There’s some good news in regards to charter schools to report for both Grand Rapids and Detroit. For some quick background – state laws define a “first class” school district, which only Detroit Public Schools qualifies for. This special status allows Detroit’s school system some privileges in terms of funding, but also the state...
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Detroit Schools: 75% Dropout Rate
The Detroit News has a short article today on the dropout rate of Detroit Public Schools students. The article states that a report from Education Week, a weekly education newspaper, has done a study showing that Detroit’s dropout rate is 75%. You can view the report’s web page by clicking here. However, the bureaucrats...
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Detroit Public Schools – Parents Have Spoken
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Detroit Schools Disaster
The Detroit Federation of Teachers (the Detroit teachers’ union) is reaping what they sewed. Their nearly two-week strike has apparently resulted in a loss of about 25,000 students, according to the Detroit News. If the numbers hold next week Wednesday, which is the official state student count day, the district is set to lose...
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Detroit School Implosion
In a nearly incomprehensible collapse of the Detroit School system, the Detroit Public Schools administration is projecting a loss of 40,000 students over the next three years. That’s in addition to the 30,000 that have been lost since 1998. The DPS enrollment stands at 140,000 this year. The DPS 2005 budget has nearly a...
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ACLU Sues Detroit Schools
An interesting story came across the wire today saying that the ACLU has sued the Detroit school system for illegally searching students in a high school. This is one of the few areas where we applaud the ACLU over here at GR Pundit. They like to ignore some amendments to the constitution while over-interpreting...
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