Detroit public schools arne duncan

And Duncan has shown little reluctance to weigh on local district management Michele McNeil at the Politics K12 blog has catalogued the many examples. All Topics. About Us. Group Subscriptions. Recruitment Advertising. Events and Webinars. Leaders to Learn From. Current Issue. Special Reports. Since Snyder took office earlier this year, the state has taken several aggressive -- and often controversial -- steps toward improving Detroit schools.

The legislature strengthened Michigan's emergency manager law and passed teacher tenure reform, Snyder appointed Roberts to run the district, he formed an authority that eventually will take over the lowest-performing schools around the state and he announced the ". The latter program, funded by corporate and philanthropic organizations and modeled after the "Kalamazoo promise," initially will guarantee two years of higher education or vocational training for all high school graduates in Detroit, and leaders hope to expand the offer to four years at some point in the future.

If we can guarantee that not just a two-year, but even a four-year university education is possible for every young man and woman who graduates from the Detroit Pubic Schools, that would be absolutely amazing. While Duncan spent most of the session echoing the governor's call for "relentless positive action," not every one was as enthused by the state's role in reshaping the district.

One audience member pointed out that DPS has been under state control for the majority of the past decade even as the deficit grew and test scores declined. Critics also questioned the implementation -- not the necessarily the goals -- of the Education Achievement System authority. Details remain unclear, but Snyder and Roberts have said EAS will be public-private partnership that will assume operation of the lowest five-percent of schools, first in Detroit and then across the rest of the state.

The EAS to incorporate several principles embraced by the progressive educational community, including more-autonomous school governance, increased parental involvement and potentially longer school days. We are going to make that happen. Detroit was today's first stop on Duncan's "Education and the Economy" bus tour, which seeks to highlight the connection between the nation's public education system and economic growth.

He'll visit the University of Michigan's School of Education later today. Everybody is pretty much outraged with the outcomes at this point, and a change is necessary. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. Share this page. Discuss Bellow. Click here to cancel reply.