Kids : Features

Addressing Detroit's illiteracy issue

Denise Smith Monday, November 10, 2014

Denise Smith, Vice President for Early Learning at Excellent Schools Detroit, tackles Detroit's astounding adult illiteracy rate and asks, how can the Detroit of today build its future generation to be the most successful, healthiest, and best educated yet?

Education, Kids

Detroit

Jazz mentoring hitting the right notes in Midtown

Veronica Grandison Friday, February 14, 2014

Instruction at Michigan State's Detroit Community Music School is done by working musicians and educators who are giving back some of the same elite training they received as students. Gather round as Veronica Grandison tunes into the scene.

Arts & Culture, Education, Kids

Detroit, Midtown

City kids: High-quality charter schools await Detroit families

Amy Kuras Thursday, November 07, 2013

The Detroit Achievement Academy, James and Grace Lee Boggs School and the Y Detroit Leadership Academy High School are opening this fall in the city. Amy Kuras shows us what we can expect.

Education, Kids

Detroit, Grandmont Rosedale

A Radical Education Reformer? Hardly.

Kyle Smitley Friday, September 27, 2013

Kyle Smitley is the founder of Detroit Achievement Academy, a new charter school opening with grades K & 1 and expanding by a grade level each year. Some might call her a radical education reformer, but she wouldn't.

Education, Kids, Leadership

Northwest Detroit

Youth Transit Alliance: Pilot program gets kids where they need to go

Nina Ignaczak Thursday, August 22, 2013

The lack of functional public transit in Detroit hits kids hard, especially when there is no bus to get them to and from youth programs. A new partnership, launched by the Skillman Foundation and the Detroit Bus Company, is meeting this critical demand.

Kids, Transportation

Detroit

FoodLab: Weaving the network for a good food system in Detroit

Jess Daniel Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Jess Daniel, founder of FoodLab Detroit, discusses network weaving versus networking, and how FoodLab utilizes the network weaving strategy to help build a strong good food system here in Detroit.

Agriculture, Entrepreneurship, Food, Kids, Research & Innovation, Sustainability

Detroit

From banking to changemaking: Chris Uhl reflects on his move to the Skillman Foundation

Chris Uhl Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Chris Uhl left the world of banking to join the Skillman Foundation (as a director, no less). Here he reflects on his reasons for making that life-changing decision to dedicate his life to changemaking.

Education, Kids, Philanthropy, Placemaking

Detroit