Commentary: Biggest limitation...
Ron Stefanski – As we let our imagination play itself out regarding the upcoming school year, we need to ask ourselves: Are we...
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Education equity an ’emp...
Madeline Black – On the surface, the concept is a simple and obvious one: Every child in Detroit deserves to be treated...
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Michigan is about a month away from the start of a school year that will be unlike any other in 102 years. Our public schools will...
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Nearly 60 percent of Michigan parents say their ability to go to work would take a hit if schools don’t reopen in the fall, according...
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Change has arrived. It is up to us to produce progress. COVID-19 has changed the world. The reality we once had is now gone. What we...
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Sherri Welch – Denise Smith will lead $50 million Hope Starts Here initiative Effort is designed to make Detroit a city that...
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Lately I’ve been inspired by Nelson Mandela’s quote: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”...
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Tom Watkins – I read with interest the comments of Consumers Energy CEO Patti Poppe on education while sitting on a tarmac...
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By SHERRI WELCH – Goodwill Industries is closing in on acquisition of skilled-trade company The deal will bring new workforce...
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By CHAD LIVENGOOD – Public schools have created a $100 million business educating private school and homeschooled students Gov....
read moreDetroit Mercy resets tuition t...
In a revenue-neutral move, President Antoine Garibaldi said the Detroit school will cut tuition and aid to “be in the ballpark...
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By CHAD LIVENGOOD – Marquez Goins returned to Detroit a year ago this week after a nine-year prison sentence for armed robbery...
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Chad Livengood – Lt. Gov. Brian Calley’s proposed constitutional amendment to downgrade Michigan’s Legislature to...
read moreIn reversal, Snyder returns Sc...
LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder reversed course Friday and moved Michigan’s school-turnaround office back to a state department over...
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Ron Fournier – A year ago, I attended the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac Policy Conference as a guest speaker,...
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