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Jennifer Chambers

Jennifer Chambers

Education Reporter at The Detroit News

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  • English
Covering topics
  • Education
  • Elementary Education
  • Primary and Pre-K Education
  • Secondary Education

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Recent Articles

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Walmart stabbings renew push for northern Michigan mental health campus

The estimated $22 million campus would might be part of a public-private partnership that would be funded by various sources, a group says.
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Michigan's reading scores continue slide for youngest students

Results of the 2025 Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress, known as M-STEP, showed only 39.9% of third graders and 42.4% of fourth graders statewide passed the state's English language arts (ELA) test.
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Mother of Walmart attacker: Son 'living in torment,' trapped in his...

"I am terribly sorry that happened ... I envision the fear in these people, and I'm so, so sorry," Beverly Gille said.
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School meals in jeopardy without state school aid budget in place

In October 2024, the Michigan School Meals program served 10,905,552 breakfasts and 19,192,737 lunches to students.
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State education chief: Teacher training, virtual days, cost student...

Michigan's outgoing education chief says changes to way in-person days are counted have massively eroded learning time.
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WSU, Detroit public schools launch writing institute for high schoo...

The Detroit project is one of 150 sites that are part of the National Writing Project, a professional development network that serves teachers across all grades and subjects.
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Feds probe UM over foreign gift disclosures, 'indifference' to nati...

The U.S. Department of Education is investigating the University of Michigan for allegedly violating a federal disclosure law about foreign gifts.
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Wayne State launches prison education program at Macomb state prison

WSU's prison education program offers inmates a bachelor of arts in sociology
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Detroit mayoral hopefuls say they can no longer stand on sidelines ...

The Detroit mayor's office doesn't control the city's K-12 schools, but many mayoral hopefuls say it's time for the city and educators to collaborate.
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Applications for open seat on Detroit school board due Wednesday at...

The district posted the vacancy and is asking Detroiters to submit letters of intent to serve out the remainder of her four-year term.
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State awards $1M for school psychologist training program at two un...

“Our state only has five training programs, and we need more trained professionals to meet the demand."
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University of Michigan regents, execs get 24-hour security as threa...

The University of Michigan says the Michigan Constitution requires that regents be able to carry out their duties free from intimidation and threats.
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Embattled superintendent wins $732K arbitration claim against Roche...

Robert Shaner, who resigned from the district in August 2023, had filed an arbitration claim and sought damages for breach of his employment contract.
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Group sues Michigan Law Review for alleged racial, sexual bias. Vig...

The group is suing on behalf of three white male, heterosexual law professors who submitted articles in the past and were rejected, the suit said.
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City Airport to get $14.6M in updates as aerospace students return ...

Up to 200 students will get hands-on training in aircraft maintenance, flight and drone operations at the airport on Detroit's east side
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Father of slain Oxford student tells school board to 'shove' $500K ...

St. Juliana said the email from district attorney Tim Mullins gave him less than 20 hours to consider the offer.
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UM cancels undercover private security contracts after report of st...

In a statement posted online, Grasso said UM hired an outside firm to use plainclothes security personnel for large, high-traffic areas starting in July.
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This shortage is putting Michigan students at risk, report says

In Michigan's K-12 schools, 1.37 million students are sharing the services of roughly 1,000 trained psychologists.
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Q&A: Corey Rosser, a champion of alternative ed, is Michigan's Teac...

Rosser teaches at Quest High School in Lapeer County's North Branch Area Schools, where teens can develop one-one-one relationships with teachers.
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Final Oxford victims are graduating, but investigations continue

Families of slain and injured students are calling for further investigation into the November 2021 attack that killed four and injured seven.
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He escaped a killer at Oxford High School. His fight for survival w...

Keegan Gregory has been rebuilding his life in Florida and working toward graduation after the trauma that unfolded inside Oxford High School in 2021.