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Detroit Closing Down 16 Schools
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/united-states/detroit-closing-down-16-schools-188553.htmlDetroit is slated to close down 16 public schools permanently by the end of the year and will have to convert another four into charter schools by this fall.
Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Roy Roberts said that the schools are being closed because they are underused and children attending those schools will be merged into other schools.
“We have been using an outdated educational model that we must discard,” he said in a statement on Wednesday.
Detroit’s school system “must embark on a bold and ambitious journey that I believe will return this city to its rightful place as the world class leader in public education, a position it once held,” he added.
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