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- Enrollment stabilizes for Detroit Public SchoolsCommunity and parent involvement has helped to stabilize enrollment and stop decline in Detroit Public Schools.
- Detroit Public Schools to Cut 1,500 Teachers Despite Lower Student AttritionDetroit Public Schools plans to cut 40 percent of its current teaching staff by fall 2015. Staff cuts are a deficit-reducing move by Gov. Rick Snyder's newly formed Education Achievement Authority (EAA). Remaining staff will have more students.
- New Detroit Public Schools innovation officer to try improving systemWhen Doug Ross was Michigan's commerce director, he was known as a pitchman for economic development. Now he's trying to do a sales job for Detroit's troubled public schools.
- Detroit Public Schools launch first-day attendance pushSchools lose state aid for both enrollment declines and low attendance. Detroit school leaders can't do much about population loss, and so they are combating absenteeism.
- Detroit Public Schools Campaign Incoming School YearPerhaps this year's campaign will meet the concerns of parents wishing to return their children to DPS.
- Detroit Public School: Getting the Most from Your EducationAttending a public school does not have to be a negative experience. Our children can still have a great educational experience despite the crises of Detroit Public Schools.