Reply #27: Sadly that was true to decades before Bobb showed up. [View All]

lots of reasons - but when I taught in detroit two decades ago, about 1/3 of freshman in high school made it through 12th grade and something crazy like 1/2 to 1/3 of those didn't pass the state test, so they didn't get a diploma, but a certificate of completion.

Even back then, parents that could tried to send kids to private schools.

Detroit is more a harbinger - what happens when the primary economy is tied to one industry that declines, after decades of decline. Many cities look at Detroit as an anomoly. I would say that after a decade of nearly flat economic growth (one decade) it is a canary in the coalmine for many other cities - if we continue to have flat or negative economic growth.

My point isn't pro/anti Bobb - it is that focusing on Bobb misses the real issue that threatens many american cities.