Live reporting on tonight’s DPSCD School Board meeting is happening now, over on Bluesky. ⤵️ bsky.app/profile/eichen…

Our story last week on the gift cards, plus a new retention initiative: chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025/0…

The Detroit Public Schools Community District launched a new attendance incentive program that pays students for perfect attendance. It’s off to a promising start. chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025/0…

The Detroit school board had to act fast to place a millage proposal on the ballot for May. They’re hoping they won’t need it. chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025/0…

All that chaos and the order has been rescinded. chalkbeat.org/2025/01/29/tru…

How are Trump’s education actions affecting your school? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Tomorrow is Count Day for Michigan schools. We’re also expecting as much as six inches of snow in metro Detroit. Detroit Superintendent Nikolai Vitti just mentioned that school will be in session.

Lots of discussion during last night’s school board meeting in Detroit about the need to do more to ensure students experiencing homelessness have safe housing. chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025/0…

Check the latest graduation and dropout rates of school districts and charter schools in Michigan with our search tool. #miched chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025/0…

Homophobic slurs. Rocks thrown at him. Pushed against a bathroom wall. This has all happened to a Traverse City teen who worries that people have become more emboldened to express anti-LGBTQ+ hate in recent months. Read Hannah Dellinger’s powerful piece: chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025/0…

There is still time to sign up for this event. I’ll be moderating a panel discussion talking to educators about how Michigan school/district leaders can improve teacher morale.

Would love to hear what Michigan educators think about this new directive that threatens to withhold federal funds from districts that have DEI programs. #miched

Some breaking news from Hannah Dellinger this afternoon.

Parents of children with disabilities are in limbo, waiting to get crucial services for their children with the help of a federal ed civil rights office that has been gutted. Hannah Dellinger shares the stories of several Michigan parents.

Can’t say I ever predicted announcers beginning a Cubs-Tigers broadcast by saying “these are the best teams in baseball right now.” Go Cubs!