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Detroit school principal suspended for violating district policy; some staffers don't want her back
DETROIT (FOX 2) - A public school principal in Detroit has been suspended following an investigation that allegedly revealed violations of district policy. But the larger question is what happens next - will she be returning? According to the district, yes. Staff members expressed fervent opinions about Thirkle’s principal Stephanie...
Feds: Former Wyandotte school principal pleads guilty to embezzling more than $89K
Personal vacations, meals, gift cards, clothing, rent. That's what a former Wyandotte Public Schools principal is accused of spending more than $89,000 in district funds on for herself, according to federal court documents. Krizia Allen, 38, of West Bloomfield, will learn her punishment this fall after pleading guilty in U.S. District Court in Detroit...
Grand Blanc High School band to perform National Anthem at Detroit Tigers game
GRAND BLANC, MI – The Grand Blanc High School band will perform the National Anthem before the Detroit Tigers face the Washington Nationals at Comerica Park this week. The band will perform approximately 20 minutes before first pitch at the game at 1:10 p.m. on Thursday, June 13, according to an announcement by the district.
Detroit teachers push for finalized contract before current deal expires
DETROIT – The Detroit Federation of Teachers is pushing to get a new contract for its membership by June 21, when the current deal expires. Teachers and the district have been bargaining since February, and substantial progress has been made, especially regarding salary, but other issues remain to be ironed out.
Michigan can make community college free for every high school graduate | Opinion
Last week I met a 16-year-old high school student named Layla. A combination of slightly shy and remarkably self-possessed, she talked about how college had always been a dream, and a source of worry due to the high cost to her family. As we walked through the bright, welcoming halls of the Livonia Career Technical Center, a hands-on facility where high schoolers learn technical skills, it was clear Layla is not alone, and it was also clear we desperately need young voices like Layla’s at the policy table.
Virtual Reality in the classroom at Detroit Country Day offers brand-new way of learning
Sometimes you wish you could see inside your body and understand what's happening. Now, local high school kids are doing just that, with high-tech help giving an eye-opening lesson in anatomy.
Eastern Michigan University awarded grant to expand Civil Rights Sites Survey in Detroit
Detroit’s African American Civil Rights Survey aims to catalog and safeguard sites that were significant to the historical movement. Those working on the project are collaborating with the Detroit Historical Society to locate homes and properties that influential Black leaders or activists once lived in. Dan Bonenberger is a...
Photo gallery from the D3 girls soccer semifinal between Grosse Ile and Detroit Country Day
It required a shootout to settle the Division 3 semifinal between No. 12 Detroit Country Day and No. 5 Grosse Ile at Howell’s Parker Middle School on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, but the Red Devils beat the Yellowjackets, 4-3, in penalty kicks to advance to Saturday’s state title match in East Lansing, facing No. 1 Hudsonville Unity Christian.
NSF CAREER grant to investigate design of fluorescent protein sensors with computer simulations that may aid human health and disease
DETROIT — Alice Walker, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Wayne State University, received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation to fund her research on applying computational chemistry to the understanding and rational design of new fluorescent protein (FP) sensors.
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