If you are from Detroit you may not be able to read!

[Rakhel]

Again, you haven't met my cousin. He did not want to read, never learned to read and graduated. The school passed him along. These schools still exist. Where no one gives a ****, including the teachers.

 

[Panda]

How someone can reach the age of around 12 and not be able to read and write is truly beyond me.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I would have to say, "all of the above". For the life of me, I cannot see a child going to school for 12+ years and cannot read.

I can't see how that could happen either. It likely is a number of issues, and probably all parties involved are to blame to varying degrees. There is also probably something we aren't aware of, because that is such a high number that it seems to go against everything we have learned about the benefits of making education available to the masses.

 

[Reverend Rick]

I can't see how that could happen either. It likely is a number of issues, and probably all parties involved are to blame to varying degrees. There is also probably something we aren't aware of, because that is such a high number that it seems to go against everything we have learned about the benefits of making education available to the masses.

I don't see funding an issue either. If we threw money at the problem, most likely the school would purchase more books and computers. That would not help these kids. The money would go to higher salaries too.

 

[Revoltingest]

Give'm more money, & they ramp up the waste.
Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb: Detroit Public Schools saddled with unused BlackBerries, other wasteful expenses | MLive.com
Detroit City & its government suffer from cultural problems, ones which their ill-equipped to solve themselves.
The state takeover makes sense for them.