The State of Michigan is putting off making a decision on whether to close as many as 38 chronically failing schools, according to a news release from Gov. Rick Snyder’s office this afternoon.
Veronica Conforme, the chancellor of the soon-to-be-defunct Education Achievement Authority, was hired this week to lead a nonprofit organization that works to turn around chronically failing schools in Massachusetts.
About 100 students from Detroit’s Mumford High School visited Baker College in Auburn Hills Tuesday, Jan. 31, for a lesson in literacy, personal goals and professional skills needed for the workplace….
Detroit parents whose children attend schools targeted for potential closure by the state have received a letter from the state suggesting alternatives largely in the suburbs. It raises a sobering reality for Detroit parents: They have few high-performing school options for their kids in the city…
Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration has put 38 of Michigan’s persistently failing public schools on notice that they could be subject to closure or more state oversight in June for poor academic performance, including 24 schools in Detroit.
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