A Detroit principal gets a 15-month prison sentence. Nearly a dozen Detroit principals pleaded guilty to receiving kickbacks from a school vendor.

A lawsuit accuses Michigan's governor and Detroit Public Schools of allowing conditions at inner city schools to deteriorate beyond reason. They're blamed for widespread illiteracy among Detroit's students of color.

Roland Martin talks to Detroit Free Press‘ Rochelle Riley about Detroit’s massive bailout for the school district in the city. “Legislation passed a $617M package to save the school which as necessary and right. But only $25M will go to rebuild the schools and only $7M will be used this year,” Riley said. “The other […]

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Detroit teachers are angry and protesting the fact the school district will reportedly run out of money and teachers will not be paid the salaries they have earned after June 30th. This disruption in salary payments affects teachers who are on a 12-month salary plan.

Proclaiming that she “fell out of the grace of God,” a Detroit public schools principal this week pleaded guilty to accepting $194,000 in kickbacks from a vendor, reports the Detroit Free Press. But Clara Smith, 67, principal at Thirkell Elementary-Middle School, said the scam to submit phony invoices for rarely delivered supplies was the idea of the […]

Less than a month after Detroit principal Ronald Alexander was gifted $500K by The Ellen DeGeneres Show for his fledgling school, he along with 13 of his colleagues are facing federal charges in connection with a bribery scheme.

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A nearly $1 million bribery and kickback scheme could land 12 current and former Detroit principals and one administrator in prison. Federal investigators say 74-year-old businessman Norman Shy is at the center of the scandal.

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Steven Rhodes, an emergency manager, shared that if lawmakers don’t pass legislation to help tackle the school district’s debt in the near future, they won’t be able to make payroll.

The Detroit Public School system was denied their request for a temporary restraining order positioned to stop teachers from engaging in so-called “sick-outs” protests over the poor conditions at city schools. The Monday strike down of the injunction was the second time a judge has sided with the teachers in their fight to bring changes […]

Michigan's water crisis in Flint has also opened up concern for the state's school issues in Detroit, U.S. Uncut reports.