Posted: May 22, 2012
Detroit Public Schools and representatives of some of the area’s leading arts organizations on Monday announced a...
Posted: Apr 14, 2012
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Posted: Apr 14, 2012
Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager announced details of the new 2012-2013 Action Plans: Increasing Quality Seats...
Posted: Apr 13, 2012
Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager announced details of the new 2012-2013 Action Plans: Increasing Quality Seats...
Posted: Feb 29, 2012
The parties in the matter of Detroit Federation of Teachers, American Federation of Teachers Local 231, Detroit...
Posted: Feb 9, 2012
The facilities changes include closure of nine school buildings where in some cases entire programs will relocate to...
Posted: Dec 9, 2011
In conjunction with a release of urban districts’ test results on the rigorous National Assessment of Educational...
Posted: Nov 15, 2011
Tackling the problem of financial illiteracy among Michigan teenagers head-on, DPS Emergency Manager Roy S. Roberts,...
Posted: Oct 28, 2011
Detroit Public School (DPS) students (2012 & 2013 graduating classes) have a chance to earn $2,000-$5,000 in college...
Posted: Sep 14, 2011
US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visited Detroit Public Schools today as part of “Education and the Economy,” the...
Posted: Sep 14, 2011
As of Monday, September 12, Detroit Public Schools successfully took attendance for 55,838 students, an increase of more...
Posted: Sep 14, 2011
Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Roy Roberts and some of the City of Detroit’s most prominent and influential...
Posted: Jun 20, 2011
Gov. Rick Snyder and Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Roy Roberts today announced a plan to dramatically redesign...
Posted: Jun 16, 2011
The Detroit Public Schools has entered into an agreement with the Detroit-headquartered Blanche Kelso Bruce Academy to...
Posted: May 19, 2011
Metro Detroit’s local Sam’s Club Market, which represents nearly 3,000 associates and 14 stores, today announced a...
Posted: Apr 14, 2011
Detroit Public Schools drew more than 90 participants from 70 different local and national organizations to a DPS...
Posted: Apr 13, 2011
An $8.4 million renovation of Bethune-Fitzgerald Academy, 1845 Puritan Street, that includes a brand new...
Posted: Jan 20, 2011
Detroit Public Schools opened a $5.6 million police headquarters and command center, a 23,000-square-foot high-tech...
Posted: Jan 12, 2011
Visitors to Detroit Public Schools high schools, career technical schools and the district's new Police Command Center...
Posted: Jan 11, 2011
A sharp reduction in computer thefts, a 70 percent arrest rate for burglaries of vacant schools, an overall arrest rate...
Posted: Jan 6, 2011
Leaders from banks, a major university, an aviation company, the philanthropic communities and other firms joined DPS to...
Posted: Jan 4, 2011
Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb announced Detroit Public Schools will invest more than $49.4 million in...
Posted: Dec 20, 2010
One year into the Detroit Public Schools' $500.5 million capital improvement program funded by voter-approved Proposal S...
Posted: Dec 16, 2010
Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports and chairman of Hendrick Automotive Group, has purchased the first Chevrolet...
Posted: Dec 10, 2010
The General Motors Foundation will donate $27.1 million to the United Way for Southeastern Michigan to create Networks of...
Posted: Dec 2, 2010
Cass Technical High School students got a bird's eye view of how solar energy works by taking a trip to the school's roof...
Posted: Dec 1, 2010
The first Chevrolet Volt available for retail sale will be offered at public auction with the proceeds benefiting math...
Posted: Nov 12, 2010
Officials from the Next Detroit Neighborhood Initiative (NDNI) and Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation presented...
Posted: Nov 12, 2010
In response to Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb's community-wide appeal earlier this year, the donation from First...
Posted: Nov 8, 2010
Detroit Public Schools today hosted a community celebration for the new $22.3 million Munger PreK to 8 School, one of...
Posted: Nov 4, 2010
DPS Emergency Financial Manager Robert C. Bobb and DPS Athletic Administrator Alvin Ward celebrated the buses' arrival,...
Posted: Nov 2, 2010
Less than one year after voters approved a $500.5 million bond issue, Detroit Public Schools announced details for the...
Posted: Oct 6, 2010
Detroit Public Schools' Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb today announced the remaining $210.54 million of the...
Posted: Oct 1, 2010
Detroit Public Schools and the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office have teamed up to launch the first two DPS Teen Courts,...
Posted: Sep 24, 2010
Teach For America and Detroit Public Schools today welcomed Governor Jennifer M. Granholm to Southeastern High School of...
Posted: Sep 21, 2010
Completing an investigaton that began last year, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced charges will be filled...
Posted: Sep 14, 2010
Detroit Public Schools is redoubling efforts to recruit and retain students by launching an expanded "I'm In" enrollment...
Posted: Sep 7, 2010
EMF Robert Bobb shares his observations about the first day of school including thoughts about teacher staffing and...
Posted: Sep 2, 2010
Ribbon cutting for the John R. King project and its new state-of-the-art 5,500-square-foot black box theater with...
Posted: Sep 1, 2010
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy's Public Integrity Unit in collaboration with Detroit Public Schools (DPS) Office...
Posted: Jul 30, 2010
Wilbert Van Marsh, a 31-year veteran of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has been named Detroit Public Schools' new...
Posted: Jul 26, 2010
Three DPS high schools (Denby, Henry Ford and Western International) that educate more than 3,850 students will undergo...
Posted: Jul 16, 2010
Detroit Public Schools officials in the next six months will open a new police command center that will serve as the base...
Posted: Jul 9, 2010
DetroitDetroit Public Schools students, parents, faculty and officials, joined by civic and community groups, broke...
Posted: Jun 18, 2010
Detroit Public Schools parents, students, faculty and officials, joined by civic and community groups, broke ground today...
