Education chief: Let voters decide mayor's role with DPS
BY CHASTITY PRATT DAWSEY
FREE PRESS EDUCATION WRITER
FREE PRESS EDUCATION WRITER
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said last year the Detroit Public Schools were ground zero for public education and the district’s crises kept him up at night, but today he said the system faces a “tremendous” opportunity.
In an interview with the Detroit Free Press, Duncan said he is hopeful partly due to the public discussion about giving the mayor authority over the DPS. He is encouraging Detroit and other big cities to consider this path, saying that, with broad support, it can work.