| Ready
to run schools, Archer says |
Detroit
Board of Education |
Parents say
Archer
let down students |
| Articles
from the Detroit Free Press Education Section |
Mayor Archer's State of the City Address:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3 |
The Chicago Model |
| Takeover
heads to House: Detroit opponents hope it is friendlier turf as state
Senate passes school reform plan |
Why
Detroit's schools fail |
Schools
takeover gains support: Powerful pastors, union group
swayed |
| Mayor
Is Step Closer to Control of Detroit Schools |
House
Democrats unveil school reform plan |
School
plan gets support, ideas |
| Opposition
mounts over takeover plan |
House
adopts
Detroit school bill
Legislation
would allow governor to appoint monitor |
Cleveland
ruling could end Detroit school board prayers |
| PUBLIC
EDUCATION IN MICHIGAN SCHOOLS |
Bill
would open schools to all kids Charter, home-schooled pupils could join
public teams |
Comments
on the Chicago takeover and the Chicago tests |
| Archer
hits ground running in reforming Detroit schools |
Archer
tells new school board to listen, assess, act promptly |
Newly
appointed board members |
Board
advisers ready to start:
Team
already has ideas to change Detroit's schools |
Naming
the board is what matters, right? |
Team
set to prepare new school board:
87-member
group will assess problems within district |
| The
transition team |
Takeover
challenge announced |
New
school board hopes to get closer to the public |
| School
takeover foes to strategize with lawyer |
WSU
offers aid
to city schools:
Partnership
with reform board sought |
Adamany
considered for schools:
Ex-WSU
president among the prospects |
Weekend
sessions irk parents:
School
board meetings excluded them, some say |
Suit
thwarts board plan :
Time,
options lost on CEO pick |
Miller,
Canfield, Paddock, and Stone |
| Candidate
for schools out of race by one vote |
Schools
could get leader today:
Legislature
to drop unanimity appointment rule |
Detroit
schools pick new leader:
Former
WSU president Adamany mulling deal |
Adamany
ready for challenge:
But
some question whether new schools CEO is up to the job |
New
chief of schools outlines his early plans |
Suit
to test legality of city schools' takeover |
| Text
of Gov. Engler's interview with the Free Press |
School
board gets viewed with caution:
Some
in city say it's too early to judge |
New
team finds old problems with schools:
Adamany
to use report in his turnaround plan |
| High-powered
talent fills Duggan's school fix-it team |
Detroit
schools lose Ellis:
State
official intends to be replaced on board |
School
fix-up a priority :
Contractors
to squeeze in work |
| State
treasurer will replace Ellis: Superintendent to quit the reform school
board |
Engler
adds 2 to Detroit school panel |
Chicago
puts money to work:
District
offers lessons in fixing aging schools |
Adamany
team gets new faces:
School
board approves several appointments to leadership positions |
School
repair overseers lined up:
A
little paperwork, and the fix-up begins |
School
chief
search likely to be difficult:
Ideal
choices
few, competition heavy |
Timetable
set back on school repairs:
Amount
of work more than had been expected |
Summary
of contracts awarded for summer 1999 Detroit Public Schools
repairs |
Better
wages lure teachers:
Detroiters
want to come back to desperate district |
Education
rallies organizations:
Alliance
of 12 groups called good for state |
More
black firms to repair schools |
Jail
for truants' parents?
