Schools That Can

How STC Schools are Prepping for the Common Core: David Ellis Academy

More schools across the nation are settling into their Common Core integrated curriculum as the year

Kellogg and Skillman Award Thousands of Dollars to Detroit Cristo Rey

Detroit Cristo Rey High School received two grants from two different foundations. The Kellogg Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic… Read More »

Detroit Service Learning Academy Opens Digital Café

The Cafe’ is the innovation of Principal Robert Davis and is the new home for iPods, an iMac lab, digital… Read More »

Ralph Bland Leads Phenomenal Changes in Detroit Education

Let me first describe what we’re doing in Detroit with one simple word: Transformational.

Education News Around the Web

Check out these news stories you may have missed: Americans Have Near-Record Low of Confidence in Public Schools, Huffington Post:… Read More »

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Education News From Around the Web

Fight Ensues over Facebook Money for NJ Schools – NPR: “Paul Trachtenberg, a professor of education law at Rutgers, says… Read More »

School Leader Spotlight: Machion Jackson at Detroit’s David Ellis Academy

Machion Jackson, Director of School Operations at David Ellis Academy in Detroit, discusses the different roles that urban teachers often… Read More »

Detroit Service Learning Becomes Michigan’s First School of Excellence!

The Michigan Department of Education has selected the DSLA as the first recipient for the School of Excellence title. This… Read More »

International Women’s Day: Interviews with Female School Leaders

To celebrate International Women’s Day, don’t miss our impressive collection of interviews from the female school leaders of high performing… Read More »