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Bobb plans to close 45 Detroit schools

Detroit -- Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb revealed his vision for a leaner Detroit Public Schools on Monday night by closing 45 schools this year and building new athletic facilities, a new campus for special needs students and reviving a closed high school site. This rebuilding, he said, will require another bond measure beyond the $500 million voters approved in November to remodel and build 18 schools. - 03/16/2010

U.S. Education Secretary: Troubled schools could lose funding

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Washington -- The nation's top education official called Monday for broad changes to accountability in troubled systems like Detroit's public schools, and warned the lowest-performing districts unable to improve would face losing district-level control over Title I funding. - 03/16/2010

Avondale High weapons search comes up empty

The Avondale High search in Auburn Hills was prompted by a note found in a restroom warning a weapon would be brought to school.

A security sweep at Avondale High School following the discovery of a threatening note did not turn up any weapons, police said Monday. - 03/16/2010

Under fed plan schools must improve or lose control of critical funds

Underperforming school districts that fail to show improvement would have to cede control of critical Title I funds to state-level officials under a reauthorization plan for the "No Child Left Behind" outlined by Department of Education officials today. - 03/15/2010

Bobb's goal for DPS: 98% will graduate

Robert Bobb

The $540M academic plan Robert Bobb will unveil tonight calls for rigorous achievement standards, offering college-level courses within all high schools and boosting graduation and attendance rates beyond the state average. - 03/15/2010

Obama promise: Brighter education futures for kids

President Barack Obama on Saturday taped his video address outlining his administration's plan to overhaul the 2002 education law.

Atlanta -- President Barack Obama is promising parents and their kids that with his administration's help they will have better teachers in improved schools so U.S. students can make up for academic ground lost against youngsters in other countries. - 03/14/2010

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State MEAP scores improve

Julissa Cardiel, 9, left, and Chloe Apple, 8, work on a project at Alcott Elementary School in Pontiac.

The disparity in academic achievement between white and non-white elementary students on the Michigan Educational Assessment Program is narrowing, results released Friday show. - 03/13/2010

'Blessings in a Backpack'

Students help fight hunger among peers

Scott Kusky, left, helps organize food that will be given to children through the "Blessings in a Backpack" program.

Rochester Hills -- Matt Benedettini considers himself lucky. There's enough food in his refrigerator. But some of his classmates are not as fortunate. So Matt, 12, spent a recent afternoon helping pack bags of peanut butter, tuna and other nonperishables for youngsters who face hunger on weekends, when they don't get free or reduced-fee school lunches. - 03/13/2010

Teen has sweet victory at Pi-Off

Stephanie Godden broke her own record Friday at her Sterling Heights school's Pi-Off, where she recited the first 2,300 digits of Pi.

Sterling Heights -- Stephanie Godden knows her Pi -- and not the apple or cherry kind. The 17-year-old senior at the Utica Center for Mathematics, Science and Technology in Sterling Heights on Friday recited the first 2,300 digits of Pi, the never-ending number used to figure out the size of circles. In doing so, she broke her own record of 2,000 from last year. - 03/13/2010

Control of Detroit Public Schools splits community

Ruby Newbold, president of the Detroit Association of Educational Office Employees, speaks out against the proposed reforms at a Detroit School Board meeting at Mark Twain Elementary on Thursday.

The battle for control of Detroit Public Schools spilled into the open Thursday as opponents of a mayoral takeover expressed outrage at a key provision of an overhaul plan. - 03/12/2010

Michigan schools to get $430M in federal stimulus money

Washington -- Michigan is due to get nearly $430 million in stimulus money for schools, the Department of Education announced Thursday. - 03/12/2010

Group proposes Utica district close 4 elementary schools

Sterling Heights -- Parents and teachers, upset over a recommendation to close four elementary schools in Utica Community Schools, packed a special meeting Thursday to learn more about why their schools were chosen. - 03/12/2010

Detroit plan targets failing schools

Robert Bobb

A coalition of education leaders and foundations will unveil today a sweeping academic reform agenda that targets failing schools, calls for 70 new programs and launches a national effort to recruit principals. - 03/11/2010

Voters may decide school aid

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East Lansing -- Reform school spending first, then ask voters this summer to pay more for public education, if necessary, a leading House Democrat proposed Wednesday. - 03/11/2010

Lincoln High in Warren to reopen

Addition at Lincoln High School in Warren suffers fire damage

Students at Lincoln High School in Warren were forced to evacuate and sent home Wednesday when a fire broke out in the addition under construction on the campus. The school itself was not damaged.

