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Differences between the Detroit Public Community Schools and Charter System

Detroit Public Community School district is the site of the most significant federal school desegregation cases in U.S. History. The Supreme Court decision essentially reinforced racialized educational opportunities between suburban district’s white students and black students in DPS. The Detroit Public Community School District recently replace the prior Detroit Public Schools in 2016. Furthermore, Detroit’s first school board in seven years was publicly seated in early 2017, prior to this the district had been under a plethora of government appointed emergency managers. Moody’s investors service released a report in 2018 stating that “the Detroit Public School Community District (DPSCD) could also become a major drag on revitalization beyond downtown. Two years following a state rescue package, the district does not have the ability to address its significant capital needs.”

A charter school in Michigan is a state-supported public school operating under a contract issued by an authorizing body. Over half the students in Detroit attend charter schools, thus, Detroit has the most for-profit charter schools in the nation. In 1994 charter schools first came into Detroit. Charter schools are held to the same standard for core curriculum as other public schools. Furthermore, “Charter school board members are public officials that have sworn a constitutional oath of office in Michigan,” according to the Michigan Department of Education. Charter schools shape the education market that is distinguished by surpassed capacity, policy-enabled choice across districts, and also with a need to fill seats or close instead. The Education Trust-Midwest’s 2016 report on Michigan’s charter sector states that 70% of Michigan's charters are comprised of low-income minority students and they also sit at the bottom hap of the state’s ranking.