Education

Posted: Tue Feb 7 8:45 p.m. by Danielle Arndt
Eberwhite principal issues email to parents about school sexual assault lawsuit

The principal at Eberwhite Elementary School on Tuesday afternoon sent an email to parents, responding to a lawsuit filed against Ann Arbor Public Schools.

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Posted: Tue Feb 7 2:58 p.m. by Kellie Woodhouse Higher education reporter
Security or police? Unclear role at U-M hospital contributed to child porn reporting delay

They have similar looking logos, their website says they're police, they conduct baseline criminal investigations and select 911 calls are routed to their headquarters. Yet University of Michigan hospital security are not police.

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Posted: Tue Feb 7 12:42 p.m. by Cindy Heflin News producer
2 Ann Arbor schools make list of highest-performing charters in Michigan

Two Ann Arbor-area charter schools are among those lauded by Bridge Magazine as academic champs in its statewide analysis of charter school performance.

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Posted: Mon Feb 6 5:59 p.m. by Kellie Woodhouse Higher education reporter
U-M faculty members say child porn discovery 'fell through the cracks,' stop short of calling for external review

A group of University of Michigan faculty members Monday stopped short of calling for an external review into a six-month lapse in university officials reporting the discovery of child pornography in a University Hospital employee area. Stephen Jenson "Part of the nagging issue that’s haunting the institution as a result ...

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Posted: Mon Feb 6 3:21 p.m. by Danielle Arndt
Ann Arbor Learning Community teacher returns to classroom

A primary teacher at Ann Arbor Learning Community was cleared to rejoin her pupils after being placed on a leave of absence for allegedly dropping a book on a child’s head.

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Posted: Mon Feb 6 2:53 p.m. by Kyle Feldscher Crime and courts reporter
Lawsuit: 8-year-old sexually assaulted twice by classmate at Ann Arbor's Eberwhite Elementary School

The federal lawsuit accuses the district of violating several of the girl's rights by failing to protect her from bullying and the 2 sexual attacks.

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Posted: Mon Feb 6 1:11 p.m. by Danny Shaw

An Ypsilanti-based nonprofit is seeking to open a new charter school for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders in the city. Representatives of Central Gardens Middle School are requesting a charter from the Ypsilanti Public School District to build and operate the charter academy within the city.

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Posted: Mon Feb 6 11:33 a.m. by Kellie Woodhouse Higher education reporter
Two University of Michigan regents won't seek re-election

Sixteen-year University of Michigan Board of Regents veterans S. Martin Taylor (D-Grosse Pointe Farms) and Olivia Maynard (D- Goodrich) will not be seeking re-election in November, The Michigan Daily reports.

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Posted: Sat Feb 4 5:58 a.m. by Kellie Woodhouse Higher education reporter
How did you decorate your University of Michigan dorm room?

Remember your dorm room? Was it crammed with junk? What kind of posters did you put on the wall? Family pictures? Did you keep it messy or clean? With nearly $500 million in renovations going into University of Michigan dormitories over the course of seven years, college residence halls are ...

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Posted: Fri Feb 3 5:10 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Eastern Michigan University plans to close its site in Flint at the end of the current semester, the university announced Friday.

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Posted: Fri Feb 3 12:37 p.m. by Kellie Woodhouse Higher education reporter
U.S. Department of Education 'looking into' six-month lapse in reporting child porn at University of Michigan

The U.S. Department of Education is gathering information on whether the University of Michigan violated a federal crime reporting law when it waited six months to disclose the discovery of child pornography in an employee area of University Hospital.

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Posted: Fri Feb 3 5:57 a.m. by Danielle Arndt
Ann Arbor elementaries operating at 86 percent capacity

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to include the elementary capacity chart provided by the district from which data in the story was computed. It also has been updated to include additional observations from the district about average class sizes. More class size data from the district may be ...

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