Budget/Financing, Elections, Governance/Board Decision Making, School Climate

Detroit Schools Official On State Of System

NPR:

Education Secretary Arne Duncan has called Detroit’s schools a “national disgrace.” The system suffers from budget deficits, corruption and a falling student population. Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb, the official who will decide whether the school system will file for bankruptcy protection by the end of the summer, discusses the financial state of the Detroit Public School system.

Kai Ryssdal interviews Detroit’s emergency financial manager Robert Bobb.