His Family Settled Center Line. Now, He Preserves Its History

Mike Grobbel chairs the Historical Society of Center Line. It's a fitting position, as his ancestors came to the area from Germany...

New Marygrove School Makes Education A Community Hub

This fall, the inaugural class of the School at Marygrove started the 9th grade. The new initiative on the Marygrove campus...

School Closings for Nov. 12, 2019

Classes are canceled Tuesday, Nov.. 12, 2019 in several southeast Michigan school districts because of the record-setting snowstorm on Veterans...

Detroit Public Schools Superintendent Nikolai Vitti Touts Progress, Explains Challenges Ahead

Dr. Nikolai Vitti inherited a discounted and under-performing Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) in 2017. As Superintendent, Dr. Vitti isn't...

New CMU President Bob Davies On Push to Expand Presence in Detroit

Its main campus may be two hours north of Detroit in Mt. Pleasant, but Central Michigan University is looking to expand...

Detroit Public Schools Get $5 Million For Mental Health Care Services

The Detroit Public Schools Community District received $5 million in grants and additional funds to augment behavioral and mental health...

New University of Michigan Research Center in Detroit Bets on Keeping Talent in State

Laura Weber-Davis, WDET University of Michigan alum and Manhattan real estate developer Stephen Ross is betting on Detroit, and Dan...

Wayne State Tuition Pledge Aims to ‘Meet the 360 Degree Needs’ of Detroit Students

Wayne State University made a big splash this week, announcing that it will give free tuition to students who live in...

Update to Higher Education Act Aims to Cut College Costs, Student Debt

U.S. House of Representatives The College Affordability Act was introduced in the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee last week....

This is How Whitmer’s (Nearly) Billion Dollar Budget Cuts Affect You

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and lawmakers are starting the process of restoring some funding Whitmer vetoed in the new state budget....

Half of All Black Kids in Michigan Live in Concentrated Poverty

Jake Neher/WDET A new study on childhood poverty was recently released by the Annie E Casey Foundation. In it, African-American and...

Schools or Corporate Tax Breaks? Crain’s Reports on Battle in Lansing

Jake Neher/WDET There's an ongoing conversation in Michigan about how we struggle to fund all our different priorities here in...