AMP Blog: education
3 new features of Detroit Future Schools for the 2013-2014 school year
Detroit Future Schools is going into its third year of programming and we could not be more excited! We have learned so much from the past two years of integrating digital media arts into Detroit schools and providing year-long teacher professional development in more than 24 schools across the city.
Reflections on the first Detroit Future Schools Network Gathering
On June 20, 2013, Detroit Future Schools organized its first ever Network Gathering as part of the 15th annual Allied Media Conference. Ammerah Saidi, Program Coordinator of DFS, shares her experience.
Reflections on DFS' transformative education tour of NYC
Teachers and artists-in-residence from AMP’s Detroit Future Schools program recently traveled to New York City to tour peer organizations who are using media for transformative education. The goal of the trip was to explore models of media arts-integration, participatory action research, and youth-leadership development that could be applied to our work in Detroit.
You're invited! DFM and DFS closing celebration
Please join us June 8th at 12PM at Allied Media Projects (4126 3rd St, Detroit, MI) for a day of celebrations to mark the end of another year of media making for a more just and creative world. The day will include a potluck lunch, graduation ceremony and a gallery of final projects created by students in Detroit Future Media (DFM) and Detroit Future Schools (DFS).
The James and Grace Lee Boggs School is now accepting applications for enrollment for the 2013-2014 school year
The James and Grace Lee Boggs School was a host of a Detroit Future Media apprentice in 2012 and is one of our closest partners in our work for transformative education in Detroit. We are thrilled to announce that they are set to open their doors for the 2013-2014 school year.