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Good morning, this is Hannah Dellinger with Chalkbeat Detroit.

Lily Altavena reports that as reading and math scores across the country are gloomy, there’s a brighter outlook in the Detroit school district.

Lily’s story explores four strategies that are working in the Detroit Public Schools Community District. She also takes a look at how the 2016 Right to Read lawsuit settlement dollars have made an impact.

Also in the news, Lori Higgins reports Michigan’s State Board of Education voted to oppose the federal tax credit scholarship program that allows people to receive tax credits for donations they make to organizations that provide private school scholarships.

Congress approved the program last year as part of the federal budget bill. It provides up to $1,700 in annual tax credits for people who donate money to eligible scholarship-granting organizations that give students money for private school tuition, tutoring, and other educational expenses.

You can read those stories and more linked below.

Local News

Detroit schools are making real gains in reading and math: 4 strategies that are working

Detroit schools are trying to make an academic comeback. Here’s what’s helping them make progress in a district once known for rats, textbook shortages, and unqualified teachers.

Michigan education board opposes Trump’s tax credit scholarship program

Michigan’s State Board of Education voted Tuesday to urge Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to forgo opting into the federal tax credit scholarship program.

If your child’s Detroit school is closing in June, we want to hear from you.

Four schools in the Detroit Public Schools Community District will close at the end of the current school year. A charter school may also close.

Kids are in a ‘reading recession’ as test scores continue to decline

Declines in reading scores started before the pandemic. But some school districts are helping students make progress with targeted support and science-of-reading-based instruction.