{"id":8894,"date":"2011-03-14T12:14:33","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T16:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=8894"},"modified":"2011-03-14T12:14:33","modified_gmt":"2011-03-14T16:14:33","slug":"detroit-public-schools-charter-a-new-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/8894\/detroit-public-schools-charter-a-new-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Public Schools Charter a New Course"},"content":{"rendered":"

For every crisis there is an opportunity.\u00a0 The Detroit public school system is in a fiscal state of emergency with a mandate to eliminate its $327 million deficit.\u00a0 At first, leadership planned to close 40 of the district\u2019s 142 schools.<\/p>\n

Now, more innovative heads have prevailed.\u00a0 Yesterday it was announced that instead of closing schools the district would convert 41 of them into privately-run charter schools<\/a>.\u00a0 Estimated savings to the taxpayer: more than $28 million.\u00a0 Estimated benefit to parents looking for a hand-up out of failing classrooms: priceless.<\/p>\n

Of course, teachers\u2019 union advocates bristle at the idea that nearly one-third of their Detroit membership will be laid off and required to reapply for jobs without costly pension funds and tenure protection.<\/p>\n

But the data doesn\u2019t support the status quo.\u00a0 Since Louisiana lawmakers transformed New Orleans into the only public school system where a majority of students attend charter schools<\/a>, scores on student achievement exams have risen dramatically.<\/p>\n

Louisiana\u2019s reform was made possible by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.\u00a0 Michigan\u2019s ongoing financial crisis may be just the opportunity Detroit families need to get the education \u2013 and the tax relief \u2013 they deserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For every crisis there is an opportunity.\u00a0 The Detroit public school system is in a fiscal state of emergency with a mandate to eliminate its $327 million deficit.\u00a0 At first, leadership planned to close 40 of the district\u2019s 142 schools. Now, more innovative heads have prevailed.\u00a0 Yesterday it was announced that instead of closing schools […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[70,2473,59,2475,376,526,814,2476,2474,1094],"class_list":["post-8894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-budget","tag-charter-school","tag-deficit","tag-detroit","tag-education-reform","tag-louisiana","tag-michigan","tag-new-orleans","tag-public-education","tag-teachers-unions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8894"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8897,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8894\/revisions\/8897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}