Detroit Achievement Academy wins $500K Yass Prize as finalist
Competition rewards transformational changes in education
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Competition rewards transformational changes in education
Charter schools overcame resistance from Detroit’s school district
As the new school year ramps up and the economic downturn of the COVID-19 pandemic continues, parents are having to make tough financial decisions. Nonprofits and social service agencies say they see families struggling to purchase materials for school, access child care and put food on the table.
The Detroit public school district is blocking parents and children from buying a building the district doesn’t even own. Detroit Prep, a charter school, wants to move out of a church basement and into the former Anna Joyce Elementary building. Detroit’s public school district no longer owns the building. It sold the facility to a private landlord in 2014. But the school district – now called the Detroit Public Community Schools District (DPCSD) – is trying to block the sale anyway.
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