That's
what Adamany wants if students don't show up |
Compuware
boss accused of sexual harassment:
BusinessWeek
report criticizes board's handling of charges |
Teacher
turnout overwhelms:
About
2,000 endure long lines for chance to make a difference |
Hiring,
repairs seen as a start:
Frustrated
teachers say practices must change |
Adamany
schools plan wins support:
Goals
for attendance, accountability hailed |
The
school ballot proposal in full |
Detroit's
teachers talk strike :
Union
says the district is falsely accusing educators of standing in way of
school reform |
District
rethinks its plans to build:
School
construction put on hold pending review |
Teachers
take to the street:
Smaller
class sizes, more school supplies among the requests |
School's
in, so is security:
Cameras
and more cops watch over students |
Aguirre
quits school board:
Business
leader missed most Detroit reform meetings |
School
bells ready to ring;
Duggan
returns to regular job |
Adamany:
Expect no miracles
While
enthusiasm runs high, schools chief says problems too deep to solve
quickly |
8
schools miss out on repairs:
But
many district buildings are spruced up for classes after Detroit's
fix-up campaign |
Detroit
officials nearing end on contract, repairs:
Teachers
negotiate as workers finish school renovations |
Detroit
teachers' union rejects contract extension |
| On
Eve of New School Year, Detroit Teachers Vote to Strike |
Teachers'
strike
suspends classes:
No
school today
in Detroit as union members vote to walk |
Small
Union Faction Holds Power In Strike |
| strike
a study in division |
N.Y.
Times: Empathy for Teachers |
Pete
Waldmeir Attacks Teachers Strike |
| Anger
sadness sweep the city |
AFT
union leaders under fire |
teacher
pact a priority in chicago |
| Number
1 Issue is Overcrowding |
Labor's
Clout Worries State |
Teachers
Lack Details from Either Side |
| district
threatens teachers |
Todays
Lesson: Lawbreaking |
talks
at key stage |
| details
of performance pay |
district
seeks to link pay to performance |
union
cannot be penalized for strike |
| teachers
pick up support |
legislature
threatens strike |
But
Would Jesus Scab? |
| Legislature
Threatens Strikers and George Washington |
Adamany
Fights For His Goals |
Strike
Near Settlement? |
| Deal
Nearly None In DPS |
Elliot's
Days May be Done |
Parents
watch Strike Vote |
| the
law flunks the test |
Teacher
Strike Wave? |
Teachers
To Vote--Substance of the Contract |
| teachers
vote to end strike |
detroit
news praises strike vote |
DPS
can close schools/fire teachers based on MEAP |
| Raped
on First Day of School |
Scab
Reporter, from New Detroit Committee, sends kid to school, loves his
uniform: |
How
to Reduce Class Size? |
| Adamany-Elliot
Love "Reform" Together |
End of
Strike Bodes Well for School Reform |
George
Washington Sues DPS |
| "Arrest
Truant Parents!" |
The
Rich DO Want Public Schools |
detroit
teachers ratify contract |
| overcrowded
classes test teachers |
Adamany's
Legal Attack on Managers |
60%
Fail MEAP at Mumford
Freep
Praises Mumf Meap practice |
| School
Board Adds Businesswoman |
contractors
feed the pork barrel in dps |
bad
management and cronyism waste DPS bond money |
| Citizens
pay 13,000$ to Promote old Board |
Did
contractors Payoff School Boss? |
Despite the
Evidence, New Editorializes Support for New Bosses |
| Old
Board Pays Buddy Contractors |
Old
Board Bidding Process Subverted |
Sharon
MacPhail Attacks Duggan Policies |
| DPS
Doesn't Pay (headline) |
Annenberg
Grants Awarded |
Bill
to Smash Principal Union Goes Forward |
| Annenberg
Schools List |
Casinoes
Rob Peter, and Rob Paul |
Adamany
Ends Social Promotion |
