Category: Education
2/18/21: One Detroit Education Town Hall: What rea...
Posted by Cheryl Jones | Feb 18, 2021 | Articles, Education, News, One Detroit, One Detroit Full Episodes, Roadshows | 0
Michigan students on returning to school
Posted by Lea Vigi | Feb 3, 2021 | Community Posts, Community Update, Coping with the COVID-19 Crisis, COVID-19-Education, Education, Education Clip | 0
One Detroit Education Virtual Town Hall
Posted by Zosette Guir | Jan 27, 2021 | Articles, Education, Education Clip, News, One Detroit, Roadshows | 0
Sports, learning loss and COVID with DPSCD’s...
Posted by Lea Vigi | Jan 26, 2021 | Community Posts, Community Update, Coping with the COVID-19 Crisis, COVID-19-Education, Education, Education Clip | 0
Students’ Messages to the New Administration
by Lea Vigi | Jan 22, 2021
Michigan students from PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs share which important issues they want President Biden to take on for the next 4 years.
Read More6 education issues to watch closely in Michigan
by Lea Vigi | Jan 8, 2021
Chalkbeat Detroit Bureau Chief, Lori Higgins, talks with Christy about the biggest issues she and the Chalkbeat education reporting team will be tracking in 2021.
Read MoreThe Michigan Learning Channel Goes on the Air
by Lea Vigi | Jan 4, 2021
January 4, 2021, marks the official launch of the Michigan Learning Channel, a statewide learning service providing instructional content through an array of available platforms.
Read MoreHow does a school have choir practice during a global pandemic?
by Lea Vigi | Dec 4, 2020
Allyson Hahn from L’Anse Creuse High School in Harrison Charter Township, Michigan talks about choosing in-person learning amid the pandemic as a senior.
Read MoreChalkbeat Detroit: Michigan’s most vulnerable students have limited learning options during the pandemic
by Lea Vigi | Dec 2, 2020
The students who need in-person instruction the most are among the least likely to get it, new Michigan data shows.
Read MoreHigh School in a Pandemic
by Lea Vigi | Oct 23, 2020
Christy McDonald catches up with PBS Newshour Student Reporting Labs students Isaac, Mackenzie, and Emily about how school has changed when it comes to learning virtually and interactions with friends and teachers.
Read MoreWATCH: DEC – A Conversation with Sal Khan
by Lea Vigi | Oct 15, 2020
The Detroit Economic Club presents a conversation with Sal Khan in an exclusive live virtual event streamed by Detroit Public TV on Thursday, October 15 at 1:30pm ET.
Read MoreMaking special education work during the pandemic
by Lea Vigi | Sep 25, 2020
During One Detroit’s Education Special: School Daze, the team took a look at how special education is being handled in districts, by getting a sense of teacher, parent, and administrative perspectives.
Read MoreThe State of Our Schools
by Lea Vigi | Sep 24, 2020
Stephen Henderson talks with Erin Einhorn of NBC News and Chastity Pratt, Education Bureau Chief at The Wall Street Journal, about the biggest issues facing not only local districts but also nationwide as students go back to school.
Read MoreOne Detroit Education Special: School Daze
by Lea Vigi | Sep 24, 2020
How is school going this year for kids and parents so far? The One Detroit team will take a look at how Michigan schools compare with what’s going on across the nation.
Read MoreHow COVID-19 is changing college for good
by Lea Vigi | Sep 22, 2020
Christy talks with New York Times bestselling author and higher education journalist, Jeffrey Selingo, about how changes to higher ed during COVID-19 could influence how students think about college going forward.
Read MoreChalkbeat Detroit: ‘Where are the kids?’ Inside the first day of online learning for one Detroit school
by Lea Vigi | Sep 11, 2020
After a spring of incalculable loss, educators in Detroit are scrambling to get students back on track.
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News From Around Detroit
- Alliance provides community with Narcan drive-up, virtual trainings during COVID-19by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
Alliance is providing the Oakland County community with Narcan drive-up/drive-through and virtual trainings during COVID-19.
- 'I'm a survivor.' Livonia man with lung transplant was among Michigan's first COVID-19 casesby Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
A lung transplant survivor, Paul DeWyse was one of Michigan's first two confirmed coronavirus cases and was the first hospitalized at Michigan Medicine.
- Missing 16-year-old girl found dead along St. Clair County trailby Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
Those with information are asked to call the MSP Lapeer Post at 810-664-2905.
- Detroit Police probe stabbing death after couple's argument escalatesby Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
Police believe a verbal altercation between a couple ended in a fatal stabbing.
- Slain Michigan hockey warrior had abusive past: 'He tried to kill me'by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
A rookie Detroit cop opens up about the night she fatally shot her abusive ex: the founder of the Michigan Warriors Hockey program for disabled vets.
National Headlines
- At least 15 dead, 400 wounded in Equatorial Guinea blasts
A series of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 400 others on Sunday, authorities said.
- COVID-19 relief bill passage hinged on compromise
President Biden's COVID-19 relief plan passed in the Senate with a vote along party lines. Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the significance of the bill and what this means for the president's legislative agenda and the party's political position ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
- In Arizona, a struggle over a sacred site of the Apache tribe
In southern Arizona, the proposed site of a new mine is pitting the mining company, Resolution Cooper, against the San Carlos Apache people. The site sits above one of the largest untapped copper reserves in North America and is worth billions of dollars, but is also a sacred site for the San Carlos Apache Tribe. Special Correspondent Benedict Moran reports from Oak Flat, Arizona.