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Hello! I’m Lori Higgins for Chalkbeat Detroit, here with your morning roundup of education news. Hannah has a story about what the Detroit Public Schools Community District will do when the $94.4 million the district received to settle a literacy lawsuit against the state runs out. The money won’t be depleted until the end of the next school year, but at a recent meeting Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said keeping academic interventionists, who assist struggling students, would be a priority. Read more to find out why.
Local News
Detroit school district begins to weigh options for the end of $94.4 million literacy lawsuit settlement
The $94.4 million settlement will run out by the 2027-28 school year. Superintendent Nikolai Vitti wants DPSCD to prioritize keeping the interventionists hired with the funds.
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What We’re Reading
Bills seek to alter Michigan’s K-12 school choice law, Spartan Newsroom
Nearly 55,000 Michigan 4-year-olds attend pre-K for free thanks to state program, Michigan Independent
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