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Detroit Public Schools Community District ... (4 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Education in Detroit" ... University of Michigan Detroit Center
Detroit Public Schools claim that in 2005–2006 the graduation rate was 68 percent and expected it to hold constant in 2006–2007. [31] [32] [33] On February 14, 2009, the Detroit Free Press reported that United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan had concern over the quality of education Detroit children were receiving. A spokesman ...
Educational inequality has existed in the Southeast Michigan area of the United States since the birth of institutional, urban schooling in the US. Inequality between lower and higher class districts have perpetuated divisions in educational opportunities and outcomes between Michigan communities, especially areas in and around Detroit, the state's largest city.
In 2018, West Side Academy reported an enrollment of 490 and an 80% graduation rate. The school's principal is Andrea Ford-Aylor. The school ranges from grades 9–12 and offers up to 40 additional credit hours which allows students to obtain a better chance at graduating on time or even before their graduation year.
The Detroit Waldorf School is a private PreK-8 Waldorf school located at 2555 Burns, Detroit, Michigan, United States, in an Albert Kahn-designed school in the historic Indian Village neighborhood. In 2016, the building was designated a Michigan State Historic Site . [ 3 ]
The Detroit Free Press frequently visited the school in the year 2012. In the summer of that year the school sent teachers to a conference about Spencer Kagan's small group learning model in Battle Creek, Michigan. As of that year the school had plans to introduce methods by Lorraine Monroe. [2]
In 2012 the district had 3,500 students. During that year the district opened up a school of choice program for grades K-8 so that anyone from Macomb County may apply to attend East Detroit schools. [4] On November 8, 2013, David Zauner, a teacher at East Detroit High School, dove into a pool to rescue a 14-year-old student who was drowning ...
The Detroit News, that year, described the district as "troubled". [8] In June 2004 the Detroit News called the financial situation of the district "troubled". [9] On Thursday June 24, 2004, the Michigan Department of Education sent a team of academic and financial experts to conduct reviews of the school system.