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Michigan is struggling to put kids through college. So why is a promising solution stuck in first gear?
As an ambitious high school freshman in Illinois, Jasmin Wilson had a simple goal: rack up enough college credits to earn a two-year degree before she was 18. Those laws mean that students like Wilson cannot get an associate degree before graduation, unlike their peers in neighboring states. “I think it’s ridiculous,” said Wilson, now an 18-year-old senior at Benjamin
Expert testifies gerrymandering in Michigan is worse than almost anywhere
Attorneys for Michigan Republicans say political districts were drawn legally, and evidence showing they bragged about solidifying gains are irrelevant.
Whitmer signs executive orders restructuring DEQ, adding Michigan to US Climate Alliance
Governor Gretchen Whitmer is restructuring the state’s Department of Environmental Quality.
The state raised the bar for organizations that oversee charter schools in Detroit. See who’s responding
When the new law was enacted, there were a dozen authorizers overseeing charters in the city.
State Senate to consider Gov. Whitmer’s appointees this week
The Senate will start the oversight process for some of…
Federal Shutdown Is Over… For Now. How Will Michigan Congresspeople Lead Going Forward?
Stephen Henderson speaks with Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) and Rep.…
CEOs, Republicans add voices to Michigan’s child care ‘crisis’
Michigan provides among the least amount of help to low-income…
Report: Michigan has biggest school funding decline in nation
A new report out Wednesday says total revenue for Michigan…
Detroit property values rise by double digits, reversing long-term slide
Residential property values rose 12% citywide in 2018.
Detroit’s Rashida Tlaib Becomes A National Name — Was It The Right Introduction?
n Detroit Today, Stephen Henderson explores who Tlaib is, compared…
Gerrymandering is dying in Michigan. Of old age. No joke.
-The most heavily Republican parts of the state are declining…
New Whitmer executive order provides LGBTQ protections in state government, services
The order extends non-discrimination protections to LGBTQ state employees.
Fear and Loathing in Corktown: Detroit’s Oldest Surviving Neighborhood Deals with Change
Detroit Free Press columnist John Carlisle joins Detroit Today to…
This Detroit master teacher doesn’t mind the tough adjustment to a new curriculum. ‘It just works.’
Two decades of teaching have taught her a lot —…
School grades, toxic waste and dark money: Your Michigan lame duck roundup
Michigan’s lame-duck Legislature continued its frenetic pace Tuesday, passing bills…
Flint, MDEQ reach voluntary agreement on city’s water system
The city of Flint has reached a deal with the…
Lame duck Michigan lawmakers just voted on A-F grades for schools. Here’s what you need to know.
The bill stirred controversy over concerns that it could strip…
Here’s what the state House passed while you slept
Members of the Michigan House were busy quickly passing bills…
Detroit enlists volunteer tutors before third-grade reading law takes effect
We need your help,” Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said
Michigan Cities Face Eviction Crisis — Here Are Some Solutions
There are efforts afoot in cities such as Cleveland to…
These maps show how Michigan Republicans kept power despite blue wave
Democrats have complained for years that the GOP-designed legislative maps…
Philanthropist Steve Ballmer’s take on Detroit’s comeback and how he might help.
The Ballmers, who control the 18th largest fortune in the…
Credit Agency Says Detroit Development Must Expand Beyond Downtown
he credit ratings service Moody’s says Detroit has recovered enough…
5 places where Michigan’s governor and legislature can make deals
For the first time in nearly a decade, Michigan’s government…
Caravan to travel 1,700 miles to witness border problems
A group of faith leaders is caravaning 1,700 miles to…
Mission Possible: Obama campaigns in Detroit to get Democrats to vote
Former president Barack Obama spoke at Detroit Cass Tech High…
As Michigan’s poorest 4-year-olds wait for classroom seats, free pre-K for all kids seems elusive
ichigan is the home to America’s most famous study on…
Who Will Pay For The Ballooning National Debt?
