Detroit Looks To Charters To Remake Public Schools

Larry Abramson:

The Detroit Public School system hopes to convert dozens of schools into charters in the next year or so in a last-ditch effort to cut costs and stop plummeting enrollment.

The plan faces tremendous skepticism from a generation of parents and teachers frustrated from previous reform efforts.

No one has ever done what DPS is trying to do: turn more than 40 schools into charters, some in just a few short weeks.

Greg Richmond of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers says that when the city first approached him with this idea, he hesitated.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at June 4, 2011 1:03 AM
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