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Jun 9, 2015 · Pershing High School is part of the Education Achievement Authority, the state's school turnaround district. The EAA district does not have a union so the teacher had no grounds to file an...
Jun 14, 2016 · Tiffani Eaton-Davis lost her job after using a broom to break up a fight between two students at Pershing High School.
A Detroit teacher who was fired after using a broom to break up a fight between students is suing the Education Achievement Authority school district. Tiffani Eaton-Davis' lawsuit says...
- History of Problems
- Slow Times at EAA High
- Delays at Henry Ford
- Not The Norm
Pershing is one of 15 schools – nine elementary and six high schools – stripped from the Detroit Public Schools district in 2012 and turned over to the EAA, the state reform district for schools considered among the state’s lowest performing. Pershing was in the news in recent weeks after an overwhelmed teacher broke up a student fight with a broom...
On Wednesday, Mary Esselman, the EAA deputy superintendent, said problems with student records this year are rooted in the implementation of a new student records system as well as ongoing problems with obtaining records for transfer students. “I wouldn’t say there haven’t been challenges,” she said. “In terms of students knowing what they had to p...
Jada Earle, 18, had bigger problems. She went to the Henry Ford High graduation rehearsal on Monday. She got her cap and gown. Later that evening, she received a robo-call telling her to report to school the next day to discuss her grades. She did, and was told she is not graduating until August because she has to take World History and 11th-grade ...
Patrick O’Connor, past president of the National Association for College Admission Counseling, said it is typical for schools to audit seniors’ grades in the third and fourth quarters, especially for students who have previously failed courses. But accurate records are needed to avoid last-minute shock and disappointment leading up to graduation. “...
May 7, 2014 · The Pershing High School teacher was fired this week after a cell phone video surfaced of her hitting students with a broom in an attempt to stop their classroom brawl.
May 13, 2014 · DETROIT (WWJ) - A Detroit Public Schools teacher fired after she used a broomstick to try to break up a violent fight between two teenage boys is being allowed to return to the classroom.
Jun 9, 2015 · A teacher in the Education Achievement Authority (EAA) who made headlines last year after she was fired for using a broom to break up a...
