Netbook Computers Going Home With DPS Students
The district purchased 40,000 Netbook computers, and some students will get to take them home.
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The district purchased 40,000 Netbook computers, and some students will get to take them home.
They have a host of demands, they don't regret walking out and they vow to continue to fight for change.
A Detroit federal judge has ordered cash-strapped DPS to pay $425,000 to the family of a special education student who had a seizure and died after being forced to walk unassisted by a school aide.
Detroit Collegiate Prep Academy is one of the schools that has experienced early enrollment success as 100 percent of their 9th graders are returning for their sophomore year.
Parents who would like their children to attend a school other than their neighborhood school for the 2012-13 school year must fill out an Open Enrollment form by today.
A new plan to overhaul the way Detroit Public Schools operates is part of an effort to improve academics, stem years of plummeting enrollment and bring in more money to educate students, the district's emergency financial manager said Thursday.
The doors are open at more than 100 Detroit Public Schools for the district's All-Schools Open House.
The event plans to show the community what's happening in the district while also encouraging parents to enroll their kids for the start of the upcoming fall school year.
In an exclusive one-on-one interview, Roy Roberts tells WWJ that he just signed a contract for another year as Detroit Public Schools emergency manager.
Students from the Detroit area travel 500 miles north to Michigan Technological University in Houghton to get a first-class engineering education. This week, some of them are returning to their hometown of Detroit to spend their spring break encouraging younger students to consider engineering as a future career.
A settlement has reportedly been reached in a lawsuit filed by Detroit teachers against the school district's Emergency Manager.
The district says crime dropped 13 percent compared to last year. Armed robberies are down by more than half, while violations for concealed weapons and felony assaults also plunged.
Detroit Parent Network and DPS reveal details of their 'Homework Area Makeover' campaign, a DPS initiative to increase Parent and Community Engagement and help parents become more actively involved in their children's education.
Parent Resource Centers at seven Detroit schools will be open over the current break in classes.
Volunteer patrols for kids walking to and from Detroit's Durfee Middle School and Central Collegiate Academy begin today.
"This is a critically important time in the history of Detroit Public Schools and for our city," said Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Roy Roberts.
Students from seven Detroit public schools set to close this summer will attend four new buildings slated to open in the fall.
Officials plan to announce next week which Detroit schools will move to a new statewide educational system, come under management of charter operators or close.
State-appointed emergency managers say fiscal responsibility, not race, is behind Michigan's Public Act 4.
Detroit Public Schools is partnering with St John Health Systems to provide free health screenings and immunizations to Medicaid-eligible students.
Helping students at their former Detroit elementary school is nothing new to one group of alumni, and now other city schools are taking note.
The Michigan Supreme Court plans to hear a case over whether the state-appointed emergency manager for the Detroit Public Schools should be removed from office.
A wide-ranging group will talk about how to educate youngsters in a world of iPods, smart phones and computers.
About 600 Detroit Public School Administrators will move out of their expensive leased office spaces and into district-owned property.
Twenty-one Detroit Public Schools will remain open over the holiday break, providing students with extended academic opportunities and free meals.
