Detroit, Michigan

Education

Primary and secondary education

The city is served by the Detroit Public Schools (DPS) district. The student population was 147,800 during the 2003-04 school year and the district employed 19,620 people. DPS has not escaped many of the problems that other city sectors have encountered. In the early 1970s, the NAACP brought DPS to court seeking remedies for past de jure racial segregation. In a series of decisions beginning in September 1971, federal judge Stephen Roth ordered busing to desegregate the system, speeding up the white flight that had been on-going within the city. As of 2004, Detroit schools were 91% African-American.http://www.detroitk12.org/schools/index.php?type=All+Schools

Related Topics:
Detroit Public Schools - 1970s - NAACP - September - 1971 - Stephen Roth - Busing - White flight - 2004

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The school district continued a steady decline and, in the mid to late 1990s, was rocked by allegations of mismanagement by the School Board. In 1999, the Michigan legislature removed the locally elected board and replaced it with a board appointed by the mayor and governor, with the board selecting a CEO to run the schools. In 2005, after reports that the appointed board was no improvement, the elected board was reinstated following a city referendum.

Related Topics:
1990s - 1999 - 2005 - Referendum

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Higher education

Once the home of the University of Michigan, which was founded in Detroit in 1817 then later moved to Ann Arbor in 1837, Detroit has several universities and colleges within its borders, including: College for Creative Studies, Lewis College of Business, Marygrove College, Wayne State University, and University of Detroit Mercy.

Related Topics:
University of Michigan - 1817 - Ann Arbor - 1837 - College for Creative Studies - Lewis College of Business - Marygrove College - Wayne State University - University of Detroit Mercy

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