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Jackson, Reuss push education | freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Jackson, Reuss push education | freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Jackson, Reuss push education

BY BRENT SNAVELY
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER

Detroit's education system is in a crisis and General Motors wants to be involved in helping to fix it, Mark Reuss, president of GM's North American division, said Thursday.

Reuss said GM is working with Detroit Public Schools, the United Way for Southeastern Michigan, charter schools and others to explore "an idea to take five Detroit schools and essentially divide each school into four academies to train our children to have marketable

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