Detroit Public Schools Community District

NAF, an education nonprofit, operates 30 career academies in 20 high schools in the Detroit Public Schools Community District

Advocates say Davis Aerospace Technical High School – one of few training centers for student pilots in Michigan — is a critical resource for helping to address a national shortage of pilots.

Advocates say a recent wave of migrants and refugees to southeast Michigan have brought new students to Detroit schools. Here are the steps the district is taking to meet their needs in the short- and long-term.

Friends of the Children works with kids who have adverse childhood experiences that include experiencing violence, abuse or neglect, having a parent who is addicted to drugs or alcohol or being placed in the foster care system.

The Detroit school board now must decide how it will spend the $94.4 million in literacy lawsuit settlement money.

Marie Feagins is the first outside leader to direct Tennessee’s largest school district since it was created through a merger a decade ago.

Last year, the Detroit Public Schools Community District was only able to offer limited summer programs for students who needed to catch up.

Some Detroit parents say the process of being screened to volunteer is tedious and may deter others from getting involved.

Informed by her experience as a parent, this Detroit teacher became an educator to strive for equity in all classrooms.

Many Detroit school district students who come from low-income homes rely on school meals.

Elections, school funding, a new state department, and other issues that will define education this year.

The year’s big stories included victories for the Democratic education agenda, a groundbreaking school aid budget, and a fiscal reckoning in Detroit.

They talked about mental health, childhood trauma, good teaching, and the importance of self-love.

The Detroit district, like many others, is dealing with shortages of critical special education staff.

Detroit students face many dangers on their route to school.

The teachers sneaked into the shuttered school before it was to be demolished. Now the piece is on display in a museum.

Two other district staffers also lost their jobs: One for bringing a loaded gun on district property, and the other for assaulting a student.

DPSCD officials will share final recommendations with the school board by next year.

Jamarria Hall remains engaged in the fight to improve schools: ‘​​I want to change education,’ he says. ‘If you look at the last century, education has not changed at all.’

The event was invitation-only, and a video will be available at a later date.