Is There Hope For Detroit Public Schools? | NBC Nightly News

Detroit Public Schools rank the lowest in the country. Part 2 of Reviving Detroit goes inside the schools to meet with district leadership and educators who are hoping to create change, despite decrepit school buildings and limited resources.

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[jbre]

These teachers featured are some amazing people. Where there are folks like them, there will be hope for the world.

[nathalia]

Wow..
I just noticed how Fortunate I am... My school has access to Chromebooks and IPads for all grades. They have working bells and a big gym. Wow and I hated school😮 not anymore...

[Neryssa]

I wish I had a teacher who cared about their students. When I was in 8th grade 2013? Both my parents lost their jobs and I went to school with very little materials to succeed in class. My grades were low that year because I was so scared of my next meal or if I would still have a home the next day. The one thing that angered me of my 8th grade math teacher got angry at me because I didn’t use a clean piece of paper to do my homework. I would literally erase everything for my first homework assignment to reuse the paper. She was one of the worst teachers I was faced with during my childhood because she generally didn’t care of her students. Now that I’m adult I don’t want any student to feel so small while trying to learn in school.

[alexhayden]

I don't think any of my schools ever thought that I needed to feel that I was loved!

[MissaRosa]

What happened to all the money from Lottery sales that supposedly went to the schools?!

[davidellis]

Detroit is very very slowly rebounding from the near total abyss it found itself in. There is nowhere to go but up. Slowly.

[rusty]

It starts at home before the school. If you can’t fix the family you can’t fix the people.

[Ray-cesn]

First thing first would be the parents' attitude towards education and life itself.

[michramgoolam]

If only you guys see schools in trinidad and tobago. They are literally a room with walls and a black board. no air condition no heat, no frills.

[SpiritualTarotGoddess]

we have these schools across the nation.

[Defy_Convention]

It's. The. Culture. The. People. Have. To. Want. To. Change.

[tormon]

I live in one of the poorest areas in Scotland. The school, College and University look like fancy office buildings. It makes such a difference.

[mariowold]

I've attended a DPS school, so I've seen first-hand how the classes were. Feel free to ask me anything relating to the school; I'll try to answer the questions the best I can.

[theBangthebuck]

I use to attend Detroit public schools for several yrs in the early 90s days. After a while Im starting to believe that it’s not just a problem of corruption, fraud, or weak infrastructure of Detroit public schools. Nor is it the teachers. It’s a by product of unemployment and poverty in Detroit. Parents just doesn’t attend to their children and how can u do so when your uneducated and can’t even put food on the table.

[relentero]

My school gave us iPads. A nearby school gave MacBook Air’s to their students. This is so sad to see, how other kids don’t get the same technology and tools to succeed that we do.

[iwanttobelieve]

I was born and raised in Detroit.. Everyone knew the school board back in the 70's, 80's and 90's was corrupt. All my schools I grew up attending are gone. My daughter was born in Detroit but I moved her away. We returned to the suburbs years later and a friend had me pick up her son at a school in Detroit. It was so dark with barely any lights. Kids can't learn in that environment. I took her son to my daughter's school to pick her up and he was surprised. It was bright and colorful and literally in a city right next to Detroit. We moved back out of Michigan. But, the charter schools did serious damage in Detroit. Remember Betsy DeVos was in control of that. The rest was neglect and corruption. I don't know what the solution would be.

[jrjr]

Two largest funded school systems (per student): Detroit, and Camden NJ. Let that sink in.

[gregoryjoyce]

These teachers are saints, these youth are so important to the process of rebuilding the Detroit economy. These kids are the future and they need the right resources to make life better for future generations.

[alcapony]

Schools need to be a very good environment for the students, no matter what grade. Great leadership and teachers grouped together with involved parents will make a tremendous difference, i hope this district can reach its full potential. Great work getting to this point, working through a struggle like this makes some really strong and powerful people, if they can get through it.

[spiritualcosmeticss]

This is a video about Detroit public schools and they show only one Detroit public school they didn't show any of Detroits higher preforming schools like bates academy, Chrysler elementary, burton international, cass tech or rennisance high school. Also a large problem in Detroit schools period is ignorant uneducated parents. Parents that fight in the school parking lot (yeah I've seen it) and parents who can't read themselves or do math. But I believe there is hope for Detroit and its schools