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  Detroit schools administrator Marie Feagins chosen to lead the Memphis school district

  chalkbeat.org - Laura Testino

  Marie Feagins is the school board’s choice to be the next superintendent of Memphis-Shelby County Schools and the first outside leader to direct …

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  Michigan Senate hears the case for requiring the “science of reading” in early literacy curriculum

  chalkbeat.org - Hannah Dellinger

  The Senate Education Committee Tuesday began hearing testimony in support of two proposed bills that would require schools to weave the “science of …

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  What Michigan parents need to know about the ‘science of reading’

  chalkbeat.org - Hannah Dellinger

  When Michele Maleszyk’s daughter came home from kindergarten last year, Maleszyk noticed she brought home reading material with letter patterns she …

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  United Way, Ballmer Group looking to offer free summer school for Detroit students

  chalkbeat.org - Micah Walker, BridgeDetroit

  After a scaled back summer school program last year, the Detroit Public Schools Community District may have more to offer students in 2024 thanks to …

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  Michigan could be headed for more school closures as COVID relief aid dries up

  chalkbeat.org - Lori Higgins

  As school boards across Michigan begin developing their district budgets for the 2024-25 school year, they’ll likely be confronted with some tough …

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  From preschool to community college tuition: What Whitmer wants to give away free

  chalkbeat.org - Lori Higgins

  Gov. Gretchen Whitmer promised Wednesday to make the state’s free preschool available to all 4-year-olds regardless of family income, two years ahead …