StoryCorps Detroit Podcast: “Much better than everything people said you were”
WDET/Candice Fortman Jennifer Smith is the founder of Closing the Gap, a nonprofit that uses personalized mentorship to help Detroit...
Sascha Raiyn reports on education, children and families at 101.9 WDET. She has worked as a reporter/producer for the WSHU Public Radio Group serving Connecticut and New York, as an Investigative News Producer for WJBK Fox 2 and at the Detroit Free Press.
She is a native Detroiter who grew up listening to news and music programming on 101.9 WDET. She studied at the University of Michigan Dearborn.
StoryCorps Detroit Podcast: “Much better than everything people said you were”
WDET/Candice Fortman Jennifer Smith is the founder of Closing the Gap, a nonprofit that uses personalized mentorship to help Detroit...
Students and Pros Design Study Space at Osborne High
Gensler City Year Detroit places young people between 18 and 25 years old in 7 schools in the city to...
CuriosiD: Was there busing in Detroit in the early 1960’s?
Listener Cheryl Pernell was intereted in examples of busing in Detroit Public Schools around 1963. Pernell was bused to Dossin Elementary for the...
FRC Approves DPSCD Superintendent Contract
The Detroit Financial Review Commission had it’s chance Monday to weigh in on Detroit’s choice for superintendent. The board of...
Youth Businesses Step Into the Spotlight
Sascha Raiyn The Mackinac Center and Junior Achievement are partnering to host the Children’s Business Fair at the Detroit Historical...
‘Marketplace Stories’ Blends Arab Culture and Poetry of ASL
Wild Swan Theater is particular about the stories it chooses to tell. No princess stories about ‘physical appearance or being...
School Reform Officer In the Running for TN Superintendent Post
The State School Reform Officer is in the running for a new job. Natasha Baker is one of 9 finalists...
Attorney General Blocks Pensions for Administrators Involved in DPS Kickback Scheme
The Michigan Attorney General’s Office says Detroit school officials convicted in a kick-back scheme will have to give back part...
Educators Look to Comedy to Explain Education in Michigan
Michigan Network for Equity in Education Educators and comedians will join forces in Ferndale Tuesday night to tell real stories...
University of Michigan Implements Gender Pronoun Preference System-Wide
The University of Michigan’s Dearborn and Flint campuses are making it easier for students to tell faculty and staff what...
Calls for Meriweather Continue As Board Nears Decision
Courtesy of Detroit Public Schools The search for a superintendent for Detroit’s schools is expected to end this week but...
Detroit Board Visits Florida Superintendent’s Schools
Detroit school board members are in Florida visiting facilities run by one of the finalists for superintendent of the Detroit...