Motor City Muckraker to focus on education, Mayor Duggan’s administration in 2016
In 2015, we spent a year investigating Detroit’s beleaguered, mismanaged Fire Department, leading to reforms and the ousting of the top fire officials in 2015.
Firefighters find body in trunk of burned car outside Detroit school
The victim was the sixth murder victim discovered by firefighters in two months.
Students outraged after teacher suspended over blackface video
The Monroe teacher is at the center of a heated debate after showing his students a video depicting entertainers in blackface as part of a history lesson on racism.
DPS combats proliferation of graffiti at vacant schools
Dozens of vacant Detroit schools are riddled with graffiti, driving down adjacent property values and making it difficult for the cash-strapped district to find a new buyer for the buildings.
Detroit Public Schools fails students without standards for under-qualified teachers
The lack of professional standards prompted one teacher to give up his career to sell insurance.
Six degrees of education: Kevin Bacon inserted into Wayne State’s webpage
Wayne State’s web team surprises students with April Fools’ joke.
Police catch girls, ages 11 to 13, trying to burn down vacant Detroit school
Police were shocked to find four girls setting fires inside the vacant Van Zile School.
Vacant school, once flooded, turns to ice
Tens of thousands of gallons of water that spewed from leaking pipes at the vacant Detroit City High School last week have turned to ice.
Wayne State under fire for inhumane experiments on dogs
At least one dog died after having nine devices implanted in her.
Hillsdale College President calls minorities ‘dark ones’
Responding to criticism, the university offered a sarcastic apology.