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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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Apr 30, 2011 at 5:58 pm

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Hayward High Schools Battle Gang Violence On Campus

Hayward High Schools Battle Gang Violence On Campus

After recent fights involving students and adult gang-members in Hayward, Calif., the local school board and high school principals met to discuss their continued fight against gang violence in their schools.

Mt. Eden, Hayward and Tennyson high schools all have a policy that ban wearing gang colors, however the three principals disagree on how to enact that policy in face of an increasing number of gang affiliated

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Aug 26, 2010 at 5:34 pm

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DPS “I’m in” Parade & Rally 2010

DPS “I’m in” Parade & Rally 2010

Blue T-shirts flooded Woodward Avenue this morning as hundreds of people danced and cheered their way to Hart Plaza for the Detroit Public Schools’ second annual back-to-school parade.

PHOTOS & VIDEO INSIDE

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Aug 13, 2010 at 12:15 am

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DPS 2010 Enrollment: Are You In?

DPS 2010 Enrollment: Are You In?

It’s almost time for DPS students to return the classroom and we’re giving you a wealth of information to get you started in the enrollment process.

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Mildred Gaddis

May 11, 2010 at 3:34 pm

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Ill. University Grants Tenure To Professor With Ph.D From “Diploma Mill”

Ill. University Grants Tenure To Professor With Ph.D From “Diploma Mill”

From Chicago’s SunTimes.com:

A professor granted tenure by Northeastern Illinois University got his doctorate from a school the federal government later labeled a “diploma mill,” but the state university says it granted him the lifetime job security under a rule that allows “exceptional” teachers to be hired without a doctorate.

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Mildred Gaddis

Apr 26, 2010 at 9:28 am

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Drugs Found Smuggled In Textbooks

Drugs Found Smuggled In Textbooks

Students have found another way to get Drugs into the Schools.

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Feb 10, 2010 at 4:09 pm

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Winter Storm Subsides, Thousands of Students Enjoy Snow Day

Winter Storm Subsides, Thousands of Students Enjoy Snow Day

A winter storm that dumped up to 10 inches of snow…

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Angelo Henderson

Dec 10, 2009 at 3:19 pm

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Detroit Students Get ‘Dose Of Reality’

Detroit Students Get ‘Dose Of Reality’

A group of Detroit students got a different perspective Wednesday when their lessons took place in the Wayne County Jail as part of the “Dose of Reality Tour,” presented by the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office.

(***WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE***)

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