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Michigan Will Pay Legal Fees in Detroit Teacher Sickout Suit

Posted: July 30, 2016 at 5:20 pm   /   Education

(Photo: Jim West, ZUMA Press, Newscom) The Michigan Department of Treasury has announced that it will pay the bill for the legal fees accrued to sue two teachers over a massive teacher sickout held earlier in the year.  It was expected that Detroit Public Schools would be held responsible for the almost $ 300,000 in […]

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Detroit ‘Student Sick-Out’ Marks Count Day Funding Protest

Posted: February 15, 2016 at 5:21 pm   /   Education

A number of parents in Detroit Public Schools district kept their children home from school on Count Day in an effort to protest problems within the district. The event, referred to as a “student sick-out,” was organized by a group of parents from a number of schools in the district.  It is unknown how many […]

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3 Detroit Schools Close for Teacher Sickout Protest

Posted: December 7, 2015 at 5:58 pm   /   Education

Three Detroit Public Schools were forced to close on Tuesday as a result of too many teachers calling in sick in protest of state control over the school system. Teachers who called said they had “Snyder flu,” while attending a demonstration with students in protest of longstanding emergency management outside the Detroit School of Arts on Tuesday […]

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