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Robert C. Bobb is a former appointed official who was the Emergency Financial Manager for the Detroit Public Schools until 2011. In addition to having been employed by the school district, he received a salary from private foundations that promote school choice and privatization, [2] and he owns a private/public sector consulting firm.
Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) is a school district that serves Detroit, Michigan, and high school students in Highland Park, Michigan. The district, which replaced the original Detroit Public Schools ( DPS ) in 2016, provides services to approximately 50,000 students, [ 6 ] making it the largest school district in the state.
Dan Rather Reports: "A National Disgrace" (Episode #617) [1] is a two-hour television report about the Detroit Public Schools (DPS), in Detroit, Michigan, that aired on HDNet (today AXS TV) on May 10, 2011. Presented by journalist Dan Rather, this episode was part of his investigative documentary series. [2]
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[2] [3] From 2011 - 2013 he was the Detroit Public Schools' Emergency Financial Manager and board chairman of the Education Achievement Authority of Michigan. [3] [4] He is considered [according to whom?] a pioneer for African Americans in the auto industry. He once told Forbes magazine, "I've been the first black everywhere I went. One of my ...
The charges come a month after Michigan Governor Rick Snyder named a federal judge who oversaw Detroit's historic bankruptcy case to tackle the financial problems of Detroit's schools, which are ...
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As of 2006 students frequently dropped out of the school. In August 2003, the 9th grade class had 700 students. By December 2006 that class had 200 students. [6] According to former DPS superintendent Dr. Connie Calloway, who was interviewed in the 2011 Dan Rather report "A National Disgrace," a typical class's student body declined from about 800-900 9th graders to 545 in the 10th grade, 345 ...