We Live Here: The broken promise of school choice in Detroit




State of Opportunity from Michigan Radio show

Summary: In part one of our State of Opportunity documentary, We Live Here, we spent time in Littlefield — a Detroit neighborhood right on the edge. It’s trying for a comeback, but so much depends upon whether the elementary school there stays open. Now let’s visit a neighborhood that’s past that point. A place where most of the DPS schools are long gone - abandoned, torn down or replaced by charters. (You can find a full transcript of the documentary audio here .) A neighborhood with few options Things