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Simone Lightfoot resigns from the Coalition for the Future of Detroit School Children, saying it’s become clear to her that Snyder’s goal is to “destroy public education in Michigan”

By Mark | March 16, 2015

On Friday, a member of the Coalition for the Future of Detroit School Children policy subcommittee, Simone Lightfoot, announced her resignation. Lightfoot, an Ann Arbor Board of Education trustee, did so, she said, because it became clear to her that the Snyder administration would never accept the policy recommendations coming from their group, which had […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Education, Uncategorized | Also tagged Ann Arbor Board of Education, Coalition for the Future of Detroit School Children, Coalition for the Future of Detroit Schoolchildren, dismantling of public education, EAA, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Michigan Department of Education, public education, Rick Snyder, School Reform Office, Simone Lightfoot, Steven Camron, threats to public education, United Way | 8 Comments

No Robocop for Detroit

By Mark | February 8, 2011

Perhaps due in part to that Chrysler ad that captured everyone’s imagination during the Super Bowl , the city of Detroit is, once again, attracting national media attention. Today, there’s a feature in the Washington Post entitled, “With Detroit in dire straits, mayor invites big thinking.” Here’s a clip. …With no salvation in sight, Bing, […]

Posted in Detroit, Uncategorized | Also tagged Build a statue of Robocop in Detroit, Chazz Miller, Chrysler, Dave Bing, downsizing of Detroit, Egypt, Ford Foundation, Knight Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Martha Reeves, rightsizing of Detroit, Robin Boyle, Robocop, Rockefeller Foundation, the Detroit situation, Tunisia, urban development, urban farming, urban homesteading, Urban Land Institute, urban planning, Wayne State | 18 Comments

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