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Detroit district works on academic reform plan

Jan. 21, 2010
Turnaround team looks to get struggling system to improve performance
From The Detroit News: The Detroit Public Schools turnaround team is developing a top-to-bottom academic reform plan aimed at bringing the troubled district on par with national average ACT, graduation and dropout rates by 2015. The district would require every high school student to take a college-level course, mandate pre-algebra for sixth-graders and pair pre-kindergarten students with reading tutors as part of an estimated $80 million dollar plan.

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