Detroit public schools receive $60K donation from Pistons' Cade Cunningham
The donation will even help to establish “Cades Care Closets" at the Health Hubs, which will provide toiletries and snacks to students throughout the year.
Detroit schools closed Tuesday due to freezing temperatures
Conditions will feel below freezing for a good chunk of the week in Southeast Michigan.
Parents pick up kids early after gunshot reports at Detroit school, former student arrested
One person was arrested for firing gunshots on the campus of Ralph W. Emerson Elementary-Middle School Wednesday morning.
DPSCD Superintendent highlights student improvement in Detroit schools
During his State of the Schools address, DPSCD Superintendent Dr. Nikolai Vitti expressed that students are making advancements in literacy and test scores. However, there is still a lot of work to be done.
Incoming Detroit elementary students treated to free backpacks, haircuts, and ice cream
School is almost here and kids were bouncing off the walls with excitement at the backpack giveaway Monday - or they just wanted the ice cream.
Detroit Federation of Teachers reaches tentative agreement with DPSCD
A special informational meeting is scheduled for tomorrow, Aug. 21 at 5 p.m. to deliver the agreement to all members.
Detroit public schools' Back to School Expos helps prep families for fall
Other Back-to-School Expos on Saturday will take place at a number of DPSCD schools from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and throughout the month.
Detroit schools launch health hubs to combat absenteeism among students
With August around the corner, attention will return to both old and new issues facing the district.
Detroit schools kick off Kindergarten boot camp
It was a busy day at the Detroit Public Library where the school district welcomed its newest members.
Parents file lawsuit claiming Detroit school staff abused their children, some with special needs
Several parents have filed the lawsuit alleging abuse of power and a cover-up of child abuse, focusing on the Moses Field Elementary School.
High temperatures to close Detroit schools early for Friday
High temperatures mean Detroit schools will get out a few hours earlier again on Friday.
Detroit school closes for week after flu outbreak, kindergartner death
Among the symptoms that students exhibited were high rates of fever and vomiting.
Harper Woods police investigating fatal shooting of 36-year-old father
After getting a call of a disturbance, police were told shots had been fired while en route to the scene. They later heard of a fatal gunshot reported at a nearby hospital.
9-year-old girl records video threat with kitchen knife to classmate
The mom of the child threatened says they have been friends for a short time, and this all could be over the 9-year-old not getting invited to a party last weekend.
Student caught with gun at Detroit's Martin Luther King high school
The Detroit Public Schools Community District said on Friday that a student at Martin Luther King senior high school was found carrying a gun inside the school.
Students at Detroit's Southeastern High School return to virtual learning after school floods from burst pipe
Detroit's Southeastern High School will be closed for months as the school works to get most of the classrooms cleaned up after a water pipe burst inside the school.
Detroit's Southeastern High School closed after majority of classrooms flood, building closed for months
As students at Detroit's Southeastern High School were set to return after winter break, they'll have to wait a bit longer after a pipe burst inside the school, causing massive damage in the building.
Broken pipe causes massive damage at Detroit high school
Repairs to the building are expected to take at least two months after excessive flooding damaged almost every classroom.
Detroit school is gifted $20,000 of new instruments for music program
"We want to make sure that we bring programming to support them," said Mary Culler, president of the Ford Motor Company Fund. "So by donating instruments, they can absolutely keep their programs strong and really be able to expand it, to include other kids."
Poor tests, graduation rates by 25 Detroit public schools leads to state intervention
The Michigan Department of Education is partnering with districts that have schools scoring in the bottom five percent or have a four-year graduation rate of 67 percent or less. This includes 100 Detroit schools and two from Ypsilanti.