Detroit Education Commission set to anchor Detroit School Reform
John Rakolta, of the Coalition for the Future of Detroit Schoolchildren, discusses the DEC and Detroit school reform
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Michigan lawmakers are set to consider reform legislation for Detroit Public Schools when they return from Spring recess this month.
One idea being put forward would create a body to oversee the opening and closing all public schools in the city — DPS and charter. The Coalition for the Future of Detroit Schoolchildren proposed the creation of the Detroit Education Commission in its 2015 report outlining a plan for fixing Detroit schools.
But John Rakolta, co-chair of coalition, says the idea of the DEC is being distorted.