- Voter guide 2026: Are Detroit students better off under DPSCD? School board candidates weigh in.
Students in the Detroit Public Schools Community District have made steady academic improvement since the district was created in 2016. Achievement overall is still low, however, and some critics say the gains made...
- 5 Detroit school board candidates run as a slate backed by ‘militant’ ‘anti-fascist’ activism group
In the crowded DPSCD board race, five candidates are running together as an ideological slate for the activism group By Any Means Necessary, or BAMN.
- Should parents be held accountable for their children’s chronic absenteeism? Board candidates weigh in.
With five Detroit school board seats up for election Nov. 3, candidates share their views on parents’ role in improving attendance.
- K-2 reading growth slowed last year in the Detroit district. Here’s what administrators say caused it.
This year is DPSCD's last to spend its $94.4 million literacy lawsuit settlement. The district analyzed what did and didn't work during the first two years of initiatives the settlement paid for.
- Here’s what DPSCD board candidates would do to replace literacy money that’s about to run out
The Detroit Public Schools Community District received $94.4 million to settle a right to-read literacy lawsuit. The money will run out by the end of this school year.
- Detroiters to vote on two-year, four-year terms for DPSCD school board
There are 34 people running for the Detroit Public Schools Community District board. Thirty-one of them are vying for four four-year terms, while three are running for a two-year partial term.
- How Detroit school board candidates would address chronic absenteeism
With 60% of DPSCD students chronically absent, attendance is a key issue in the Nov. 3 school board election.
- This November’s Detroit school board election may drastically change the district’s direction. Here’s how.
The DPSCD school board will have a new majority after the November election. The new board will have the ability to drastically shape the district.
- DPSCD makes progress on long-needed air conditioning upgrades
Detroit Superintendent Nikolai Vitti, seen here during a visit to the School at Marygrove last month, says that by the 2028-29 school year, 81% of the district's buildings will have full air conditioning.
- M-STEP results: The Detroit school district is catching up to charter schools
How did Detroit and suburban charter schools perform on the 2026 M-STEP? Chalkbeat analyzed the results.
- Meet the candidates running for the Detroit school board
Thirty-four Detroiters are running for five seats on the Detroit Public Schools Community District. Our voter guide provides a look at where they stand on the issues.
- Detroit district maintains growth in literacy and math on the 2026 M-STEP
DPSCD's proficiency rates on the 2026 M-STEP suggest the changes the district have made are yielding continued improvement, researchers say.
- DPSCD board addresses funding gaps between sports teams
The Detroit Public Schools Community District board discussed spending for athletics, with the board president advocating for more equity between high school and K-8 sports.
- Detroit school district to hold parents accountable for too many unexcused early sign-outs
DPSCD parents will have to meet with administrators if their child has three or more unexcused absences in a quarter. After six, they will be asked to sign an attendance contract.
- Detroit school board appoints 25-year-old youth advocate as its newest member
Jeremiah Steen was appointed to the DPSCD board on Wednesday. Pictured, Steen answers the board's questions in an interview for the position.
- Detroit school board to fill vacant seat of late member Iris Taylor ahead of November election
The DPSCD board must fill an open seat before the November election. Pictured, board members meet to interview candidates in July 2025.
- Detroit school district addresses school cleanliness, special education, and more in community meeting
DPSCD Superintendent Nikolai Vitti listens to an audience member during a community meeting Aug. 7 at Renaissance High School in Detroit.
- $120 million is on the line in today’s DPSCD’s tax proposal vote
Detroit voters are heading to the polls Tuesday to help decide the fate of an operating millage proposal for the Detroit Public Schools Community District. Michigan voters are deciding which candidates for governor will...
- Detroit school district responds to influx of questions after critical posts from content creator
DPSCD Superintendent Nikolai Vitti fielded questions about contracts and school cleanliness during a virtual meeting Monday. The district said it got an influx of questions after a string of viral social media posts.
- Iris Taylor, leader in Detroit healthcare and DPSCD board member, dies at 74
Iris Taylor, a member of the Detroit Public Schools Community District board and a prominent healthcare leader, died 74. Here, she speaks during the Cody High School graduation in June 2019.
- Detroit school board signals desire to find alternatives to demolition for four closed buildings
Some board members for the Detroit Public Schools Community District are reconsidering plans to demolish four school buildings that closed at the end of the 2025-26 school year.
- Here are the 35 people running for the Detroit school board
A crowded field of 35 people are running for five open seats on the Detroit school board.
- Detroit school board’s chair and vice chair will not seek reelection in November
DPSCD board chair LaTrice McClendon, left, and vice chair Corletta Vaughn, are not running for reelection. They are shown in a June 2025 meeting reading a statement about a district student who had been detained by...
- DPSCD board approves new teacher contract that includes pay raises, AI policy
The Detroit Public Schools Community District board gave final approval to a two-year contract with members of the Detroit Federation of Teachers, which includes teachers and other education staff in the district.
- Detroit students canvass to ask voters to support Proposal S
Lindsey Matson, deputy director of youth organizing for 482Forward, left, explains Proposal S to a voter in Corktown. Groups have been going out to canvass in favor of the ballot measure, which will allow DPSCD to...
- What Detroiters should know about the proposed school operating millage on the Aug. 4 ballot
Detroit voters will decide the fate of a proposed operating millage Aug. 4 for the Detroit Public Schools Community District, its first such request since state lawmakers created the district in 2016.
- Are Detroit’s Health Hubs the Solution to DPSCD’s Chronic Absenteeism Problem?
Upbeat on-hold music blared from Jerrica Mickens’ cellphone for nearly 50 minutes as she searched on her laptop for affordable housing for a parent in Detroit. Mickens was on a three-way call with a mother and a legal...
- Detroit school district releases 2026-27 calendar
DPSCD's 2026-27 school year will begin Aug. 24. Pictured, a student puts away her backpack in a locker at Pasteur Elementary School during the first day of school on August 25, 2025, in Detroit, Michigan.
- DPSCD adds five new schools to list of buildings with low enrollment, high costs
Detroit Superintendent Nikolai Vitti says a school's appearance on a list of small schools with low enrollment and high costs doesn't mean it might close. The district is looking for solutions to boost enrollment at the...
- Detroit school district loses court appeal against state over paying debt with operating tax revenue
Unless appealed again, the court loss means DPSCD will have to rely on voters' approving a ballot measure allowing the district to collect its own operating revenue for the first time. Pictured is a hallway in DPSCD's...
