The Metro: Why Detroit’s youngest voters stay engaged
In the 12 years since the city of Detroit declared bankruptcy, a new generation of voters came of age. A...
The Metro: Why Detroit’s youngest voters stay engaged
In the 12 years since the city of Detroit declared bankruptcy, a new generation of voters came of age. A...
Michigan Chronicle Editor on mayoral election
Detroit’s candidates for mayor are in the final weeks of their respective campaigns. City Council President Mary Sheffield and the...
The Metro: Wayne State’s new program to enroll more Detroit students
The cost of college isn’t just measured in tuition dollars. For many students, part of the challenge is navigating the...
Students at this Detroit school got free bikes. Here’s how they say it helped attendance
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Some days, it takes Elyazar Holiday two...
Detroit Council candidate Cranstana Anderson says she can represent struggling residents—she’s one too
It’s the home stretch for Detroit City Council candidates with election day only about a month away.On the city’s northeast...
The Metro: Envisioning better access to the arts for Detroit youth
Detroit has a new coalition fighting for its creative future. The Detroit Partnership for Arts Education is a cross-sector coalition, supported...
Detroit Evening Report: Proposal seeks to improve representation on Dearborn’s city council
The group Dearborn Wants Wards has been pushing for districted elections in Dearborn. The measure is now officially on the...
The Metro: Detroit public schools write the next page of literacy recovery
Detroit’s schools are still recovering from the deep wounds of systemic neglect. Redlining, segregation, and a crash in city revenue...
The Metro: Former college president encourages dialogue to solve higher ed conflicts
When protests on college campuses in response to the Israel-Hamas war erupted across the nation, leaders at some universities cracked...
Detroit Evening Report: Michigan celebrates five years of GetSetUp partnership
In this episode of The Detroit Evening Report, we cover a virtual learning milestone, Detroit’s jobs report and an upcoming event...
The Metro: Michigan has a teacher shortage. Can an easier path to certification solve the problem?
The new school year is here. Teachers are meeting fresh faces, setting up their classrooms, and laying out lesson plans.But...
The Metro: Education scholar Eve Ewing reimagines what intelligence looks like
Eve Ewing is an author, poet and a professor of sociology at the University of Chicago. Before she became a professor,...