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Educational inequality presents itself in the districts of Southeast Michigan as some provide exceptional schooling and opportunities while the others fall short; as a result, children in these less fortunate districts have been falling behind. According to Michigan Radio (NPR), lower end schools receive less funding, less qualified teachers, and worse resources and infrastructure. Furthermore turnover rates in less fortunate schools remain at an all time high, with principals reporting the need to replace over sixty percent of her teachers each year. Thus resulting in either lacking numbers of teachers or less qualified teachers. These inferior educational environments are hindering the children’s ability to be properly prepared to succeed in high school and continue onto college. As school districts are determined by geographical borders, the lower quality schools reside in the poorer neighborhoods (NPR). That being said, research shows that economically integrated schools will improve all children’s success meanwhile creating greater opportunities to attain a college degree in the future. The Detroit Free Press exclaimed that the college graduation gap for low income students has reached an all time high. Therefore less fortunate children that attend schools in worse school districts, have less of a chance to graduate college - thus significantly limiting their future opportunities. According to a database in the Detroit Free Press, various districts in Michigan have a college enrollment rate of ninety percent, meanwhile others have a college enrollment rate of less than five percent. Therefore out of the thousands of children enrolled in less qualified schools only a handful of them even enroll in college, with even fewer actually finishing college. As a result the cycle of poverty and these unfortunate neighborhoods continue.