Posted: Jun 7, 2010
After an exhaustive community vetting process, which included more than 40 local community meetings and nine Town Hall...
Posted: May 27, 2010
Detroit Public Schools is launching the first three construction and renovation projects as part of the district's $500.5...
Posted: May 27, 2010
As part of the launch of PNC Grow Up Great, the PNC Foundation announced a major investment with the Detroit Public...
Posted: Mar 22, 2010
Detroit Public Schools will be transformed over the next five years from a district with many under-capacity schools in...
Posted: Mar 11, 2010
EMF Robert Bobb and Excellent Schools Detroit announce the plan to target failing schools and improve student performance...
Posted: Mar 5, 2010
The safety of students in Detroit Public Schools is expected to dramatically improve under a cutting-edge $41.7 million...
Posted: Mar 5, 2010
Detroit Public Schools Police Department officers John Greene and Nitro have been named Police K-9 Team of the Year by...
Posted: Feb 23, 2010
Detroit Public Schools is projected to improve the safety and efficiency of student transportation while saving $49...
Posted: Feb 23, 2010
Detroit Public Schools this week suspended the principal and bookkeeper at Randolph Career and Technical Center. The...
Posted: Jan 29, 2010
Detroit Public Schools and the Detroit Science Center today announced a new partnership for the Science Center to assume...
Posted: Jan 29, 2010
Detroit Public Schools and the Detroit Science Center today announced a new partnership for the Science Center to assume...
Posted: Jan 28, 2010
Detroit Public Schools' Emergency Financial Manager, Robert Bobb, announced today that the district will revive the...
Posted: Dec 14, 2009
Dr. Barbara Byrd-Bennett, Detroit Public Schools' chief academic and accountability auditor, announced details of Detroit...
Posted: Dec 11, 2009
According to results, Detroit school children ranked the lowest in the nation of participants on the National Assessment...
Posted: Dec 11, 2009
Robert C. Bobb, Detroit Public Schools' Emergency Financial Manager, has authorized and directed the demolition of the...
Posted: Nov 25, 2009
Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb and Detroit Federation of Teachers President Keith Johnson...
Posted: Nov 20, 2009
Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb and Inspector General John Bell announced today the...
Posted: Nov 19, 2009
Detroit Public Schools announced today that the 2008 city football Division B champions from Southwestern High School are...
Posted: Nov 2, 2009
Gov. Jennifer Granholm shares her satisfaction with Robert Bobb's performance. Mr. Bobb expresses his desire to not leave...
Posted: Sep 15, 2009
Dr. Cosby plans to celebrate and tout the Detroit Public Library and Wayne County Community College District. He will...
Posted: Sep 15, 2009
Dr. Bill Cosby, comedian, actor, activist and educator joins Detroit Public Schools and Emergency Financial Manager...
Posted: Sep 15, 2009
Dr. Bill Cosby, comedian, actor, activist and educator joins Detroit Public Schools and Emergency Financial Manager...
Posted: Sep 15, 2009
After waiting more than seven years for the school district to have a leader in which they had confidence, a group of...
Posted: Sep 15, 2009
After waiting more than seven years for the school district to have a leader in which they had confidence, a group of...
Posted: Sep 14, 2009
The Detroit Public Schools on Tuesday unveiled a $500.5 million capital improvement program to rebuild or completely...
Posted: Sep 14, 2009
Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy has charged five more individuals in connection with the Detroit Public Schools Office of the...
Posted: Sep 14, 2009
DETROIT Detroit Public Schools (DPS) today kicked off an unprecedented and aggressive student retention campaign that...
Posted: Jul 16, 2009
EMF Robert Bobb and CAAO Dr. Barbara Byrd-Bennett announced the application for monies substantially impacting student...
Posted: Jul 14, 2009
Two Detroit Public Schools students got the surprise of a lifetime Monday when they learned Emergency Financial Manager...
Posted: Jun 29, 2009
Announcements regarding the results or status of up to five major investigations undertaken by the Detroit Public Schools...
Posted: Jun 18, 2009
EMF Robert Bobb discusses the restructure of the DPS Public Safety department now under John Bell, Inspector General. The...
Posted: Jun 15, 2009
EMF Robert Bobb, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and Summer School Superintendent Dr. James Ray share thoughts and observations...
Posted: Jun 11, 2009
Emergency Financial Manager, Robert Bobb, and James Ray, Dean of Summer School, will provide an update on the DPS...
Posted: Jun 3, 2009
Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert C. Bobb and Auditor General Odell W. Bailey released the...
Posted: May 26, 2009
EMF Robert Bobb introduced the new members of the DPS Finance Team. Ricardo A. Kisner, CPA as Chief Financial Officer,...
Posted: May 22, 2009
EMF Robert Bobb along with the US Attorney General's office announces their successful indictments of two former DPS...
Posted: May 20, 2009
EMF Robert Bobb addresses potential contractors about the upcoming school renovations, repairs and requirements.
Posted: May 15, 2009
EFM Robert Bobb announces new school leadership for the 2009-2010 school year.
Posted: May 1, 2009
The Emergency Financial Manager shares information about DPS' reciept of monies needed to meet payroll and pension needs...
Posted: Apr 30, 2009
The Emergency Financial Manager and Inspector General share some of the findings from their early investigations.
Posted: Apr 30, 2009
The Emergency Financial Manager introduces the newest memebr of his team Barbara Byrd-Bennett, Chief Academic Auditor....
Posted: Apr 30, 2009
The Emergency Financial Manager and Acting Superintendent share their plans for use of Title I funds needed to operate...
Posted: Apr 30, 2009
In his April 8th 2009 conference, Robert Bobb discusses his plans for closing schools in the district.
Posted: Apr 30, 2009
Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb's first interview