New effort to bring more charter schools to Detroit
Aug. 31, 2009
Founders of University Preparatory Academy and Henry For Academy want to bring 25,000 more charter school seats to city
From The Detroit News: Two of the most influential charter school backers in Detroit are teaming up to bring 25,000 new charter school seats to the city within a decade. Founders of University Preparatory Academy and Henry Ford Academy have formed a nonprofit to recruit some of the country's best urban charter operators to Detroit, nearly doubling the number of charter seats in the city. The effort could be a blow to Detroit Public Schools, which has lost almost half its students since 2000 -- many of them to charters.