school closings

The power of the April 25th student walkouts from Southwestern and Western High Schools have FORCED DPS Emergency Manager Roy Roberts to back off on the closing of Maybury, an elementary school in Southwest Detroit that has a unique and essential bilingual educational program. Despite Roberts’ past assertions that the DPS school closings were “non-negotiable,” [...]

On April 25, at 10:55am, the brave students of Southwestern High School, ignoring the opposition and threats from their principle, teachers and parents, burst through the doors of the school, walked out and marched through southwest Detroit to neighboring Western High School to keep their school open. They were joined by almost 200 students from [...]

Mass Rally  Fight to Save our Schools and Our Neighborhoods! RESCHEDULED: THURSDAY 04/06/2012 at 5pm! 4555 John C Lodge Fwy (corner of Lodge service drive and Forest Ave) The maintenance of the Detroit Day School for the Deaf is a question of respect for the dignity of deaf students and their right to choose to [...]

FIGHT TO SAVE OUR SCHOOLS AND SAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS! Espanol Join BAMN and organize youth-led direct mass action: KEEP ALL DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPEN! Use State Surplus Funding to Restore DPS! Restore Dr. King’s Dream for America in Detroit! Equal, Quality Education for ALL Black, Latina/o, other minority and poor White Students! Unite the Black [...]

¡LUCHA PARA SALVAR A NUESTRAS ESCUELAS Y SALVAR NUESTRAS VECINDADES!   MARCHA & MANIFESTACION EN “DAY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF,” lunes, 12 de marzo a las 4pm  4555 John C. Lodge Fwy. Detroit, MI 48201, la esquina de Lodge y Forest   Únase a BAMN para organizar acción directa en masa liderada por jóvenes: ¡MANTENGAMOS [...]

Join BAMN and organize youth-led direct mass action: • KEEP ALL SCHOOLS OPEN • Use State Surplus Funds to restore DPS • Restore Doctor King’s Dream for America in Detroit • Defend our Dignity – Equal, quality education for all Black, Latino/a other minority and poor white students When We Fight We Win! This is [...]

Come to a planning meeting: Wednesday, February 15th at 5pm Mount Calvary Baptist Church 4741-43 Iroquois at Forest Street, Detroit, MI, 48214 This week, the Emergency Manager of the Detroit Public Schools publicly announced the list of Detroit Public schools that he intends to close at the end of this year, including successful schools like Ludington Magnet [...]

Last Wednesday the Oakland School Board voted 5-2 to begin the first phase of a multi-year plan to shut down up to 1/3 of Oakland’s public schools and to close 5 elementary schools in June 2012: Lakeview, Lazear, Santa Fe, Maxwell Park, and Thurgood Marshall. Hundreds of students, parents, teachers, and community supporters filled the [...]