Editing Dearborn, Michigan (section)

==Education==
===Colleges and universities===
[[University of Michigan–Dearborn]] and [[Henry Ford College]] are located in Dearborn on Evergreen Road and are adjacent to each other. Concordia University Dearborn Center and [[Central Michigan University]] offer classes in Dearborn.<ref>[http://www.arbor.edu/Metro-Detroit/Locations/Adult-Professional/Index.aspx Locations: Detroit (Dearborn)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017043408/http://arbor.edu/Metro-Detroit/Locations/Adult-Professional/Index.aspx |date=October 17, 2012 }}, Spring Arbor University, accessed November 8, 2012</ref><ref>[http://global.cmich.edu/locations/location.aspx?site=DRBRN CMU in Dearborn, Michigan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226103756/http://global.cmich.edu/locations/location.aspx?site=DRBRN |date=December 26, 2012 }}, CMU Global Campus, Central Michigan University, accessed November 8, 2012</ref> Career training schools include [[Kaplan Career Institute]] and [[Sanford Brown College]].

===Primary and secondary schools===
Dearborn residents, along with a small portion of [[Dearborn Heights, Michigan|Dearborn Heights]] residents, attend [[Dearborn Public Schools]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dearbornschools.org/|title=Dearborn Public Schools|publisher=Dearborn Public Schools|access-date=August 25, 2012|archive-date=October 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009043854/https://dearbornschools.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> The system operates 34 schools, including the major high schools [[Fordson High School]], [[Dearborn High School]], and [[Edsel Ford High School]]. The public schools serve more than 18,000 students in the fourth-largest district in the state.

[[Divine Child High School]] and Elementary School are [[private schools]] in Dearborn; the high school is the largest private coed high school in the area. [[Henry Ford Academy]] is a charter high school inside [[The Henry Ford|Greenfield Village]] and the Henry Ford Museum. Another charter secondary school is Advanced Technology Academy. Dearborn Schools operated the Clara B. Ford High School inside Vista Maria, a non-profit residential treatment agency for girls in Dearborn Heights. [[Clara B. Ford High School]] became a charter school in the 2007–08 school year.

A small portion of the city limits is within the [[Westwood Community School District (Michigan)|Westwood Community School District]].<ref>"[http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/pdfmaps/Schools/SD_esize_Westwood%20Community%20Schools.pdf Westwood Community Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009043852/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/pdfmaps/Schools/SD_esize_Westwood%20Community%20Schools.pdf |date=October 9, 2024 }}." [[Michigan Department of Information Technology]] Center for Geographic Information. Retrieved on May 4, 2017.</ref> The sections of Dearborn within the district are zoned for industrial and commercial uses.<ref>"[http://www.cityofdearborn.org/documents/city-departments/city-plan/1925-zoning-map/file Zoning Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225052210/http://cityofdearborn.org/documents/city-departments/city-plan/1925-zoning-map/file |date=2016-12-25 }}." City of Dearborn. Retrieved on May 4, 2017.</ref>

The [[Islamic Center of America]] operates the Muslim American Youth Academy (MAYA), an Islamic elementary and middle school.

The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit]] operates Sacred Heart Elementary School. It previously operated the St. Alphonsus School in Dearborn. In 2003 the archdiocese closed the high school of St. Alphonsus,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stalsalumni.com/schoolhistory.htm |title=School History – St. Alphonsus Schools Alumni Dearborn, MI |publisher=Stalsalumni.com |access-date=March 13, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102212418/http://www.stalsalumni.com/schoolhistory.htm |archive-date=January 2, 2016 }}</ref> and in 2005 closed the St. Alphonsus elementary school.<ref name="Prattclose0">Pratt, Chastity, Patricia Montemurri, and Lori Higgins. "[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1814901451.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+17%2C+2005&author=CHASTITY+PRATT%3B+PATRICIA+MONTEMURRI%3B+LORI+HIGGINS&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&desc=PARENTS%2C+KIDS+SCRAMBLE+AS+EDUCATION+OPTIONS+NARROW&pqatl=google Parents, kids scramble as education options narrow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721105752/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1814901451.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+17%2C+2005&author=CHASTITY+PRATT%3B+PATRICIA+MONTEMURRI%3B+LORI+HIGGINS&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&desc=PARENTS%2C+KIDS+SCRAMBLE+AS+EDUCATION+OPTIONS+NARROW&pqatl=google |date=2013-07-21 }}." ''[[Detroit Free Press]]''. March 17, 2005. A1 News. Retrieved on April 30, 2011. "School closings announced Wednesday by the Archdiocese of Detroit doomed eight high schools in Detroit and neighboring suburbs and will shutter 10 elementary schools, including historic landmarks such as St. Alphonsus Elementary in Dearborn and St. Florian Elementary in Hamtramck."</ref>

[[Global Educational Excellence]] operates multiple [[charter schools in the United States|charter schools]] in Dearborn: Riverside Academy Early Childhood Center, Riverside Academy East Campus (K-5), and Riverside Academy West Campus (6–12).<ref>"[http://www.gee-edu.com/gee-academies/ GEE Academies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908024800/http://www.gee-edu.com/gee-academies/ |date=2015-09-08 }}." [[Global Educational Excellence]]. Retrieved on September 1, 2015.</ref>

Dearborn Christian School closed in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|author=Wisely, John|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2019/05/28/michigan-private-schools-closing-catholic/3757380002/|title=200 private schools have closed in Michigan in the last decade|work=[[Detroit Free Press]]|date=May 28, 2019|access-date=May 2, 2020|archive-date=July 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729040341/https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2019/05/28/michigan-private-schools-closing-catholic/3757380002/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Public libraries===
[[File:Henry Ford Library.JPG|thumb|Henry Ford Centennial Library]]
Dearborn Public Library includes the [[Henry Ford Centennial Library]], which is the main library; and the Bryant and Esper branches.<ref>"[http://dearbornlibrary.org/aboutus/aboutus.htm Hours/About Us]." ([https://archive.today/20131115230037/http://dearbornlibrary.org/aboutus/aboutus.htm Archive]) Dearborn Public Library. Retrieved on November 15, 2013.</ref>

