Any stats on results of the education system? Graduation rate, drop-out rate, cost per student, etc
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/20/dobbs.graduation/index.html
Detroit Education Statistics
Detroit public school graduation rate is 24.9%
Source: Education Week’s Diploma’s Count: Ready for What? (Detroit Public School spokesman says the state education department figure is 67.8%)
Nationwide, 1.23 million high school seniors will not graduate this year.
Source: Education Week Detroit has highest poverty rate among 20 largest American cities and the Detroit median household income of $28,069 is the lowest among those cities.
Source: Census Bureau
Michigan jobless rate in May is 6.9%, highest in the nation. Michigan lost 28,700 jobs this year March through May.
Source: Bureau of Labor statistics analysis by MBG Information Services.