- By Erin Einhorn, NBC News
- Literacy
Detroit Students Have the Right to an Education, Federal Appeals Court Rules
American children have a fundamental right to at least a basic education, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
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- By Christine Ferretti and Beth LeBlanc
- Literacy
Appeals Court: Detroit Students Have Fundamental Right to Education
The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that Detroit students have a fundamental but limited right to basic minimum education and have standing to sue the state for alleged violations of that right.
- By Mark Reuss and Pam Good
- Beyond Basics
Funding First Responders in Detroit’s Literacy Crisis
Mark Reuss president of General Motors and Pamela Good Executive Director of Beyond Basics talk about the silent epidemic across school districts, the literacy crisis.
- By Lori Higgins
- Beyond Basics
How GM’s big $1 million donation will improve the reading skills of 500 Detroit students
General Motors has donated $1 million to the program, which provides intense tutoring to high school students in the Detroit Public Schools Community District.
A $1 million grant from General Motors Co. to nonprofit Beyond Basics will support literacy-building efforts for hundreds of high school students in Detroit Public Schools Community District.
We are excited to announce GM’s donation to Beyond Basics Be the Solution Campaign. This donation will benefit 500 Detroit Public School High School students in their journey to literacy.
- By Beyond Basics
- Beyond Basics
Beyond Basics Co-Founder & CEO named Michiganian of the Year by The Detroit News
Beyond Basics is excited to share with you that, as announced in The Detroit News, our Co-Founder & CEO Pamela Good is being named a 2019 Michiganian of the Year!
- By Jennifer Chambers
- Literacy
Court weighs Detroit literacy battle: 'Is this really education?'
What it is like inside a Detroit high school and what it means for the literacy lawsuit.
- By Jennifer Chambers
- Literacy
Suit: Detroit schoolchildren denied right to literacy
The Beginning of the Literacy Lawsuit
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