There’s nothing new about this game. Republicans have said for…
Red state? Blue state? Analysts weigh in on Michigan’s political identity
Several political experts agree: Michigan is a purple state. Though…
$100 million for waterfront a boon to Detroit, will connect to state trails
The tiny model on display Wednesday along with renderings showed…
Promising students in Detroit lack access to high-level AP classes that are common in suburban schools
Advanced Placement courses — known as APs — offer some…
U.S. Senate candidates Stabenow, James trade blows in Detroit debate
Michigan’s senior U.S Senator and her Republican opponent faced off…
Detroit Will Elect a Commission to Revise Its Charter… Again
Is it wise to throw out the charter of Michigan’s…
Lawmakers to introduce bills to reform bail in Michigan
Michigan spends millions jailing people who are stuck behind bars…
Democratic Nominee for Attorney General Dana Nessel Joins Detroit Today
Nessel responds to reports of a toxic campaign office and…
As governor, Bill Schuette would consider ‘all options’ for struggling schools, including closings
Attorney General Bill Schuette is putting struggling Michigan schools on…
Catholic College in Detroit is Offering Classes to an All-Muslim Group
The students are studying social justice at Marygrove.
Michigan ballot issues: What to know about Prop 3 (voting rights)
BALLOT ISSUE: Proposal 3 (Promote the Vote) WHAT IT WOULD…
Schuette on roads, schools, tax cuts, and LGBTQ issues
Republican candidate for governor Bill Schuette says the state budget…
Investment brings jobs. And more jobs makes for stronger neighborhoods.
Another Detroit neighborhood is about to see a major transformation…
Five ways to reduce harm of students frequently changing schools
Solving the damaging problem of Detroit students moving frequently between…
Lifting up all voices in metro Detroit, including Michigan’s Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, for the 2018 midterm election
This may not seem like much at first, but it…
Legal recreational pot will likely affect public health & medicinal marijuana in Michigan
Van Dyke says adult use of marijuana products stayed relatively…
Michigan’s ‘band-aid’ for filling teaching jobs is expanding. Here’s what you need to know.
If the expansion continues, it could change the face of…
Will Labor Dispute Indefinitely Delay Major Freeway Projects in Metro Detroit?
Crain’s Detroit Business senior reporter Chad Livengood talks about the…
Detroit city council member’s “People’s Bills” tackle some of city’s inequities
One Detroit city council member is putting forth a slew…
Wobbly but upright, Obamacare still standing in Michigan
As year six approaches, the health of the Affordable Care…
Six of the 10 areas with the lowest life expectancies in the state are in Detroit
Six of the 10 census tracts with the lowest life…
Mark your calendars: Here are four chances to dig into the issues facing Detroit schools
“It’s the very essence of democracy,”
Michigan Legislature passes minimum wage, paid sick leave bills to avert ballot
State lawmakers on Wednesday adopted two proposals ‒ to raise…
Whitmer and Democrats hit Detroit Labor Day events, hear about worker struggles
It’s Labor Day, and that means political candidates are stumping…
Is Detroit ‘the best city in America for teachers’? City leaders are giving recruits a few more reasons to say ‘yes’
“We are committed to making Detroit the best city in…
We’re the richest Democracy with the worst poverty
“Poverty is a relationship, it involves you and me and…
Child care for this baby costs more than the University of Michigan
Kathleen O’Reilly Farhat looks forward to the day she can…
The key takeaways from this weekend’s Republican and Democratic conventions
Despite a few political snags, each party now has their…
Rising rents. Falling wages. Detroit’s poor face housing crisis.
By AARON MONDRY & BRIDGE MAGAZINE & DETROIT JOURNALISM COOPERATIVE Clark…
Should We Segregate Students Based on Academic Ability?
“You don’t learn to talk across difference if you are…
VIDEO: How a Detroit special education advocate tries to help parents
“I didn’t know what I was supposed to do,” the…
Gretchen Whitmer officially taps Garlin Gilchrist II as running mate
Gilchrist, 35, grew up on Detroit’s east side and is…
‘It Touches You…It’s Traumatic’—The Effects of Eviction and Housing Insecurity on Kids
Bridge Magazine reporter Chastity Pratt Dawsey opens up about her…
Detroit gets federal grant for historic district commemorating landmark civil rights case
At the time, it was an all-white neighborhood.
