The other Mich. crisis: Detroit schools close for teachers' 'sickout'
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The other Mich. crisis: Detroit schools close for teachers’ ‘sickout’
Most of Detroit’s public schools closed for the day on Wednesday due to teacher absences, as disgruntled educators stepped up efforts to protest the governor’s plans for the district, its ramshackle finances and dilapidated buildings. Detroit Public Schools said more than 85 of its roughly 100 schools were shut. On Tuesday night, a group advocating for change at city schools known as Detroit Teachers Strike to Win warned of closures and said protests were planned Wednesday.
[Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder] is attacking public education in Detroit.
Steve Conn, teacher and activist
Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday asked state lawmakers to pass bills to overhaul the school district by splitting it in two, spending more than $700 million over a decade, warning of a potential bankruptcy. Detroit schools are drowning under $3.5 billion in debt and need to be rescued by the state of Michigan, according to a report released this month by Citizens Research Council of Michigan, a nonprofit public affairs group.
