Toxic water in Detroit schools is worse than expected; ex-Detroit City Councilwoman Sharon Mchail is fired from a charter school but refuses to leave; and the stately, vacant Old Wayne County Building has been renovated.
Detroit’s Head Start providers could lose funding; malls are under threat of closing; and a Detroit group that pledged to spend $258 million on the east side has neglected the area.
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Marygrove College in Detroit predominately attracted students from underserved populations.
An iconic synagogue in Detroit has brought Jews and Christians together to transform the 95-year-old building into a mixed-faith community center.
Detroit’s elected board of education was finally allowed to choose a superintendent after years of state emergency management.
The head of the River Rouge School District is one of two finalists for the superintendent’s job in Detroit.
Black students are less likely to graduate from Wayne State than any high-performing college in the U.S.
“Shame, shame, shame!” shouted a protester as DeVos was whisked into an SUV.