Today I learned about a documentary called Grown in Detroit. Here, according to the website for the film, is what it’s about. Grown in Detroit focuses on the urban gardening efforts managed by a public school of 300, mainly african-american, pregnant and parenting teenagers. In Detroit alone, there are annually more than 3,000 pregnant teenagers […]
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The closing of Detroit’s Catherine Ferguson Academy for Young Women
Posted in Detroit Also tagged Catherine Ferguson Academy for Young Women, class warfare, Detroit Public Schools, documentary film, education reform, gardening, Grown in Detroit, nutrition, public education, school closings, sit-ins, teen pregnancy, the growing gap between rich and poor, urban gardening 78 Comments