Agenda items in the news

Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 18:41

The papers covered many news items recently that are important to the city's parents:

  • Detroit Free Press reports that in a ranking of Michigan schools, DPS has 12 of the 27 worst schools, which could be eligible for state takeover
  • Detroit News reports Mayor Bing is turning over underused parks to nonprofits for alternative use, such as community gardening - a similar idea is included in DPN's Agenda for Detroit Kids as a way to create more family friendly neighborhoods
  • New York Times reviewed a PBS documentary that exlpores the possibility of new transit systems in Detroit
  • Mayor Bing's newly assembled financial team is profiled in Detroit Free Press
  • DPS is looking to replace all traditional textbooks with web-based tools by 2015, reports Detroit News