Education Nation bus tour hits metro Detroit
NBC News and Local 4 are teaming up for Education Nation!
MISING SOME JEWELERY. BOTH BREAK-INS HAPPENED THROUGH UNLOCKED SLIDING GLASS DOORS. NBC NEWS AND WE HERE AT LOCAL 4 ARE TEAMING UP FOR AN INITIATIVE THAT KICKS OFF OFFICIALLY TODAY. IT'S ALL PART OF A SERIES OF EVENTS CALLED EDUCATION NATION. AND RHONDA WALKER IS LIVE AT CROSS POINT NORTH HIGH SCHOOL AND GROSSE POINTE WOODS TO EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT AND WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE TODAY? Reporter: WELL, THERE'S JUST A BEVY OF ACTIVITY OUT HERE. I'M AT GROSSE POINTE NORTH HIGH SCHOOL. GROSSE POINTE SCHOOLS HAS COME TOGETHER IN A BIG WAY TO KICK OFF OUR BUS STUFF THE BUS INITIATIVE. THE DETROIT SUMMIT DOESN'T COME TO THE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY UNTIL FRIDAY. BUT OUR INITIATIVE RIGHT NOW IS TO TRY AND GET BOOKS IN THE HANDS OF KIDS THAT REALLY NEED THEM. AND CAN YOU SEE THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HERE ARE STUFFING THIS BUS. IT'S OUR FIRST DAY. WE'RE GOING TO BE COLLECTING BOOKS ALL THE WAY UNTIL THE END OF NEXT WEEK AND ALREADY, AS YOU CAN SEE. THERE'S BARELY ANY ROOM ON THIS BUS. JEFFREY YOUNG IS HERE WITH US AS WELL. HE LEADS THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT HOW ARE YOU ARE YOU ABLE TO GET ALL OF THESE BOOKS INTO THE SCHOOL. WE HAD THE COMMUNITY ALERTED BY E-MAIL AND AIL THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS CAME TOGETHER HERE AS YOU SEE. WE HAVE SO MANY BOOKS THEY WERE DELIVERED HERE THIS MORNING AND WE'RE FILLING THE BUS UP ALREADY. IT'S A PARTNERSHIP IN THIS COMMUNITY WHICH IS INDICATIVE OF WHAT HAPPENS INSIDES OUR SCHOOL. EDUCATION NATION WILL KICK OFF ON FRIDAY. AND THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT OF BRINGING TOGETHER ALL TYPES OF STAKEHOLDERS THAT CARE ABOUT EDUCATION AND PHILANTHROPY AND MEDIA ALL TAKING ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THE NATION'S EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE MEANTIME. IN THE MEANTIME WE'LL BE COLLECTING BOOKS ALL ACROSS THE METRO AREA. TOMORROW WE'RE GOING TO BE IN CENTER LINE AT CLARENCE KRUTHERS SCHOOL IN WARREN. FROM THERE WE'LL MAKE OUR WAY TO FRASER BLOOMFIELD AND NORTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ROUND OUR WAY OUT IN UTICA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT US COMING WITH OUR BIG BUS GET TOGETHER AND COLLECT SOME BOOKS FOURS. I'M LIVE AT GROSSE POINTE NORTH HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE IT'S JUST A TON OF FUN WITH THE PEP BAND AND ALL THE STUDENTS COMING TOGETHER. GUY, BACK TO YOU. WE'LL GET YOU A NEW BUS FOR TOMORROW. IN FACT, I'LL BE IN CENTER LINE TOMORROW WITH THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY THERE. IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHERE THE BUS WILL BE STOPPING OR YOU WANT TO JOIN IN ON THE CONVERSATION LINE
