The Detroit Public Schools Community District is seeing attendance improve, and part of that increase is thanks to a new incentive program that gives students the chance to receive a $200 gift card for perfect attendance.

A mother makes an emotional plea to Dearborn Public School’s board and superintendent after her child was injured on a school bus.

The concept of snow days has undoubtedly changed for many Michigan schools thanks to remote learning during the COVID pandemic.

A witness says a West Texas man accused of fatally shooting two sheriff’s deputies was angry they were in his yard trying to catch a dog that had bitten someone.

The deal occurred a week after members of the Detroit Federation of Teachers authorized a strike over coronavirus safety. The Detroit Public Schools Community District is the largest in Michigan with roughly 50,000 students. Schools that open will become vectors of disease spread, and the spread wont be limited to the schools. The district said teachers will have the option of teaching online, though nearly all schools with have some in-person instruction. Teachers could earn an extra $750 per quarter, or $3,000 for the year, if they work in classrooms, the district said.

DETROIT – Michigan State House Rep. Sherry Gay-Dagnogo is calling on the Detroit public schools superintendent to reconsider the district’s plan to offer in-person classes at the start of this fall semester amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) has has been very clear that it has wanted parents to have a choice between face-to-face or remote learning. The approved plan includes the choices of in-person or online learning, smaller in-person class sizes and daily safety protocols like cleaning, masks and social distancing. Gay-Dagnogo said Superintendent Nikoli Vitti and the school board should reconsider the plan. For more information about DPSCD’s return-to-school plan, go here: https://www.detroitk12.org/returntoschoolRelated: How Detroit public schools are bridging the digital divide

DETROIT Protests over in-person summer school in Detroit have continued for a second week. Nearly a dozen protesters were arrested last week for blocking school buses from picking up children for summer school classes. In-person summer school is being offered at 25 Detroit Public Schools Community District facilities. After the arrests, school buses were able to leave the bus garage to go pick up kids for summer school. Read more: Fight over in-person summer school in Detroit heads to court

WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. The Wayne County Department of Public Services (DPS) is urging residents and motorists to take precautions due to a flood warning in the area. According to officials, Wayne County is receive more than 2 inches of rain. Wayne County officials provided the following tips for residents:Avoid flooded road ways and drive with extreme caution during rainfall. For questions on flooding contamination or cleanup contact Wayne County Public Health Division Environmental Health Unit at 734-727-7400. To report a road hazard or an environmental issue, residents can use Wayne Countys hotlines or go online at www.waynecounty.com.

DETROIT – The state of Michigan has announced a settlement in a lawsuit filed by former Detroit schoolchildren, weeks after a federal appeals court issued a groundbreaking decision recognizing a constitutional right to education and literacy. Gretchen Whitmer and the plaintiffs announced the agreement early Thursday. They say the settlement “will help secure the right of access to literacy for students in Detroit who faced obstacles they never should have faced.”Details of the agreement will be released later Thursday. The Republican-led Legislature recently asked the full 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to set aside the 2-1 ruling.

DETROIT – Ever since he was a teenager, Orlando Robinson has been looking for ways to solve some of life’s dilemmas. I got products for days and days and days,” he said. I make it, and then from there comes my design for a production-grade product,” Robinson said. “We want to completely fund, a coding fund, in Detroit Public Schools, completely funded by us. All we want Detroit Public Schools to do is give us the students and the classroom,” he said.

DETROIT – Life Remodeled will break ground Friday on the construction of new football field for Cody High School in Detroit. ft. synthetic turf gridiron will be built on the Stein Playfield, just northwest of the school. The cost of the athletic field project is $650,000, of which $291,000 has already been raised. Major supporters of the football field project are general contractor Barton Malow (Southfield) and Foresite Design (Berkley), a landscape architectural firm that specializes in the design of athletic and recreational facilities. When completed, the field will be home not only to the Comets, but also eight Detroit Police Athletic League (PAL) youth football teams and one Detroit PAL youth soccer team.