Detroit Teachers Union Says Sick-Outs Expected To Continue Tuesday
Teacher strikes that caused almost all of Detroit's public schools to close on Monday are expected to continue into Tuesday, a leader of the teachers' union says.
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Teacher strikes that caused almost all of Detroit's public schools to close on Monday are expected to continue into Tuesday, a leader of the teachers' union says.
The transition manager for the Detroit Public Schools says the district will have no money to continue paying teachers this summer without further funding from the state.
The U.S. Attorney's office has charged 12 current and former Detroit Public Schools principals, one district administrator and a long-time vendor with conspiracy to commit bribery in school supply kickback schemes.
It's a scenario all too familiar in a city where public employees think they are owed more than they get for difficult, thankless jobs.
Michigan is investigating why the Detroit Public Schools district received up to $30 million in reimbursements for some employee pensions but didn't send the money to a state pension fund.
The U.S. Attorney's Office says 11 guilty pleas so far are scheduled in April and May.
The Detroit Public Schools district plans to open a Montessori program and a dual-language Arabic technical school as part of an effort to boost enrollment and academic achievement.
Initial test results have found that 19 Detroit schools have tested positive for some level of copper or lead in the water system.
Is the Governor and the state's emergency manager law to blame for the financial mess in the Detroit Public Schools?
The lawsuit -- in part -- lames the district's financial troubles on Michigan's emergency manager law.
The lead discovery was made as part of an effort to test drinking water at all of the district's schools.
"We've been waiting for this for years," one neighbor said.
Ronald Alexander is accused of accepting $23,000 in kickbacks from a school supplies vendor.
Current and former principals allegedly received $908,510 in kickbacks, working with a vendor who got millions of dollars in business from DPS.
"This continues to demonstrate that the challenges at DPS aren't just Detroit's problem..."
The governor says the spending legislation enacted Tuesday shows the district's challenges "aren't just Detroit's problem, they are concerns for all of Michigan."
The $48.7 million is a stopgap measure while the GOP governor presses legislators to enact a $720 million restructuring plan to split the district and pay off $515 million in operating debt over a decade.
The Michigan Senate has approved a $700 million restructuring plan to divide Detroit's financially and academically ailing school district in two and put in place a mechanism to pay off hundreds of millions of dollars in operating debt.
The Senate plan would allocate roughly $500 million to address debt and $200 million to start a new district.
As the crisis in Detroit Public Schools continues to play out, the conversation about what happens next took center stage at the Michigan Chronicle's first "Pancakes and Politics" forum of the 2016 season.
Michigan lawmakers are making moves to make sure the Detroit Public Schools district has enough money to stay open through the end of the year.
Witnesses say the squad car was hit from behind by a speeding Honda SUV.
Rochester Community School District had the highest graduation rate, while Detroit Public Schools came in last place.
The clock is ticking for Detroit Public Schools toward payless paydays.
Meriweather is a Detroit Public School graduate who has been a teacher and most recently was Executive Director of the Office of Curriculum.
