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Hello! It’s Lori from Chalkbeat Detroit, here with your morning roundup of education news.
Who’s better to tell stories about what’s happening in Detroit district schools than students? That’s the idea behind a new program in the Detroit Public Schools Community District, in which they’ll be hiring student influencers to create and share social media content aimed at winning over prospective students and parents, thus boosting enrollment. The district also plans to hire parent and community members to help promote positive messaging about the district. You can read more from Hannah here.
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The Detroit school district’s latest tactic to boost enrollment: student influencers
To fight shrinking enrollment, the Detroit Public Schools Community District is considering hiring student influencers and parent ambassadors to help market public schools.
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Rural Southwest Michigan battles to bring back absent students, MLive (Paywall)
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