Adamany
Halts Crooked Construction Program He Initiated
Wants
to Spend For New Schools |
Merit
Pay in
Bloomfield Hills |
why
is this Freep Article on the PTA not racist? |
| Attacks on
Darwin Originate in Metro Detroit! |
Adamany
Out Early? |
News
Says Money Doesn't Count, Then Counts Money |
| Grading Metro
Detroit SChools, by Race and Parental Income |
News
Claim Study is Based on HARD data from EXPERTS! |
Segregated
cities have higher death rates |
| Report
on the Charter Schools Fall 1999 |
Sixth
Detroit Schoolgirl Raped |
NAACP:
Boycott
Ilitch! |
| capital's
missionaries come to Detroit |
Detroit
Third Most Segregated City |
DPS
Interviews CEO's November 1999 |
| Adamany Self-Evaluates Midway |
Second Day of Student DPS Stike
Novemeber 99 |
Teachers
to Get Raise In December
DFT
Misled Members |
| DaimlerChrysler
Boss #2 DPS CEO |
Takeover
Board Alienated from Citizens 11-30-99 |
The
Compuware
Tax Scam
Hudson's
Block
Sold For $1.00 |
| House
Votes to Bar Boss' Unions in Black Districts |
Citizen Vote
for Living Wage Nullified |
School
Bosses and Prosecutor Threaten Parents 12/8/99 |
| State
Kills Residency Laws 12-9-99 |
City
Sweetens Compuware Pot
Cops
Pay for Brutality |
MEA's
Republicans Block Charters |
| dps boss
search down to two |
DPS boss
Race has 2 Left Problems to be Inherited |
Harris, a
DPS Finalist, Sued Atlanta
Unliked
by NEA |
| News Like
Thompson Tulsa Boss |
A Murder A Day
Less Than Half Solved |
Casino Opens
1300 Hospital Jobs Lost with Mercy Closure |
| Next
School Boss a Thug? 122099 |
School
Budget Audit Horrors |
Detroit
Libraries Collapsed |
| Habitat For
Humanity To Evict in Detroit |
DPS
Expands Search to Crew, Offends Finalists |
DPS Turns
to Business Military Bosses |
| Tulsa
Boss Long Freep Resume |
Candidate,
"Every Teacher on the Same Page Every Day" |
Tweedle
Dee and Dum on the Grill |
| Board
CEO Vote Vetoed |
CEO Veto
Per Det News |
Three to
Search For CEO |
| Board
Revamps Search Process 1/27/2000 |
Pontiac
Principal MEAP Cheat? |
Mark
Murray, Will Work for Anyone |
| Board
Continues to Bungle Search |
More Bribes for MEAP
When the Bribes STop, and you are
all alone, what then? |
Downtown
Detroit Vacancies Rise |
| It Is Not
Safe
to Win at Detroit Casinos |
City's
casino revenues fall short |
Engler And
Achieve:
MI Standards Vague |
| race
based ceo search? |
Vying
to Dine
at DPS Construction Trough |
DPS Fails
to Hire Teachers |
| Detroit
Walkers Hell |
Racist
Test Scores Strangle Scholarships |
DPS
Starts Grade Retention |
| Edison
Record and Inkster |
The City as
a
Prison, Residency Laws |
Ms.
Ratliff Teaches as She was Taught--Surprise |
Mayor:
Detroit Supercity
Citizen:
Dead City |
A Crack in
the Detroit Mob, the Tocco Leak |
Legislator
Wants Yearly Test Scores To Parents |
| Religious
Charter School Sued |
Barton
Marlow Gets Billions from DPS Repair Plan |
City's
Motors Burning |
| 150,000$
Fails to Find a Boss |
DFT's
Elliot's Popularity Plunges |
DPS Guts
DFT Members Insurances |
| ceo
search down to 12 |
Ms Ratliff Teaches to the MAT |
Vouchers
may bypass Detroit kids |
| Beckham Dies |
EPA
says Detroit schools failed to monitor asbestos |
Beckham
Funeral |
| Burnley:
Meet the New Boss |
Meet
the New
Boss
Hustling
Coke |
Detroit's
Killer Cops |
| Detroit's
Killer
Cops Part 2 |
240,000
$ Plus for New DPS Boss |
DPS Boss'
First Project: PR |
| City of
Crooks: |
Detroit
Economic Bust Appears In Bond Ratings |
Second
Acquital In Gas Station Murder |
Detroit's
Bogus Graduation Rates
Incite
Voucherites |
DPS under
Adamany Loses 10% of Students
Closes
9 Schools |
Meap
+ Merit
(plus race and class)= Money |
| Smith
Replaces Beckham |
MEAP
Bribes the Rich |
