Detroit Charter School Closed After Overnight Fire
Elementary students at one Detroit charter school will have Thursday off, after an overnight fire damaged at least one classroom.
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Elementary students at one Detroit charter school will have Thursday off, after an overnight fire damaged at least one classroom.
DPS Emergency Manager Roy Roberts says National Assessment of Educational Progress scores released on Wednesday show Detroit is headed in the right direction.
DPS is launching a program to keep some schools open over the holiday break, providing parent workshops, as well as meals and academic learning to students in need.
The Detroit Public School District is being fined by the state for ongoing truancy problems. Attendance in the past school year was less than 75 percent on 46 school days.
District administrators say there is low voltage at Cody, Dixon, Henderson and Mann schools.
It's a promise to students in the Detroit Public Schools: Stay in school, and we'll help you go to college. Dr. Nat Pernick started the Detroit College Promise, which provides $500 scholarships for Detroit students.
It's some news of improvement for the Detroit Public Schools as the district has managed to reduce its financial deficit.
Nearly 90 laid-off Detroit Public Schools teachers are being called back to work to ease overcrowding in some of the district's classrooms.
High school students in Detroit have opportunity to win a $25K college scholarship by creating a life-saving message for their peers.
At Detroit Public Schools, fried foods have disappeared and fresh fruits and vegetables are part of the daily menu.
Great news for Detroit Public Schools - they have exceeded their Fall enrollment. A DPS spokesperson says close to 66,000 K-12 students are enrolled, up by 137 students.
A lawsuit seeking the removal of the head of the Detroit Public Schools has been rejected.
John Covington , chancellor for the newly created Michigan Education Achievement Authority, will take control of more than 30 failing schools in Detroit.
Detroit Public Schools released figures Thursday showing that about one in every 10 students in grades 1-12 is new to the district this year.
A hearing by a federal judge Thursday will affect the paychecks of thousands of Detroit Public School employees, as three unions representing DPS employees seek an injunction to stop a ten percent pay cut and increases in health premiums.
While the Detroit Public Schools has been suffering from declining enrollment, there are complaints at at least one high school about too many kids in the classroom.
A report from the Detroit Public Schools says crime-related activity on school campuses is down 37 percent in the first two weeks of school this year, as compared with the same time frame last year.
The Detroit Public School district has been steadily losing students over the past several years and now the district will likely be losing hundreds of teachers over the next few years.
A former top official with the Detroit Public Schools will be spending the next five years in prison.
Detroit Public Schools, which is mounting a massive effort to keep Detroit students safe in and around schools, is using a powerful social media technique to blanket Detroit with a message of safety.
Detroit Public School officials say after a disappointing head-count throughout the first week of school, more students attended the second week of classes.
Detroit Public School employees are among those charged with stealing expensive equipment and supplies from classrooms.
A designated $25 billion of the President Barack Obama's jobs package is set to go toward upgrading K through 12 schools around the nation.
Detroit Public School's Emergency Manager Roy Roberts met student leaders Friday to get some insight into the district's attendance problem.
