Our experience with Brighton Montessori has been incredible…read more My son started shortly after he turned 2. We wanted more than a daycare. We wanted Montessori practices and principles. And it was immediately apparent that Brighton Montessori offered this. We looked at a few different options before choosing BMS and there was a startling difference. In the other daycare centers, the children were running around yelling, a few crying, one kid was climbing up a bookshelf, etc. When we came and looked at BMS, the kids were playing quietly in groups with their "work." Within a few weeks of my son attending BMS he was picking up his toys, pushing in his chair and saying "thank you." All that said, this is not to imply that BMS is strict and quiet! The children are allowed to be children! They run around outside. They sing songs loudly! Everyday my son comes home and proudly show me his artwork. They play play play! The teachers are also fantastic. They are some of the most gentle, kind and compassionate people I've met. My son adores them. He gives them hugs when he leaves for the day. He arrives at school and feels comfortable telling them all the things he did that weekend. He respects his teachers but sees them as allies, not a threat. This is entirely due to their respectful interactions with our children. I could go on and on. There are halloween parades. Christmas cookie parties. They help you with potty training (if desired). They have communal lunch and snack time. It's just a wonderful, caring, family-oriented environment. Please go visit and see for yourself!

We looked at a couple places for our pre-schooler, and this was by far the best. The staff is very…read morededicated and nurturing to the children. Our child enjoys her learning experience and seems to thrive in their setting. Highly recommend if you can afford to do it!

My daughter attended preschool at Kidsland with Mehar Fatimah. She is now 20 years old and in…read moremedical school after graduating with honors from MSU at 19! Kidsland Montessori School helped her develop a genuine love of learning, curiosity about the world, confidence, and skills to get her where she is today!! For anyone looking to help their kids grow academically, I HIGHLY recommend this Kidsland

Kidsland was a wonderful experience for my children. Both attended for ~1.5 years until we moved…read morein the fall of 2018. They still both talk about the program and how much they miss it. The first half of the day was educational based, second half the day was play. Let's be honest kids at two years old don't need 8 hours of books, they need to be kids too. Tom and Mehar are wonderful people and their passion for helping children shows. The quarterly events such as BBQ's or children's concerts help bring the families' of the students together, developing a community feel to the program. We've experienced two Montessori programs and two day care programs in three states and this is our gold standard.

We are in our third year here and love our school! The staff and administrators are wonderful and…read moreso caring. My child has ADHD and has struggled with learning to read and I've had very positive experiences with all of her teachers along with help she gets daily from a reading interventionist. There's so much focus on community and I love that. My younger kids ask almost every day when they get to go to the school like their big sister. There are so many ways to be involved and I love the diversity of the families we get to be involved with.

Run away from this place…read more Their teacher, in the Beech room, physically assaulted my 5 year old son by digging her nails into the inside of his wrist and yanking him to the floor forcefully. My son also shared that this teacher always digs her nails into him hard when she grabs him. I told administrators, the principal, and superintendent they wanted to cover it up. Black parents please beware before sending your child here. Other Black parents have told me that their children were called the "n" word and nothing was done by the staff or superintendent. This school is violent and the children are left screaming and yelling at eachother with no adult intervention. The staff is rude and quite unprofessional. There are suppose to be peace meetings, but there is no peace when there are 5,6,7,8 year olds in one classroom with one teacher and the 8 year olds are grabbing the 5 year olds to yell at them in the corner while teachers sit by and watch. This is not montessori. This is chaos. The 5 year olds are left crying while the teacher barely pays attention to rest of class because they are so overwhelmed. This is a violent place. My childs life will never be the same because of this place.

My child loves math but she had missed some instruction during the school year and wanted to work…read moreon it over the summer. We bought math workbooks and a subscription to IXL to use during the summer. However, it became clear that having regular sessions and attention from a tutor was needed. Having me, her parent, as her tutor was . . . challenging for us both. Mathnasium seemed like something to try next. After the initial skills assessment, we decided to sign her up for the summer sessions. After a few sessions, it became clear that she was loving it. She enthusiastically attended each session this summer (20 one-hour sessions!), had a great time with the tutors, and learned quite a bit. She just completed her school's math placement assessment for the next school year. She definitely caught up on the missed instruction and then some! She is looking forward to continuing at Mathnasium this school year! Thank you!!

