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Week in review: The target on the back of the state board of education
The main district has taken the unusual step of putting some counselors and assistant principals in classrooms.
One Question, One Detroit | What’s your message from Detroit?
Hear what Detroiters have to say to people outside the city.
ICYMI: When it comes to their children’s education, how can parents empower themselves?
When it comes to their children’s education, how can parents empower themselves?
Diary of a longshot: Inside Coleman Young’s no-frills bid for Detroit mayor.
The grilled chicken came on Styrofoam plates…
DJC Partner, WDET | How Has Detroiter Maria Juarez Fared Since Being Deported to Mexico in May?
Detroit Today producer Jake Neher talks Maria’s situation with Chastity Pratt Dawsey.
Week In Review: Count Day pizza, ‘Burger King’ money, and a teachers union spy
Every kid who showed up in class on Wednesday was worth thousands of dollars to his or her school.
Lake Erie’s Harmful Algae Blooms: Even Asian Carp won’t eat it
The bright green color is caused by microcystin, a potentially lethal toxin.
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Education
School choice, metro Detroit’s new white flight, Bridge Magazine
AUDIO: A Moment that Sealed the Detroit Schools’ Fate, Michigan Radio
AUDIO: Helping with Homework, with a House, WDET
VIDEO: MiWeek Roadshow: Education and Our Schools, Detroit Public TV
Profile: Two DPS teachers, Detroit Jewish News
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Racial Attitudes
VIDEO: American Black Journal Special on Racial Attitudes, Detroit Public TV View all articles related to Racial Attitudes
Immigration
Voices from the Muslim Ban Protest in Hamtramck, January 2017, Detroit Public TV
Michigan’s Refugees by the Numbers [CHARTS], WDET
Hamtramck’s ‘Safe Haven’ Schools, Arab American News
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Politics & Government
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Justice
When parents go to prison, WDET
The War on Crime, not crime itself, fueled Detroit’s post-1967 decline, Bridge Magazine
VIDEO: Criminal justice reform in Michigan, Detroit Public TV
AUDIO: African Americans wrongfully convicted at higher rates, Michigan Radio
A conversation with Professor Peter Hammer, Michigan Chronicle
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Jobs & Economy
A Revitalized Detroit Attracts Young Jewish Residents, Detroit Jewish News
Poverty and joblessness, fuel for ’67 riot, even worse today, Detroit Jewish News
Liette Gidlow: The call to confront issues of race and poverty has not been answered, WDET
“I watched an old black man cry”, Michigan Radio
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