by Donna Givens

It seems that everybody loves Detroit’s children.  We know they care because they’ve spent most of the past 16 years imposing anti-Democratic and financially reckless policies on Detroit’s public schools. They’re concerned about resources re-directed from the classrooms and into the pockets of greedy and corrupt local leaders; they are deeply disturbed by poor academic results.  Detroit school teachers must be held accountable.  Detroit parents, including those too poor to access other academic options, have a civil right to school choice.  And the poorest of poor parents who survive off of meager public welfare benefits must be punished through the loss of subsistence income if their children fail to attend school on a regular basis.

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