The Choice Channel

“Leaders of the Detroit Public Schools have mainly themselves to blame for the welcome mat that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick plans to extend to charter and private schools to open in the city. The district has lacked vision and credibility for so long, it has become as much an obstacle to a real Detroit renaissance as the blight and violence that plague the city. And although city voters did resoundingly reject giving the mayor authority over DPS, they rightfully expect him to do more than just stand and watch as 10,000 students a year bail out of the city’s public schools. Kilpatrick cannot afford to look the other way. All his ambitious plans for a new, exciting Detroit can be undercut by a dysfunctional education system that scares and chases families away.” (03/29/07)