In a recent story from Detroit, a senior attending Mumford High School on the cities west side has made news claiming that he has not received any text books or teachers for that matter going into his third week of school. How would you fix such a problem and how does such a problem arise? According to the school, administrators were not prepared to deal with the large numbers of students who have enrolled in the school. The other part of the story may have to do with the management of the school by the Education Achievement Authority who has taken over Mumford and other so-called low-performing schools by the state of Michigan. What would this school look like if textbooks and teachers were not required and an innovative way of teaching and learning were adopted? Does this prove even more that schools are outdated and unprepared to support students for the 21st Century or is this simply a mis-management of resources by an organization? Whichever side you are on there are reasons to believe that many students are not being properly educated in the city of Detroit which will often make more headlines than those who are.
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