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About this project
This story is part of a series, “Moving Costs: How students changing schools hurt Detroit classrooms,” a joint project by Bridge Magazine and Chalkbeat. Erin Einhorn is Detroit bureau chief of Chalkbeat, a national education news site. Chastity Pratt Dawsey is a Bridge reporter.
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