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Plan aims to revitalize Detroit schools
- 06-21-2011
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New York Times
Michigan officials announced a plan Monday to overhaul Detroit’s struggling schools by moving the worst ones into a new system in the fall of 2012. The system will not have a school board or a central administration. Principals will be in charge of hiring teachers, and they and their staffs will handle day-to-day operations. Oversight will come from a public-private authority with an executive committee led by the Detroit district’s state-appointed financial manager. With less management, Gov. Rick Snyder, a Republican, says he expects more money to flow directly into the schools. The changes are meant to address problems in a debt-plagued district where nearly one in five students drops out. (more...)
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