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Sep 12, 2011 at 5:29 pm

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U.S. Secretary of Education visits Detroit Public Schools [VIDEO]

U.S. Secretary of Education visits Detroit Public Schools [VIDEO]

US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visited Detroit Public Schools along with a panel of distinguished guest speakers including Gov. Rick Snyder and Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, to discuss the present and future of Detroit Public Schools.

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Sep 7, 2011 at 1:39 pm

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DPS & Major Church Leaders Announce “School Readiness Sunday”

Pastors from churches around Detroit join with DPS Emergency Manager Roy Roberts to stress attendance on new School Readiness Sunday. Read More

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Aug 29, 2011 at 2:22 am

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[PICS & VIDEO] 2011 DPS Education and Enrollment Expo and Parade

[PICS & VIDEO] 2011 DPS Education and Enrollment Expo and Parade

This year’s DPS Parade featured 40 units, 10 floats, celebrity Grand Martial, Vickie Winans along with Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and of course a number of excited DPS students. In case you missed it, or would like to see it again, enjoy the photos and video presentation of this year’s DPS Education and Enrollment Expo and Parade, courtesy of Radio One Detroit.

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Aug 4, 2011 at 1:44 pm

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Have Fun and Help Your Future This Summer with B.R.I.D.G.E.S.

Have Fun and Help Your Future This Summer with B.R.I.D.G.E.S.

Building Resources In Detroit, Giving Expanded Service initiative begun as a way to develop solutions, for community, policing and youth violence prevention for Detroit area youth during the summer.

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Jul 29, 2011 at 4:43 pm

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Great Things Are Happening at Detroit Public Schools

Great Things Are Happening at Detroit Public Schools

Detroit Public Schools is creating Centers of Excellence in every school in every neighborhood and we want to show you why great things are happening at Detroit Public Schools

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Mildred Gaddis

Jul 15, 2011 at 7:38 am

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Local charter school founder to lead at DPS

Local charter school founder to lead at DPS

Local charter school founder Doug Ross is facing a test that could reveal whether his schools’ successes can be replicated on a large scale.

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May 27, 2011 at 11:52 am

DPS Increases Number Of School Closures

DPS Increases Number Of School Closures

According to a DPS Press Release, DPS will be closing 20 schools by the fall of next year in addition to the 14 schools that were previously announced.

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Mildred Gaddis

May 18, 2011 at 7:25 am

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Senator Young Demands Investigation of Wrong-doing at DPS

Senator Young Demands Investigation of Wrong-doing at DPS

Senator Coleman A. Young II (D-Detroit) has requested that Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette investigate incidents of fraud in the Detroit Public School system.

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May 5, 2011 at 6:35 am

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Snyder Taps Roy Roberts to Head Detroit Schools [VIDEO]

Snyder Taps Roy Roberts to Head Detroit Schools [VIDEO]

Gov. Rick Snyder appointed a former General Motors Corp. executive on Wednesday to take over the daunting job of emergency manager for Detroit Public Schools, tasking him with turning around a district that has battled financial problems and declining enrollment for more than a decade.

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Mildred Gaddis

Mar 29, 2011 at 6:32 am

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School Board reacts to losing control and Robert Bobb taking over [VIDEO]

School Board reacts to losing control and Robert Bobb taking over [VIDEO]

Detroit School Board President Anthony Adams says he and the rest of the board still want to have a part in educating the district’s children, even though Robert Bobb has all of the power now under the Governor’s new law regarding Emergency Financial Managers.

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