AMERICAN BLACK JOURNAL, NABJ CONVENTION COMES TO DETROIT
The event features newsmakers in politics, journalism, media, and film.
With primaries over, Detroit school board candidates look to November
The district’s progress under the current board progress has yielded…
Michigan’s governor’s race will be Whitmer vs. Schuette. Here’s where they stand on education
The winner of the general election on November 6 will…
John Conyers’ son rejected again in bid for U.S. Congress
After being kicked off the August primary ballot and barred…
Raising taxes, partnering with developers and four other ways Detroit main school district could address its facilities crisis
“I wouldn’t advise looking at that list and seeing it…
“This is no way to run a justice system”: Detroit nonprofit works toward a future without bail
Stateside’s conversation with Amanda Alexander, founder and executive director of…
Which Detroit school is best for your child? A new guide offers direction, but no test scores
A glossy new Detroit school guide will give city parents lots of…
Chemical Bank Makes Detroit Its New Corporate Home
The Michigan-based bank will build its new corporate headquarters at…
‘Unofficial suspensions’ and 10 other reasons Detroit’s main district is overhauling special education
A transportation network that was so dysfunctional, students with special…
Michigan Civil Rights Commission will ignore AG opinion on LGBTQ issue
Michigan Civil Rights Commission says it will continue to include…
Michigan Gubernatorial Candidates on the Issues
Gubernatorial candidates on the issues. We talked about a wide…
Male couples experience as much domestic violence as heterosexual couples
Intimate partner violence occurs just as often in relationships between…
A Voter Guide to the Michigan Candidates for Governor
The Detroit Journalism Cooperative invited all major party candidates to…
Downtown Detroit partnership elevates public space experience with refresh of The Beach at Campus Martius Park
DDP was chosen as one of five recipients across the…
Where Michigan governor candidates stand on taxes, spending
Fix the roads. Improve schools. Cut taxes. Slash college costs…
Redistricting ballot proposal headed to state Supreme Court this week
The measure would create a commission of Republicans, Democrats and…
Detroit math teacher tends a greenhouse, welcomes parents into her classroom
Reese spoke with Chalkbeat about the garden, being a woman…
Detroit foreclosure buy-back expansion faces time crunch, funding uncertainty
The program involves the city buying foreclosed properties back from…
What’s the Future of the Supreme Court and Roe v. Wade?
A look at the possible influence of Trump nominee Judge…
Strapped for teachers, Detroit district looks to controversial teacher training programs
It’s still early in the summer hiring season, and the…
Policy Meets the People: Introducing the Issue of Gerrymandering
increasingly, many political experts and researchers say, we know long…
Federal judge dismisses Detroit schools literacy lawsuit
Filed in 2016, the suit attempted to force the state…
New grant aims to bring programs like arts and nutrition to Detroit preschools and childcare facilities
Half a year after unveiling an ambitious $50 million effort…
Detroit regional mass transit plan dead for 2018
Who’s…refusing to support allowing voters to decide on the $5…
Protesters “occupy,” briefly shut down Detroit ICE office
“We’re going to be in the street fighting, at the…
Crumbling Detroit school buildings will cost $500 million to repair. It’s money the district doesn’t have
“We would have to dramatically cut personnel to even put…
As caregivers struggle to make ends meet, 28,000 Detroit children go without care
“You can get there—if you have the money.”
Michigan’s third-grade reading law could penalize bilingual programs
“I can’t wrap my head around it,”
Poverty is Detroit’s biggest problem. Gentrification doesn’t come close.
he basic revival trajectory is positive. It can continue. But…
Who is to blame for what happened to Michigan Central Station?
Michigan Central Station opened in 1913. At 18 stories, it…
History gets a conservative twist in Michigan social studies standards
The d-word in “core democratic values” pertains to America’s system…
Meet the 11 people charged with helping Detroit’s district and charter schools work together, starting with a new bus loop.
Duggan also confirmed for the first time that the loop…
Detroit school district, charter schools team up for new education commission, joint bus service
“We haven’t tried something like this. We’re going to know…
200 men address State of African American Men at St. Stephen AME
There is a crisis in America. The crisis I am…
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