We Believe
As the board and staff of the Detroit Public Schools Foundation goes about its work of supporting students within the Detroit Public Schools, we do so with a set of […]
[column type=”1/4″] [/column] [column type=”3/4″ last=”true”] You have to see the surprised look in someone’s face when I explain that Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico’s Independence Day. I go
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“Since feeling is first”…the poet writes… “who pays any attention/ to the syntax of things/ will never wholly kiss you.” (e. e. cummings) Or, alternately, “A little Madness in the
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[column type=”1/3″] [/column] [column type=”2/3″ last=”true”] My name is Audley “Kano” Smith and I am a proud product of the Detroit Public Schools System! I entered Longfellow Elementary School
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[success_box] “A monk once asked Zen Master Yun-men, “What is the essence of the Supreme Teaching?” Yun-men said “When the spring comes the grass grows by itself.” *[/success_box] With the coming
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[column type=”1/4″] [/column] [column type=”3/4″ last=”true”] I attended McDowell Elementary, Beaubien Junior High and Cass Tech. I remember being very proud about attending these schools, because they were known for
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March is the month when we focus on the amazing women who have helped to shape our culture and our society. We celebrate and applaud those who have accomplished extraordinary
Extraordinary Women Read More »
[column type=”1/2″]Historians tell us that the most important reason to study history is to learn from it. Other social scientists remind us that knowing the stories of our forbearers is
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I went to Schulze elementary and Mumford and loved them both and remember being very proud that’s where I went to school. As a kid, I always thought I would
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[image_lightbox url=”/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Toni-Smith-e1389636191804.jpg” title=”Toni Smith” align=”right”][/image_lightbox]The ending of one year and the beginning of the next stirs in me the desire for deeper reflection. Like the character in “A Christmas Carole,”