MEAP
+ Racism = Takeovers |
| Baptists
Junket With Amway/New Detroit Voucherites |
Lights
Out In Detroit, Life From the Third World |
Privatization
Goes Apace |
| Lights Out
in
Detroit: The Cost and the Critics |
Desiree
Cooper: Detroit Sucks |
Catholics
Pay to Pass Vouchers |
| MEAP
Scores Up! Big Deal |
More
than 1/2 Flunk Social Studies and Science MEAPS |
30,000
Students Forced to Bogus Summer School |
| ACLU
Sues the Racist Meap |
Bozo new
Detroit Boss Wants Mini Meaps |
Casinos
Suck the Life of the City |
| Detroit
Pays 32$million for Police Brutality |
Introducing Dr
Burnley and His Program |
Summer
School Tests Don't Count |
| Compuware
Paid Off with DPS Contract |
Principal
of Native American Academy Fired, Sues |
27
Principal Vacancies in Detroit |
| Schools'
Boss'
Wife is Now City Boss |
Mall
Killer Walks |
Cops
Settle another Brutality Case--Now a Total of 35+Million$ |
| Lights
Out Again In Detroit |
Cops
Kill Another Detroit Citizen
September
2000 |
DPS
Dropout Rates May Trigger Vouchers |
| Detroit
Public Library Explodes, Drowns |
Don't
Get Caught Dead in Detroit
Even
the Bodies Flee |
1,100
Vacant Building Rot By Detroit Schools |
| Which
Crony Will Get the Construction Money Now? |
The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit |
The Rouge
River Revives! |
| Burnely's
100 Days and MiniMeaps |
Elliot
Quits |
Rouge to
get Makeover! |
| Archer to
Tear Down 1100 buildings, three years late |
Killer
Cop Gets Promotion |
222
Million Tax Break for Ford Rouge |
| Takeover
Suit Appealed |
Me First
Hendrix Quits Board |
Casino Picks
Slots Over People. Surprise. |
| DPS
Bosses Hands in Till |
DPS
Thieves Loot Schools |
Meet the
New Administrator-Criminals |
| Prosecutor
Looks at Possible DPS Crime |
Chrysler:
Buy German-American |
$13
Million Stolen
From Kid's Day Care Food |
| DPS
Thieves part three |
MiniMeaps
Ordered by COE in Place |
Principal
Criminals Exposed in Freep |
| Ford
Principal Spends School Money On Booze |
DFT
Election in Dispute |
DPS
Principals Get 30% Raises |
| Gangsta
Principals Back in School |
More
Thieves in DPS |
killer cop
reports |
| Daimler
Boss to Run DPS |
DPS
"Loses" another $1.5 Million |
Selling DPS
in
Pieces |
| Honest
Graft and the DPS |
Death
for Stealing
Food in Detroit |
(Unsolved)
Murder
City |
| Death
of the Whittier |
The
Detroit Mob |
State Seized
Schools For Bond Money
Boss
is Son of
a Merc |
| Killer
Rouge Blows Again |
Detroit
Cops
Arrest Everybody
Solve
Nothing |
Kids
Leave DPS Again 2001
Another
19,000 Quit |
| Fuzzy
Budgeting to Hide Crisis |
Racist
Moron to Head GVS |
2001 Book
Shows Detroit Broke and Divided |
| Inkster
Schools Snatched |
DPS
Bosses in School Milk Scam Convicted |
Detroit
Drops Below 1 Million |
| Detroit
Cops Lose Another 12 Million of Coke |
Racist
Detroit, A Lament |
AFT
Supports
DPS Death Spiral |
| DPS
Closures "Musical Chairs" |
Who
Loses the
First Jobs? |
Fascist
Burnley in His Own Words |
| April
2001 Poll Says Detroiter's Know the Takeover is a Scam |
High-Stakes
Tests and Outsourcing |
OmsBudsman:
Detroit,
Gov't By Neglect |
| Fascist
Cop Sweeps Hit Suburbs |
More
Thieves
in DPS |
More
DPD Cops Convicted |
| MEAP Cheats
and the CoverUP |
Another
Rape In DPS/April 2001 |
Detroit
Cops
Kill Another Citizen |
| More
Principals Steal from Schools |
Fired
Principals Still on Payroll |
Detroit
Killer
Cops: 124 Million in Lawsuits |
| Link to
Standard and Poors Evaluation of Michigan schools |
More Money
Lost
in DPS |
56 Bosses
at the $100, 000 + Level In DPS |
| DPS To
Remove 1/3 of Principals |
MEAP
Cheats Everywhere! |
Alleged
Cheater Schools Listed |
| How High
are High Stakes in Michigan? |
No! Wait!
