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Response, awareness grow for troubled Detroit schools
From local editorial writers to city and foundation leaders, the call to action is growing in response to last week's news that Detroit Public Schools' fourth- and eighth-graders received record-low scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress math test.
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Skillman Foundation President & CEO Carol Goss urges action after the district's record-low test scores, which Goss calls "abysmal and a crisis." Watch Goss talk about next steps in this video. |
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The Detroit News' editorial writer Amber Arellano examines how the accountability movement is taking root in Detroit, and how the right mix of awareness, leadership and will may be the keys to turning around the city's schools. "For the first time, there's the right leadership, the alignment and the will," Goss says in the two-part series. "I think the community really wants change."
Click here to read part one in the series, and click here to read the second part. |
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Adults have failed the children of Detroit and must be bolder in taking next steps. That is the message Goss and Detroit Parent Network Executive Director Sharlonda Buckman emphasize in an opinion piece published in last Friday's Detroit News. Read more. |
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Learn more about the Excellent Schools Detroit initiative by visiting the Skillman website or excellentschoolsdetroit.org. |
Bobb reacts to test scores in powerful video
Watch this powerful film clip from our grantee Excellent Schools Detroit on YouTube. It features Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb reacting to Detroit's abysmal performance on the NAEP test.
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