Warren -- Lincoln High School reopens today, one day after a blaze forced an evacuation and resulted in about $50,000 in damage to an addition being built on the campus. - 03/11/2010

Plan would bring fed standard to academics

A panel of educators convened by the nation's governors and state school superintendents proposed a uniform set of academic standards on Wednesday, laying out their vision for what all the nation's public school children should learn in math and English, year by year, from kindergarten to high school graduation. - 03/11/2010

Kids use Web to learn a foreign language

Lake City fourth-grader Brianna Jinenez, left, updates her avatar during the 30-minute online Spanish session.

Lake City, Mich. -- Learning Spanish has hit the 21st century in Lake City. In the past, learning a foreign language meant textbooks, workbooks, listening exercises and sometimes videos. At Lake City Upper Elementary, however, learning a foreign language is now more like a game. - 03/11/2010

DPS deficit grows under Bobb

Nearly a year after Robert Bobb pledged overspending in the Detroit Public Schools would end, the district has added nearly $100M to its debt. - 03/10/2010

Lawmakers may take school spending reforms to voters

East Lansing -- Lawmakers are working on a plan to ask voters in August whether they are on board with school reforms and are willing to spend more money to keep from having to make deeper cuts in school aid, a legislative leader on education issues said today. - 03/10/2010

SUV hits school; 6 children injured

A teacher backed her Jeep into Huda School and Montessori in Franklin on Tuesday, police say.

Franklin -- A scary scene ended with only minor injuries Tuesday when a teacher accidentally reversed her vehicle through a wall and into a preschool learning area, sending four youngsters to the hospital, police said. - 03/10/2010

Detroit Schools board sues Robert Bobb over private compensation

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The Detroit Public School Board unanimously voted Monday night to file a second lawsuit against Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb, saying $145,000 in private foundation support he receives under his new contract is unlawful. - 03/09/2010

Survey: Woes growing for local school districts

Lansing -- A growing number of local school districts will face bankruptcy, layoffs and program cuts in the coming year due to budget woes, a survey revealed Monday. - 03/09/2010

Electronic clickers let college students ask and answer questions

A student in professor Michael Dubson's physics class at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo., answers a question using her clicker.

Boulder, Colo. -- The students in Michael Dubson's physics class at the University of Colorado fell silent as a multiple choice question flashed on a screen, sending them scrambling for small white devices on their desks. - 03/09/2010

Survey shows state schools need 'transformational change,' leader says

More than one in five Michigan school districts faces a deficit in the coming year, a survey of schools revealed today. - 03/08/2010

DPS initiative to get parents involved, offer training

Edwin Shanks, left, of Southfield talks to DPS Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb after Bobb talked Saturday about a plan to involve more parents with the district.

Detroit -- More than 200 parent leaders from across the district gathered Saturday at Renaissance High School to learn how they can help encourage other parents to become more involved in city schools. - 03/06/2010

Granholm 'disappointed' over shut out for federal education funding

East Lansing -- Michigan intends to "go swinging" for the second round of federal education reform money, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Friday, but first will see if new reforms are needed to possibly strengthen the state's bid. - 03/06/2010

The business of making movies

Students getting their props

Instructor Jonathan Krueger, second from right, discusses some of the nuances of prop construction for students at Oakland Technical Schools Southeast Campus in Royal Oak. More classes could be on the way.

Royal Oak -- Michael Jackson of Pontiac has had zombies on the brain lately. Jackson, 18, was one of nine students who participated in a pilot program at Oakland Schools Technical Campuses Northeast and Southeast to develop skills in prop building and stage construction -- skills that could come in handy with Michigan's burgeoning film industry. - 03/06/2010

DPS gets $41.7M in upgrades

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Detroit -- Students next year will use new ID cards to get into Detroit schools that will be monitored by dozens of cameras. Looking to bolster safety and accountability, Detroit Public Schools will spend $41.7 million on the upgrades as well as build a Public Safety headquarters. - 03/05/2010

Michigan schools fail to win federal money

Recent school reforms failed to win Michigan a shot at millions in federal funding Thursday, and officials must wait a month to see if more changes are needed to increase its chances. - 03/05/2010

Bobb's pay stirs ethics controversy

Bobb

Community and union activists Wednesday raised questions about influence that foundations that are paying more than a third of Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb's salary may have on his decisions. - 03/04/2010

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