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In-depth, revelatory enterprise reporting for The Detroit News and The Wall Street Journal.

Data-focused and shoe-leather reporting on one of the key issues of our time.

Bringing analytical and breaking-news lenses to crime in metro Detroit.

Using rigorous statistical techniques to decode our political moment.

Enterprise reporting on housing, poverty and business growth in metro Detroit.

Data-based reporting on K-12 schools and higher education in Michigan.

Ben Warren is the data reporter at The Detroit News. He previously worked on the data team at The Wall Street Journal.

Ben Warren | Data Reporter

Grand Rapids, Detroit Public Schools Community District are going through rounds of closures, but dozens of school districts are exploring options for closures and consolidation.

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1,200 schools have closed in Michigan since 2000. The 'Big Shrink' is coming