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Gores, Detroit Pistons Partner With City Year to Boost Engagement in Schools

There are a lot of reasons why we love the Pistons, and we just added another to our list. The Detroit Pistons and City Year Detroit have announced a long-term partnership to help grow City Year’s reach in Detroit Public Schools over the next three years. The agreement will help the non-profit organization further its mission of placing AmeriCorps members in high-poverty urban high schools to help mentor at-riusk students and prepare them for college and career success. “Education is a power...

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City Year Detroit Aims To Help Increase Graduation Rate of Detroit Public School Students

Education is crucial to the future of the city of Detroit. With that in mind, City Year Detroit is an organization primarily focused on bridging the gap between students of Detroit Public Schools and their staff members. Understanding what students really need and want to get out of their school will help the students’ ability to continue to higher education after high school. Although Detroit has improved their graduation rate from 64% to 71% in the last year, according to the CEPI reports...