[MichCapCon]

You wrote:
“Detroit Public School Spending per Student: 91st percentile

Detroit Public School Teacher’s Pay: 96th percentile

Detroit Public School Student Performance: 3rd percentile”

Where did you get those numbers?

[Mikey_1962]

I was back home in Detroit a few weeks ago in read it in the local paper.

I'll try to source it, but it was so shocking that I burned it into my memory.

[Mikey_1962]

Found it:

Statewide, Detroit’s spending per pupil is in the 91st percentile and DPS teachers are paid at the 96th percentile. For all that, by almost any measure Detroit schools have for decades failed their students: test scores, safety, drop out rates, etc. For example, Detroit’s public school students perform at the 3rd percentile in the state - that is, they are in the lowest 3 percent, and the district is in its second state takeover in a decade.

Source:
Detroit: The Triumph of Progressive Public Policy
http://www.mackinac.org/10743