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One more post on the takeover of the Catherine Ferguson Academy

By Mark | June 19, 2011

A few days ago, in a post about Detroit’s Catherine Ferguson Academy for pregnant and parenting teens, and how, at the order of Roy Roberts, the Emergency Financial Manager placed in charge of the Detroit Public Schools, it was being turned into a charter school, I posed a question about how much it presently cost […]

Posted in Education, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Catherine Ferguson Academy, Catherine Ferguson Academy for Young Women, charter schools, Chris Christie, defunding public schools, Detroit Public Schools, FoodFighter, Grown in Detroit, Jeff Gerritt, none of your business, public education, Roy Roberts, threats to Democracy | 6 Comments

The Catherine Ferguson Academy to stay open… as a charter school

By Mark | June 16, 2011

Everyone seems to be thrilled that Detroit’s Catherine Ferguson Academy for pregnant and parenting teens avoided closure today by announcing plans to be reborn as a charter school. I’d like to be optimistic, but I find it hard to believe that a for-profit charter school would be able to provide the same level of service […]