Our mission is to offer a proof of concept of a singular school space in which every adult has two goals: children's rich and robust learning and the education of child-serving professionals—especially teachers.
The Marygrove Learning Community is a Detroit P-20 (prenatal through graduate school) Partnership. The collaborators in this partnership came together in 2018 with a vision to invest in Detroit communities by transforming education. Located on a beautiful campus in the middle of a northwest Detroit neighborhood, The Marygrove Learning Community serves parents, children, youth, and adults from surrounding communities.
Features of The Marygrove Learning Community
Pre-K through grade 12 on a single campus
An integrated public education system on a single campus, giving students the option of attending school on the same campus from pre-K through grade 12
- On-site prenatal to age five early education center
- Detroit public school (K-12) featuring a vertically aligned, project- and place-based curriculum with an emphasis on engineering and design thinking for social justice
The nation's first Teaching School
A proof of concept of the nation’s first Teaching School, which includes a novel three-year residency program for early career teachers inspired by the medical model of professional education
Integrated health services
Integrated behavioral & developmental health services that attend to the needs of children and families
Public-private partnership
Public-private partnership that centers education at the heart of community vitality
