'An Epic Failure: Detroit (Pt 1)' - Episode 4 - "Kids Aren't Cars"

Imagine an education system that spends over $1 billion a year and graduates students who cannot read their diploma. It's happening in Michigan's largest city. We meet one of those graduates and the leaders trying to help him. We also show the powerful interests that continue to fight to put the interests of adults first. http://www.kidsarentcars.com

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[justjokingjacks]

Oh come on. Everyone knows what is wrong with Detroit. But no one is willing to say it.

[EconCat88]

It's time to put these contracts in the circular file. 

[ihateslideshows]

Nearly half the population of Detroit are unable to read, research has revealed.

The study, released by the Detroit Regional Workforce Fund, found that 47 per cent of adults in the Motor City are ‘functionally illiterate’.

That means they struggle to complete daily tasks such as reading a bus timetable, filling out a job application form or reading a label on a medicine bottle.

[busybeeson]

This is propaganda. Plain and simple.

[busybeeson]

You couldn't pay me any amount of money to teach in Detroit. It has to be one of the toughest jobs in the world! And now those teachers are being attacked from a highly-financed right-wing network of organizations and corporations. THEY will be the ones who will be addressing these problems directly every day, with now 60 or more students to one classroom. Meanwhile the right-wing lobbyists will be sitting in their leather chairs in Washington smoking their cigars. I stand with the teachers!!!!

[sgsnead]

The mistakes of this district. Tsk Tsk. Was this the doing of unions? Did unions issue construction contracts? Did unions hire all those employees? Did unions pay all those health care benefits for ghost employees? Did unions mismanage budgets? Did unions hire Steve Conn? Did unions continue to give Steve Conn passing employee evaluations year after year after year? Did unions prevent this mother from speaking proper English in this interview? Hmm...

[vllmer]

neo-marxists and unions have to create those downtrodden masses, carefully nourished with ignorance, hate, hopelessness, to agitate to uprising somehow.

[bryanguy1]

Felt like i just watched a Glenn Beck Episode

[ScientologyStoners]

@TheCrazyCatLady83 However in Sweden, which you may consider a socialist country has school choice. Since 1992 they implemented school vouchers where state money goes to the parents, which in turn they chooses whatever school that their child goes to whether its a public school, charter school, private school, home school,or parochial school. However we cant have that because of the ACLU who is currently suing Arizona for trying to implement the same programs that Sweden has done.

[toadabc]

@TheCrazyCatLady83 THE best educational system in the world IS IN AMERICA! Just as some of the worst. Did you watch the video? YES, I will blame the corruption on others-THE CORRUPT people Robert Bobb tells you about. THE MAYOR who is in prision. Don't lay that on me. I have not failed, nor has anyone I know. I help the local charter school. I help the schools I went to. Listen at 8:55. Listen at 9:50. That is who is to blame, not me.