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The Metro: Michigan has a teacher shortage. Can an easier path to certification solve the problem?

David Leins The Metro August 28, 2025

The new school year is here. Teachers are meeting fresh faces, setting up their classrooms, and laying out lesson plans.But...

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A lone figure stands in the hollow of a bitten red-apple shape on the cover of Eve Ewing's book
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The Metro: Education scholar Eve Ewing reimagines what intelligence looks like

Cary Junior II August 13, 2025

Eve Ewing is an author, poet and a professor of sociology at the University of Chicago. Before she became a professor,...

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The Metro: Student success program hosting jazz and poetry fundraiser

Cary Junior II The Metro August 11, 2025

A Wayne State success program is providing an evening of jazz an poetry to raise money.The Crockett-Lumumba Scholars provides assistance...

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Detroit Evening Report: Interviews underway to fill vacant Detroit school board seat

Sascha Raiyn July 22, 2025

Detroit’s public schools board is interviewing candidates for its vacant seat this week. Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report on...

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Detroit Evening Report: New Michigan pilot program aims to address turnover in early education

Hernz Laguerre, Bre'Anna Tinsley July 18, 2025

A new state pilot program kicking off this fall aims to reduce turnover and attract talent in early childhood education...

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More than 400 students participated in the Canoemobile "floating classroom" in May at Lake Erie Metropark.
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Canoemobile brings ‘floating classroom’ to Michigan’s waterways

Emma George-Griffin July 18, 2025

More than 400 students got the opportunity to board a "floating classroom" at Lake Erie Metropark in May as part...

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Detroit Evening Report: Detroit nonprofit newsrooms collaborate on new project exploring student safety

Sascha Raiyn July 11, 2025

A new reporting project from Chalkbeat Detroit, Planet Detroit and BridgeDetroit is exploring Detroit students’ perspectives on safety and violence.Subscribe...

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The Metro: Ballot proposal aims to tax wealthiest Michiganders to help fund education

Cary Junior II, Nadia Ziyad The Metro July 10, 2025

Michigan’s schools have struggled post-pandemic, with students lagging behind in reading and math skills compared to other states. A coalition...

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K-12 leaders say budget inaction leaves schools, students, families hanging

Rick Pluta July 3, 2025

Michigan school districts face tough choices as their fiscal years began Tuesday while the Legislature remains deadlocked on the state...

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(From left) Michigan State Senators Sarah Anthony, Winnie Brinks and Darrin Camilleri meet to attempt passing the next Michigan State Budget.
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Senate leadership: K-12 budget unlikely this week

Colin Jackson July 2, 2025

Michigan lawmakers left the state capitol Tuesday night again without passing a new state budget for K-12 schools. Tuesday was...

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Lawmakers fail to reach K-12 budget agreement, Senate adds more time

Colin Jackson June 27, 2025

Michigan lawmakers went home without passing a new budget for K-12 schools Thursday night. That’s despite, both meeting for hours...

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FILE - A Morehouse College student lines up before the school commencement, May 19, 2024, in Atlanta.
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Detroit Evening Report: Michigan’s first and only HBCU joins online consortium of Historically Black Colleges

Sascha Raiyn June 24, 2025

Michigan’s only HBCU is a part of a consortium of Historically Black Colleges and Universities launching “eHBCU” on Tuesday. Pensole...

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