The Detroit City Chess Club is making a difference in the lives of children in Southeast Michigan by engaging them in a game of chess.  This program is made possible by a grant from American Documentary POV, with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. For more information about the Detroit City Chess Club please visit: http://www.detroitcitychessclub.com/

What does the community think about education and how are we making education in Michigan better? Over the past three months, DPTV has been holding conversations throughout the local community to talk to you about high school dropout rates and to identify strategies for improving outcomes for students, as well as understanding the challenges and solutions already at work in the community.

Detroit Public Television profiles amazing teachers in Southeast Michigan.

As Detroit teen Fernando Parraz, an accomplished rapper and budding filmmaker, aims to become the first in his family to earn a high school diploma — his ticket out of the struggles of inner-city poverty and violence — he finds support from an unlikely figure: his father, a former gangster who has suffered the costs of his own mistakes.

Los Graduados/The Graduates explores pressing issues in education today through the eyes of six Latino students from across the United States.

American Graduate Day 2013 was Saturday, September 28. This event marked a long-term commitment to helping communities tackle the nation's dropout crisis and preparing students for success with a high school diploma.

On March 6, The Center for Michigan and Detroit Public TV hosted a televised town hall meeting to explore early childhood education and the future of education.

Students participating in the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs program with Detroit Public TV met for a celebratory event at our Midtown Studio at Wayne State University.

American Black Journal sat down with Detroit Public School's superintendent Dr. John Telford, school board president Lamar Lemons and emergency financial manager Roy Roberts to talk about DPS's rising graduation rates, enrollment and the quality of the education and safety of students.

The NewsHour American Graduate team reports on a city-wide effort to keep students engaged in the classroom and on the path to graduation.

Juliette Okotie-Eboh, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs for MGM Grand Detroit, explains their outreach programs which are creating a positive impact in the community and support students.

Denise Smith, Vice President of Early Childhood at Excellent Schools Detroit, speaks to the important of early child development and education to create a lifetime learner.

Penny Bailer, Executive Director of City Year Inc, Detroit, speaks to the success of near-to-peer mentors who are helping at-risk students stay on track to earn their diplomas.

Rob Otto, Program Facilitator of Winning Futures, discusses the efforts to encourage graduation and the life skills necessary to become successful professionals.