Who Cheated Who on The MEAP!? |
MEAP
Witch Hunt Continues |
| DPS Kids
Poisoned With Asbestos |
MEAP
Cheating Accusations Denounced |
Frank
Fountain, DPS Board Member, Has Affair |
| Hundreds
of Teachers "Reconstituted"--by DFT |
School
Boss Shreds MEAP, Changes the Bar Again |
MEAP
Boss Begs
Forgiveness for Bogus Scoring |
| More DPS
Money Missing |
Mexican
Industries Collapses
Pam
Aguire was
Original Member of DPS Takeover Board |
DPS
Principal Future Felon? |
| ONE YEAR OF
BURNLEY |
MEAP on
the Ropes |
Burnely
at Year One, Per DetNews |
| Detroit
Most Dangerous City in the US |
Criminal
DPS Leaders Boost Taxes |
More
Gangster E. Detroit School Bosses |
| Michigan
Prisons Grow Seven Times the Rate of Population |
Top
MI School Boss to Head DPS |
Cops
Cheat on Big Tests |
| DPS
MultiMillion Dollar Land Swindle |
Detroit
Schools Contine to Rot october 2001 |
Christian
Loots Soup Kitchen |
| Empowerment
Zone is a Dead Zone |
Detroit
Collapses as Politicians Fiddle |
Michigan
Economy Plunges toward Crisis |
| Detroit's
Fascist Board Arrests Helen Moore |
Dennis
Archer: Honest Grafter |
Criminal
Taubman Still beloved by Bought UM |
| Ford
In Crisis (12-01) |
MEAP
Taliban to Accredit Schools |
Layoffs
Loom in DPS (12-01) |
| Detroit
schools begin to cave in |
Audit
Rips Detroit Principal |
DPS
Faked Classes, For Big Bucks |
| Redford
Union Students Suspended for Supporting Teachers |
The
Talibanization of Detroit
Mayor
Calls Detroit "God's City" |
Detroit:
Most Segregated City in the US |
| New
Detroit Likes Burnely |
Detroit's
Segregated Schools |
Burnley
on the Ropes |
| Criticism
of Burnley Roils |
The
Cost of Detroit Racism |
Detroit's
Segregated Schools |
| Plunder
in DPS: "Shut DOWN the Schools" |
Demoted
Principals Stay on Payroll, Work for Contractors |
Greektown
Casino Fined For Civil Crimes |
| End of an
Era: No More Car Counting |
School
Workers Wreck DPS Board Meeting |
Nepotism
and the New Mayor |
| New
Detroit Praises Burnley, but Schools Fail |
Detroit's
Number One--WIth Syphillis |
82 DPS
Bosses Now at Six Figures |
| Detroit
Paid $120 Million For Failed Computer System |
Racism and
the
City: Detroit 1967 forward |
Audit
Shows Bosses Looted Schools |
| Companies
Loot Schools Too? |
Old
Detroit Icons Fade Away |
Detroit's
Dirty Cops |
| Illiterate
Metro Detroit |
13
arrested during melee at meeting: School board members denounce
protesters |
Detroit
News on March 2002 Board Police Assaults |
| Slave Labor
Program Begins in Michigan |
Burnley
Issues Plan X, Yet Another One |
Burnley
Issues Plan X, Yet Another One |
| DetNews
Columnist: Abolish the Vote on the School Board |
News