We have been so pleased with Mathnasium and their work with our daughter. On her recent NWEA…read morenational standardized test she exceeded the standard for her grade level and was in the 97th percentile. The teaching, support, enjoyment of math and encouragement she has received at Mathnasium is a major component in her success. Thanks Mathnasium for making math and learning fun for our child!

Bagley Elementary is a great school and is located in a good/safe residential area. That's…read moreimportant when you have kids like myself walking to and from school alone, or with other kids. I came here at 4th grade, but I easily performed well and fit in. It's crazy because many of the people I was friends with then, I am friends with now. It's been a while since I went to school here (obviously) but Bagley is still a school that shines throughout Detroit Public Schools. It's a decent size and very closed in from the hoopla in the streets.

My review is strictly devoted to a synopsis of CCS' Manoogian Visual Resource Center…read more I attended a poetry reading by Anna Vitale, Lynn Crawford, and Anselm Berrigan tonight that was hosted by CCS' Manoogian Visual Resource Center. The space is awesome. Upon entering, you're treated to an all-sorts smorgasbord of visual graphics, design, art, and product creation. I'm not sure it's an art gallery so much as a giant display room of the many directions CCS students have oriented themselves, from the purely aesthetic to the purely economic. Whatever their direction, the art/ design/ commodity display in the main foyer is very impressive and excellently arranged. Bright, roomy, colorful, and begging you to explore, gawk, stare, and meander. The side room that hosted the poetry reading was spatially ideal. Wedged into a corner, the readers were bannered by bright visual art, paintings and collage, which gives a vocal performance of poetry a nice visual counterpoint. The corner-tuck also allows for chairs to be arranged in a radiating pattern in relation to the lectern, so you can cram quite a few people into the gallery space. The ONLY let down was the sound set-up. The acoustics of this space are kinda poor. The ceilings are VERY high, and the readers are competing with a very loud ventilation/ temperature control system that creates a background interference level noticeable ABOVE "white noise". Their in-house lectern is also a little low, which means the mic is a little low, which means the amplifiers are pumping out a lot of dead "hiss"... staff should re-work the sound set-up to achieve live performance-worthy audio. The night was catered with delicious wines at donation cost. And there's free parking for about 25 cars out front, plus street parking (just across from the DIA/ Detroit Film Institute, on John R - one street east parallel to Woodward). All in all, a really great space to book a public arts event. Super job CCS.

I love being a part of the CCS community. The glassblowing studio is awesome and I learned so much…read morefrom the amazing staff. I hope to be able to return some day for a metal-smithing course!

My daughter just finished her last day at Red Bell. She had a great year at Red Bell Preschool…read more I've had 7 kids go to a total of 9 preschools. I feel like Red Bell did the best job preparing her for Kindergarten. If you are in the area and looking for a preschool, definitely check out Red Bell. The teachers are wonderful. Very caring and concerned about the children's well-being and their development. The owner is great. He is totally accessible and open to communication. They have an amazing cook. And I just love the office staff. #redbellpreschool.

As someone who's went here and dropped out from here, dont send your kids here. 1) the bullying is…read moreinsane we recently had a kid take her life because of it. 2) Lack of resources for the minority kids. 3) rats , ants, and bugs in the classrooms/cafeteria (even after the state gave them $1M to renovate) 3) My brother got Laced Weed from a high schooler last night and is in the icu (hes 14. in middle school.)ive tried getting ahold of the school 12x in total to find out what exactly happened- haven't heard back. 4) ive had to come up to the school on four separate occasions to talk to administration about the physical bullying my brother gets it's only gotten worse. I know 3 kids who are being pulled from the school because the bullying and harassment and lack of care for these CHILDREN is concerning.

It seems to be a good school. I go there mainly to play volleyball with the Stay and Play Social…read moreClub. I've wandered around a few times in the halls... reminds me of a high school. Pretty cool place if you ask me.