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The state's Education Achievement Authority will need $24.7 million for start-up costs that include administrative salaries, technology for students and classrooms, and paying for a summer academy for teachers.
Washington — President Barack Obama on Thursday declared that 10 states are free from the No Child Left Behind law, allowing them to scrap some of the most rigorous and unpopular mandates in American education.
Ann Arbor— The president of the University of Michigan says a six-month delay in reporting to police that child porn was allegedly found on a computer flash drive in a locked hospital lounge shows a "serious failure" at the school and "poor judgment" by several employees.
Saying Detroit Public Schools must discard its outdated educational model to lead the city’s comeback, district officials announced plans Wednesday to close 16 schools and offer four others as candidates to be turned into charter schools.
Plymouth— Two parents of a Plymouth-Canton high school student made their case Wednesday night for banning a controversial novel from district classrooms, arguing that the work is "vulgar and offensive."
Mount Pleasant — Central Michigan University has received accreditation for the new medical school that is set to receive its first class of future doctors next year, officials announced Wednesday.
Inkster’s Baylor-Woodson has gained national attention by focusing on strong teaching, proving poverty and race don’t have to be barriers to success.
A Detroit school’s science project got the attention of President Barack Obama on Tuesday. The White House hosted a science fair, featuring projects by more than 100 students from across the country.
Detroit — The dozen Detroit Public Schools to be shifted to a new statewide recovery school district will not be announced on Thursday as planned, an official with the Education Achievement System said Tuesday.
It was a close shave for several staff members at Switzer Elementary School on Tuesday afternoon.
Detroit — Student truancy is noticeable in the city — so much so that Detroit Public Schools made 409 referrals to prosecutors in the 2010-11 year and also lost state funding because it fell below the state minimum of 75 percent attendance on 46 days.
Detroit — The names of a dozen Detroit Public Schools to be shifted to a new statewide recovery school district will not be announced on Thursday as planned, an official with the Education Achievement System said Tuesday.
Detroit — Seven low-performing schools within Detroit Public Schools will not be swept into the new statewide recovery district this fall, DPS officials said Monday.
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