Private funds to help new Michigan district begin operations

From The Detroit Free Press: The new statewide school district for Michigan's worst K-12 schools is being supported by $2 million in private dollars pledged this year. Experts say the Education Achievement Authority will be the only district in the nation supported primarily by donations. In future years, the district will get state money -- the state per-pupil funding for students from each of the low-performing schools that it takes control over starting in the fall. But in the meantime, current costs need to be covered.