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Detroit Evening Report: State Board of Education approves measure to increase charter school transparency

April 11, 2024

Michigan's State Board of Education has approved a resolution that will make charter schools more transparent. Subscribe to the Detroit...

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A rendering of the University of Michigan Center for Innovation.

The Metro: U-M Innovation Center in Detroit takes another step toward construction

April 9, 2024

University of Michigan’s Board of Regents approved the design for the school’s Center for Innovation, opening in Detroit in 2027. ...

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Sketchbattle JR is mentored by professional designers from General Motors and professors from the College for Creative Studies.

The ‘Fight Club of Design’ is coming for young Detroit artists

April 5, 2024

When Brook Banham was in graduate school at the College for Creative Studies, he had to write a plan for...

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Macomb Community College

MichMash: Will Michigan offer free tuition to community college students?

March 29, 2024

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer mentioned in her 2024 State of the State address the desire to give high schoolers in...

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The total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, will be visible along a narrow track stretching from Texas to Maine.

Small corner of Michigan awaits total solar eclipse

March 22, 2024

Americans from Texas to Toledo will witness a total solar eclipse on April 8. That includes a very small part...

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Board members from the Detroit Public Schools Community District moved to extend Superintendent Nikolai Vitti's contract through 2028 on Tuesday, March 19, 2024.

Detroit Evening Report: Detroit school board extends superintendent’s contract 3 years

March 20, 2024

The head of the Detroit Public Schools Community District has received a three-year contract extension following a contemptuous board meeting...

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East English Village Preparatory Academy at Finney in Detroit.

Detroit Evening Report: Detroit Piston partnering with Detroit Public Schools to support local Health Hubs

March 14, 2024

Detroit Public Schools announced Thursday it will partner with Detroit Piston Cade Cunningham and GE Appliances to help fund its...

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Michigan Supreme Court

High court hears arguments in school safety civil rights case

March 14, 2024

The Michigan Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on whether schools can be held legally liable under the state’s civil...

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House Education Committee holds school safety hearing on the road

March 12, 2024

The Michigan House Education Committee met on the road Monday evening to discuss school safety. At the meeting at Sterling Heights High...

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The Detroit Creativity Project's annual Student Showcase will take place on Saturday, March 16, 2024.

The Metro: Detroit Creativity Project brings improv and comedy to students

February 29, 2024

The Detroit Creativity Project (DCP) is a nonprofit founded by actor and performer Marc Evan Jackson, best known for his...

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A National Park Service grant awarded to the city of Detroit will fund a historic property survey of local sites related to Arab and Chaldean community history and the collection of local and family histories. 

The Metro: Community history project in Detroit to collect Arab and Chaldean stories

February 28, 2024

Metro Detroit is home to one of the highest populations of Arab Americans in the United States. And recently, the...

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"March Forth: From The Prison of Minds" will be published on March 4, 2024.

The Metro: Dearborn native honors late father’s education career in new memoir

February 26, 2024

One of the earliest mentors we have in life outside of the home is our educators. In his new book,...

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