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Oct 02 2018

The children of 8B: One classroom, 31 journeys, and the reason it’s so hard to fix Detroit’s schools

By the time she’d reached the eighth grade, Shantaya Davis had attended so many schools — at least five — that she couldn’t name them all.

“I don’t even know what grade it was,” she said of one school. Read more…

This story is part of the series Moving Costs: How students changing schools disrupts Detroit classrooms, a joint project from Chalkbeat and Bridge Magazine.

Other stories in the series:

— Detroit makes it easy to switch schools. So parents do. Frequently.

— They don’t even say goodbye: The heartbreak and challenge for teachers in schools where students are on the move

— At a Detroit school, two women become detectives when students stop showing up

— 5 ways to stop students from changing schools — or at least reduce the impact

— Frequent school changes are hurting students. Here’s how Detroit’s educators want to fix the problem.

Written by Erin · Categorized: Bridge Magazine, Chalkbeat, Education Stories

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