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Water filter systems for hundreds of schools and daycare centers to be funded by grants

Lester Graham December 6, 2024

Hundreds of schools and day care centers will receive grants for water filters. The filters are to protect children from...

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

Bre'Anna Tinsley April 11, 2024

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

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Whitmer’s budget turns heads in election year

Jake Neher, Cheyna Roth February 14, 2022

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is asking state lawmakers to significantly boost state spending and approve some targeted tax cuts. That’s amid...

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Oakland County drops order requiring masks in schools

admin February 11, 2022

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s second-largest county on Friday is dropping a mask requirement for schools and day care facilities,...

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  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Education

Michigan administrators discuss how COVID-19 has affected their schools

Sam Corey February 1, 2022

For almost two years, schools have had to accommodate the ongoing needs of parents, teachers, students and the rest of...

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Oxford shooter’s attorneys planning insanity defense

Quinn Klinefelter January 28, 2022

Update 2:33 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28: This story has been updated with a statement from Oxford Community Schools. Attorneys for...

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Gov Gretchen Whitmer Tampon Tax presser
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
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Whitmer calls on schools to go back to in-person instruction

Detroit Today January 27, 2022

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says it's time for school districts that are now virtual to get kids back in classrooms. 98%...

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Royal Oak Schools’ Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Coordinator Works to Prepare Kids for the Future

Sascha Raiyn October 22, 2021

Royal Oak Schools has had some high-profile racial incidents -- students taunting Latino classmates with chants of “Build the Wall”...

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Providing Teachers With the Tools to Discuss #METOO

Sascha Raiyn October 12, 2018

The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance project develops resources for teachers and others who work with children to discuss...

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Michigan Hall of Justice
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State Supreme Court Gives Back $550 Million

Sascha Raiyn December 20, 2017

The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled the state must repay more than $550 million collected from school employees. Governor Jennifer...

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U-M Offers Leadership training to DPS

Bre'Anna Tinsley March 23, 2015

DucDigital/Creative Commons The University of Michigan School of Business is offering to train select Detroit Public Schools staff and administrators....

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