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Edward Woods III, executive director of the MICRC, joined Tia Graham on the show to discuss how residents can provide input on the redrawn maps. 

In the latest episode of "CuriosiD," join Outlier Media's Koby Levin as he delves into the city's unique pursuit of peaks.

The Detroit chapter of SPJ honors included four first-place finishes for reporting on neo-Nazi extremists, culture wars at a west Michigan library, on-demand physicians and how schools spent COVID relief funds.

New anti-lobbyist legislation in the state Senate. Learn all about the little pools of water at the base of trees. How the bussing system in Detroit schools has led to absent students. A new Asian influenced district in Novi. Then, a segment with the Points North Crew about an underwater crucifix in the Great Lakes. Finally, the best advice about preheating your oven?

Chalkbeat Detroit reporter Koby Levin joins Detroit Today to discuss the arguments for and against charter schools in Michigan.

The biggest education stories of 2022 touched on mental health in schools, staffing woes, NAEP scores, and COVID relief money.

Chalkbeat Detroit’s best work of the year was focused on topics such as chronic absenteeism, COVID relief aid, learning loss, teacher shortages, and early childhood education.

Help is on the way for 54 low-performing MIchigan districts, which now qualify for extra support and funding through a state partnership program.

Koby Levin joined Chalkbeat Detroit in 2018. He was named Young Journalist of the Year for 2020 by the Society of Professional Journalists Detroit. His coverage of inequities in Detroit education has received awards for feature writing, education reporting, and best writing. He previously worked for the Joplin Globe and the New England Center for Investigative Reporting, where his work was a finalist for an EWA investigative journalism award. Koby is a Michigan native and is fluent in Spanish. R...

Chalkbeat requested data on districts spending plans from the Mich. Dept. of Education in May, but the state said it would need time to screen the data.