a few...

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Dearborn Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Glenn Maleyko announcing the district's new program offering iftar meals for students to take home during the month of Ramadan.
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Detroit Evening Report: Dearborn Public Schools offering take home meals to students observing Ramadan

Sascha Raiyn March 4, 2025

Dearborn Public Schools is providing free meals for students to take home for iftar, the break fast meal during the...

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Lawmakers could adopt restrictions this year on phones in schools

Rick Pluta March 4, 2025

A Republican state lawmaker says he hopes Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s support will help get a proposal enacted into law...

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Detroit lacrosse coach Liam McElroy holds traditional and contemporary lacrosse sticks at WDET Studios, Monday, March 3, 2025.
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The Metro: The past and present of the indigenous sport lacrosse in Detroit

Tia Graham, The Metro March 3, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Long before this city was home to gator shoes, Ford...

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The Metro: Should cellphones be restricted in Michigan schools?

The Metro, David Leins, Cary Junior II, Trevor McConico March 3, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Educators have been sounding the alarm that cellphones disrupt learning. More...

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The Metro: Detroit Renaissance girls basketball team wins PSL Championship title

Tia Graham, The Metro February 24, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Renaissance High School boys and girls basketball teams won the city...

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Afghan refugees hold placards during a meeting to discuss their situation after President Donald Trump paused U.S. refugee programs, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025.
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Michigan group says Trump’s ‘stop all work’ order puts migrant children at risk

Quinn Klinefelter February 21, 2025

The Trump administration is issuing a “stop work” order to agencies who provide legal help for unaccompanied immigrant children.That affects...

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