Detroit News

Detroit Public Schools Superintendent Connie Calloway on Monday announced a plan to create a fleet of small high schools that she said will revolutionize the way students achieve in the classroom.

Rising operational costs, lower state funding per pupil, dwindling enrollment and a poor state economy have created the perfect storm for districts trying to plan accurately for future needs

Michigan doesn't have a lock on good ideas for improving teaching and making the most of the dollars available for education. Other states are experimenting, sometimes successfully, with new education approaches and techniques.

Liam Julian
Just how good are most doctors? Atul Gawande -- surgeon, author and New Yorker staff writer -- came up with this answer: Nobody really knows. Gawande wrote that there are a few great, a few lousy and most just average docotors, explaining that the medical profession still lags behind other industries in learning from the successes and mistakes of its practitioners.

Iris Salters: Labor Voices
The old adage "you have to learn to walk before you can run" has never been truer than when it comes to educating our children.

Student achievement won't improve until students feel safe in classrooms
Much has been said about the community forums featuring the six-month assessment of Detroit Public Schools by its new superintendent, Connie Calloway. Calloway has exhibited great courage and wisdom to lay all the cards on the table that she has been dealt.

Q . You have said you had to deal with unexpected surprises every day with district finances
A . My words were every day is a day of discovery. Basically, systems were not in place. First, the schools are a symptom of the city, not the root cause.

The Nov. 25 editorial "Demand better results from state universities" blaming colleges for "poor performance" failed to address most of the reasons students drop out. As a community college English instructor who has worked at four area institutions, I recognize a much broader problem than my supposed "poor performance." Irresponsible claims such as these make it difficult to continue to put in all the extra hours good teachers donate.

Far before Connie Calloway arrived in July to take one of Michigan's toughest jobs as Detroit Public Schools superintendent, the district was in a free fall. The question now is whether it is too late to turn the district around.

Anthony Kish stuffed whole-grain crackers, bottles of juice and other healthful treats into red mesh bags that will hold snacks for needy children in after-school programs across Metro Detroit.

A school cop cited him during an unauthorized restroom visit; he says he just forgot his coat and left lunch period to get it.

WASHINGTON -- If Congress doesn't get the job done, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings says she will consider using her authority to require states to report high school graduation rates in a more uniform and accurate way.

They call them "yes, but" areas. "Yes but" cities make excuses for why their students fail. Michael Feinberg came to Detroit late last week to call us on our "yes, buts." We in the Motor City have a particularly bad case

An explosive, new grassroots interest in charter school creation is building in Michigan -- a hopeful trend amid the mostly troubling education news this year.

In today's political taxonomy, "progressives" are rebranded liberals dodging the damage they did to their old label. Perhaps their most injurious idea -- injurious to themselves and public schools