Detroit Public Schools
Any Plan for Safely Reopening Schools Must Address the Whole Child
The challenge of safely educating children in high poverty school districts during the pandemic is glaring. A recent analysis of Philadelphia showed many students essentially…
VIDEO: This Detroit Teacher Uses Hip-Hop Literacy to Engage His Students and the Community
I began teaching at 22. Back in my hometown of Detroit and fresh out of college, I thought I had all the answers.…
I Want to Talk About What Betsy DeVos Isn’t Going to Do for Black Students
The school choice debate has perhaps never been more central to the national conversation than right now. With the NAACP’s recent call for a moratorium…
Here’s How ESSA Is Giving Students a Voice in Their Education
Administrators are quick to tell us how good their schools are but if we really want to know about their quality, we should ask the…
Scandals Don’t Just Happen in Politics, They Also Take Place In Our Classrooms
New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago and Los Angeles: These cities and countless others across the United States have dealt with scandals involving their public…
Stop the Politics, These Are Our Schools
I am very much like other Latinas throughout this nation—proud of my Latino heritage, proud of how I grew up, and proud of the work…
Here’s to Making Charter Schools Better in Michigan
Being from Michigan, generally, is a wonderful thing. Great people, Great Lakes, you get the picture. When it’s not so wonderful, however, is when you…
Gov. Snyder, Michigan Students Deserve Better
Ask anyone who has had a longer-than-five minute conversation with me: I love being from Michigan. We’ve got lakes for days, we’ve got the prettiest…
The Conversation This Teacher of the Year Is Tired of Not Having
Nate Bowling is not only the 2016 Teacher of the Year for the state of Washington but he's also one of four finalists for National Teacher of the Year. He has written a piece for his blog, A Teacher's Evolving Mind, that will stop you in your tracks because of how painfully true it is. The Conversation I'm Tired of Not Having is a must-read. Ask yourself, would suburban schools ever be allowed to decay like what we saw in Detroit? Nope.…
Detroit Parents Don’t Just Need School Choices, They Need Quality
A recent op-ed in The Detroit News included quotes from local parents, as well as polling data, showing that parents want more choices for their…
