Posted by Richard Burr (The Detroit News) on Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 9:48 AM
A Detroit school that works
NBC Nightly News discovers University Prep High School as an example of a Detroit school that works by graduating almost all of its students in a city where an alarming proportion drop out.
In the story "Students thrive as school touts accountability," high expectations are credited with students succeeding.
The Detroit News' editorial writer Amber Arellano makes a cameo on the broadcast, arguing that "It shows that minority and low-income children can do just as well as other children. ... It's the schools and the quality of the education that is the problem."