Dearborn's first public library opened in 1924 at the building now known as the Bryant Branch. This served as the main library until the Ford library opened in 1969. In 1970 what became known as the Mason building was classified as a branch library. The library was renamed in 1977 after Katharine Wright Bryant, who developed a plan for the library and campaigned for it.<ref>"[http://dearbornlibrary.org/aboutus/bryant.htm A LOOK AT THE Bryant Branch]." ([https://archive.today/20131115230941/http://dearbornlibrary.org/aboutus/bryant.htm Archive]) Dearborn Public Library. Retrieved on November 15, 2013.</ref>

Around April 1963<!--three months before July 30--> the [[Ford Motor Company]] granted the City of Dearborn $3 million to build a library as a memorial to [[Henry Ford]]. The company deeded {{convert|15.3|acre|ha}} of vacant land for the public library to the city on July 30, 1963, the centennial or 100th anniversary of Henry Ford's birth. The [[Ford Foundation]] later granted the library an additional $500,000 for supplies and equipment. On November 25, 1969, the library was dedicated. Originally only the library had offices in the building but in 1979, the library gave up the western side's meeting rooms for the City of Dearborn Health Department.<ref>"[http://dearbornlibrary.org/aboutus/centenni.htm A LOOK AT THE Henry Ford Centennial Library]." ([https://archive.today/20131115230418/http://dearbornlibrary.org/aboutus/centenni.htm Archive]) Dearborn Public Library. Retrieved on November 15, 2013.</ref>

The Esper Branch, the smallest branch, is located in what is known as the Arab residential quarter of the city, dedicated on October 12, 1953. Originally named the Warren Branch, this structure had replaced the Northeast Branch, which opened in a storefront in 1944. In October 1961, it was named after city councilman Anthony M. Esper.<ref>"[http://dearbornlibrary.org/aboutus/esper.htm A LOOK AT THE Esper Branch]." ([https://archive.today/20131115231105/http://dearbornlibrary.org/aboutus/esper.htm Archive]) Dearborn Public Library. Retrieved on November 15, 2013.</ref>

===Post office===
During the years 1934 to 1943, during and after the [[Great Depression]], murals were commissioned for federal public buildings in the [[United States]] through the [[Section of Painting and Sculpture]], later called the [[Section of Fine Arts]], of the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Treasury Department]]. They often featured representation of local history. In 1938 artist [[Rainey Bennett]] painted an oil-on-canvas mural for the federal post offices in Dearborn titled ''Ten Eyck's Tavern on Chicago Road''.

===Sports facilities===
Sports facilities include the [[Dearborn Ice Skating Center]] and the Dearborn Civic Center.

===Transportation===
[[Amtrak]], the national passenger rail system, provides service to Dearborn, operating its [[Wolverine (train)|''Wolverine'']] three times daily in each direction between [[Chicago, Illinois]] and [[Pontiac, Michigan|Pontiac]], via [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]]. Baggage cannot be checked at this location; however, up to two suitcases, in addition to any "personal items" such as briefcases, purses, laptop bags, and infant equipment, are allowed on board as carry-ons. There is one rail stop in Dearborn: the [[John D. Dingell Transit Center]]. Amtrak operates on the [[Michigan Department of Transportation]] Michigan Line. This track runs from Dearborn to Kalamazoo, Michigan. [[CSX Transportation]]'s Detroit Subdivision, [[Canadian National Railway]]/[[Grand Trunk Western Railroad]]'s Dearborn Subdivision, and [[Conrail Shared Assets]]' Junction Yard Running Track also pass through Dearborn. Most of the freight traffic on these rails is related to the automotive industry.

Dearborn is served by buses of both the [[Detroit Department of Transportation]] (DDOT) and the [[Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation]] (SMART) systems.

From 1924 to 1947, Dearborn was the site of [[Ford Airport (Dearborn)|Ford Airport]]. It featured the world's first concrete runway<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://explorer.acpa.org/explorer/places/united-states/michigan/dearborn/airport/first-concrete-runway-ford-field-dearborn-mi/|title=First Concrete Runway - Ford Field - Dearborn, MI|website=Historical Concrete Pavement Explorer|access-date=March 6, 2020|archive-date=October 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009043854/http://explorer.acpa.org/explorer/places/united-states/michigan/dearborn/airport/first-concrete-runway-ford-field-dearborn-mi/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the first scheduled U.S. passenger service.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=14956|title=Ford Airport / Ford Tri-Motor Historical Marker|date=January 2, 2009|website=Historical Marker Database|access-date=March 6, 2020|archive-date=October 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018221703/https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=14956|url-status=live}}</ref>

Launched in March 2021, SMART Flex<ref>{{Cite web|title=SMART Flex|url=https://www.smartbus.org/About/News/ArtMID/707/ArticleID/446/preview/true/SMART-Flex|access-date=February 2, 2022|website=SMART|language=en-US|archive-date=October 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009043855/https://www.smartbus.org/About/News/ArtMID/707/ArticleID/446/preview/true/SMART-Flex|url-status=live}}</ref> is an on-demand public transit service launched in partnership with TransitTech company Via Transportation. SMART Flex is available to residents and workers in Dearborn, Troy, the Hall Road corridor between Utica and New Baltimore, Pontiac/Auburn Hills, and Farmington/Farmington Hills to book rides using the SMART Flex app.