New state-wide district can aid Detroit Public Schools kids

Rochelle Riley:

The corruption and mismanagement storm that hit Detroit Public Schools has been likened, on occasion, to Hurricane Katrina and its impact on New Orleans' schools.

So it shouldn't be surprising that Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction Mike Flanagan has been meeting with New Orleans education officials as he plans to open a new statewide school district in 2011 for Michigan's poorest performing schools.

But what Flanagan discovered while analyzing schools was that an academic hurricane had hit more than Detroit.

Over at least the next year, the state will distribute about $119 million in federal funds to schools across the state, not just in Detroit, to improve academic performance.

Interesting approach to the governance problem.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 13, 2010 4:32 AM
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