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A recent survey of more than 7,500 childcare centers across the country found worker shortages in nearly every state, with many taking on fewer children for care as a result.

AAPS will be hosting virtual interviews this week.

Ann Arbor Public Schools is inviting interested candidates to sign up for its job fair this week.

Educators found ways to keep doing their job even in the middle of the COVID pandemic.

ANN ARBOR – Ann Arbor Public Schools welcomed preschool- through kindergarten-aged students back into school buildings on Thursday as part of its hybrid learning plan for the remainder of the school year. The district is starting with the youngest students and the students with the greatest needs, and will bring back older students in phases. AdAccording to a recent survey, 67.3 percent of K-12 students in Ann Arbor opted to return to a hybrid model while 24.5 percent opted to remain virtual; 8.2 percent did not respond. In her March 10 update, AAPS Superintendent Dr. Jeanice Kerr Swift shared what hybrid learning will look like and the district’s next steps. See some of those moments below:@A2_Carpenter We are excited to welcome all of our students to Hybrid Learning!

DETROIT – A learning center opened its doors in Detroit after receiving some support from a Motor City Match program grant. The Seeds of Knowledge Creative Learning Center is on West McNichols Road in Detroit and is run by a former Detroit teacher and principal. Chavonne McGowan owns the learning center. She said for years she wanted to open up a daycare/learning center. You want to be able to take your child and be able to drop them off in a very high-quality daycare center,” Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said.