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December 19, 2009

More Michigan - Funky Rubber Room!

Andrew Rotherham:

Yesterday we checked in on the Race to the Top debate in Michigan. Today, Detroit News editorial writer and columnist Amber Arellano writes up a guest post on the debate in Motown over the possible arrival of “rubber rooms,” which as we’ve noted on this blog aren’t as fun as the name implies.


Detroit’s New Rubber Room


New York City's embarrassment is Detroit's education reform "revolution"


This month the Detroit Public Schools posted the lowest student achievement results in the 40-year history of the NAEP. Educators began weeping when briefed on the news. And city charter schools, once Motown's hope for change, on average are performing just as terribly as the school district.

As if Detroit's education reputation couldn't get any worse, consider: a new teachers' contract, if ratified today, would create Detroit's first Rubber Room.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 19, 2009 1:12 AM
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