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Dan Rather Reports: "A National Disgrace" (Episode #617) [1] is a two-hour television report about the Detroit Public Schools (DPS), in Detroit, Michigan, that aired on HDNet (today AXS TV) on May 10, 2011. Presented by journalist Dan Rather, this episode was part of his investigative documentary series. [2]
A charter school in Michigan is a state-supported public school operating under a contract issued by an authorizing body. [21] Over half of the students in Detroit attend charter schools, thus, Detroit has the most for-profit charter schools in the nation. In 1994 charter schools first came into Detroit.
GreatSchools is an American national nonprofit organization that provides information about PK-12 schools and education. The website provides ratings and comparison tools based on student growth, college readiness, equity, and test scores for public schools in the U.S. [1] As of July 2017, the GreatSchools database contains information for more than 138,000 public, private, and charter schools ...
It's important to understand the context surrounding the concern of the latest budget: There's been long-standing fear brewing this year over school district budgets, as schools have largely spent ...
Lawmakers passed Michigan’s next state budget Thursday after a 19-hour session marked by disagreements among Democrats and school groups, who warned that the original proposal for education ...
The Grand Rapids Public Schools is a public school district serving Grand Rapids, Michigan. Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS) is Michigan's eight largest public school district. [1] It is also the third-largest employer in the City of Grand Rapids. GRPS serves nearly 14,557 students with 2,700 employees, including 1,400 teachers.
Because of the decreased revenues, the district planned to close two schools. In a school funding system enacted in 1994, Michigan school funding entirely originates from the state, so despite the fact that Bloomfield Hills has a property rich tax base, the decrease in enrollment forced the district into an operating loss.
Grosse Pointe Public School was the subject of a video posted by Click On Detroit Local 4, a Detroit TV station, that had gone viral. The video showed a teacher who had recently resigned giving a speech at board meeting, exasperated at the incompetence of the elected board members, having made terrible decisions in regards to the COVID-19 ...