Michigan's governor signed into law a $617 million bailout package for Detroit Public Schools. There are many critics of his plan.
President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative is the centerpiece of his plan. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan says that young men of color in Detroit, as in other places, lack opportunities to use their talents. “Clearly, a city like Detroit, which is 83 percent African-American, can’t succeed unless its young people of color succeed,” he wrote […]