Poll on School Takeover Released |
DPS
Tries to Push Bosses Into Classrooms Via Layoffs |
| Detroit
Board Moves to Close Meetings, Again |
DPS
Still Holding
Focus Groups in May 2002 |
Ten
Detroit Kids Murdered in 16 Weeks |
| One
in Two Detroiters Illiterate |
Detroit
Casinos Tax the Poor |
Detroit's
Kids Being Killed (2002) |
| Racist
Court Upholds DPS Takeover |
Burnley
Eliminates Principals in Elementary Schools |
Burnley
Fails Meap, Gets Promoted |
| Burnely
Spends $12 Million on Phonics |
Court
Rules Against Detroit Voters, Activists Promise Freedom Schools |
DPS
Principals Protest Contract |
| DFT
Sells Out Educators Again in 2002 |
Detroit
Dying (NYTimes) |
Consultants
Paid 1.4 Million for Bogus Project |
| The
DFT's Tricky Contract Clause for 2002 |
DPS
Spends 1.5 Million on PR |
DPS Teachers
Approve Contract, 53Percent Vote |
| The
Death of Flint |
|
Criminal
Al Taubman, Detroit City Leader, Sits in Jail |
| Bogus
Education Summit in City With One Half Its Adults Illiterate |
Five
Hundred Bucks and You Become an Education Expert in the DPS Crisis |
Traveling
Salvation Show (Ed Summit) Betrays Detroit |
| Deramus
on the Bogus Detroit Ed Summit |
DPS Dumps
Bogus Test, But Thousands of Kids Suffered |
More
Tests and More Reporting for Michigan Districts in 2002 |
| Detroit
Literacy Campaign, Designed to Fail |
Mismatch--Grades
and ACT Scores |
DPS
Lies to New Teachers About Retention Bonus |
| MEAP
Payouts Racist: Harvard Study |
Detroit
Goes Open Court |
Detroit
Cops Must Seig Heil Mayor |
| Survey:Metro
Detroit Rejects MEAP |
Poverty
Booming in Detroit, with Rich Folks Nearby |
Grotesque
Inequality in Metro Michigan: Census |
| Syphillis
Epidemic in Detroit |
New
School's Wall Buckles |
Detroit
Cops Steal Dope |
| Detroit
Cops: Criminals Still... |
Rouge
Blows Up Again 2002 |
Another
Dead Man At Rouge: Boss Didn't Pay Fines |
| DPS
Pays 15 Million for Overtime, After Mass Layoffs |
GM
Demands Tax Free RenCen |
Both
Ford and Gm Credit Ratings Lowered |
| The
Black and White Divide in Detroit |
Home
Demolition Booms in Detroit |
Mayor
To Change DPS Board, Price Already Removed |
| No
Books For Detroit Readers |
Detroit
an Incubator for Resistant Viruses |
DPS
Loses 3000 More Kids |
| DPS
Loses Big Arbitration |
Head
Start Teachers Resist Feds Reading Programs |
Detroit
Tops in Big City Segregation |
| Burnley,
Caught in Audit, Revokes Bosses Credit Cards |
Detroit
Teachers Reelect Racketeer Garrison |
Racketeer
Sheffield and Snooze Whine About Corrupt Use of DPS Funds |
| Detroit's
Deadly Segregation |
Without a plan, schools botch much-needed repairs
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