Mark Maynard | school closings

Students at Detroit’s Western High School walk out over planned school closings and cuts in education funding, chanting “They sat cut back! We say fight back!”

By Mark | April 29, 2012

Increasing, we’re seeing students in Detroit step-up and fight for the educations that they’re entitled to as American citizens. Every few weeks, it seems, there’s a different battle being waged. If it’s not kids being arrested for protesting the closing of their schools, it’s kids being suspended for having the audacity to demand that they [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Detroit, Education, Uncategorized | Also tagged Catherine Ferguson Academy, Clark Park, demands, Detroit Public Schools, Freddie Burse, Frederick Douglass Academy, free school, Maybury Elementary, Occupy Ypsilanti, poetry, Raychel Gafford, Roy Roberts, social justice, Southwest Detroit, Southwest Detroit Freedom School, Southwestern High School, Steve Wasko, students, the challenges of urban students, we need a revolution | 16 Comments

An update on Ypsi public schools, and a reminder to vote on Tuesday

By Mark | November 6, 2011

As there’s an Ypsi School Board election on Monday, I thought that this might be a good time to check in with our friend Maria Cotera. As you may recall, Maria authored a series of posts on this site, starting in January of last year, on the subject of Ypsilanti’s public schools, and the threats [...]

Posted in Education, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Andy Fanta, Chapelle Community School, Chapelle Elementary, Eric Temple, Estabrook, Joe Guillen, Kira Berman, Linda Horne, Maria Cotera, neighborhood schools, school closure, school enrollment, taking back our schools, Ypsi Public School District, Ypsilanti Public School Alliance, Ypsilanti Public Schools, Ypsilanti School Board | 28 Comments

Rachel Maddow interviews Principal Asenath Andrews on the closing of Detroit’s Catherine Ferguson Academy

By Mark | June 11, 2011

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy For our previous discussions on the Catherine Ferguson School for pregnant and parenting teens click here.

Posted in Detroit, Education | Also tagged Asenath Andrews, Catherine Ferguson Academy, Catherine Ferguson Academy for Young Women, charter schools, Emergency Financial Manager’s Act, public education, Rachel Maddow | 9 Comments

The closing of Detroit’s Catherine Ferguson Academy for Young Women

By Mark | April 17, 2011

Today I learned about a documentary called Grown in Detroit. Here, according to the website for the film, is what it’s about. Grown in Detroit focuses on the urban gardening efforts managed by a public school of 300, mainly african-american, pregnant and parenting teenagers. In Detroit alone, there are annually more than 3,000 pregnant teenagers [...]

Posted in Detroit | Also tagged Back to the roots, Catherine Ferguson Academy for Young Women, class warfare, Detroit Public Schools, documentary film, education reform, gardening, Grown in Detroit, nutrition, public education, sit-ins, teen pregnancy, the growing gap between rich and poor, urban gardening | 78 Comments

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An update on Ypsi public schools, and a reminder to vote on Tuesday

Rachel Maddow interviews Principal Asenath Andrews on the closing of Detroit’s Catherine Ferguson Academy

The closing of Detroit’s Catherine Ferguson Academy for Young Women

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