Dan Rather Reports - A National Disgrace
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- This special two-hour report documents a pivotal year and a half in the Detroit Public Schools, set against a backdrop of history and the plight of one student desperate to succeed despite the odds. "A National Disgrace" is part historical documentary, part investigative report and part personal profile detailing the political strife, corruption, and systemic breakdown during the tumultuous 2009-2010 school year when the state of Michigan imposed new leadership on the school district. The result is a searing portrait of a local tragedy that asks the question, does the situation in Detroit demonstrate how we view public education? Is the real "national disgrace" the fact that something like this could happen at all?
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Having lived in Detroit for more than 50 years I can say the Detroit school board has caused Detroit continued poverty more than any one issue. These people should be put in prison for the fraud they have committed on the students of Detroit.
Jeffrey Friedman
they are in the prison of their minds
@@monicaperry9020 True. The USA stopped making cars until Donald Trump . As soon as he got someone to start production the unions organised the strikes that put everyone back in with the crabs.
Detroit left Detroit because of poor labour issues. Who on earth is going to risk opening a multimillion dollar operation, when the workforce is unlikely to work?
@@michaelmcneil4168 Exactly. When the people don't want to help themselves, there's really nothing that can be done to remedy the situation!
What the hell is wrong with most of you inbred AI's in this comment section? No one believes the US is this overtly racist.
Exactly the DPS system messes up the city
No matter how much money you give them if the people running the school are corrupt it will never change
And that's the problem! Detroit is corrupt!
I believe more racism than corruption. Public schools that black and Latino children go to are set up k-12 to give children the worst education possible. That evilness and racism comes from the city,state and government. The city, state and government has closed and closing many, many schools that black and Latino children attended. The state and government are building more prisons.I believe there are many teachers that care about the children receiving a good education. Some of the have said the its have them to pass failing students. But the city, state and government don’t give funding for books computers and many other things the children need. It is possible the person(s) that’s I suppose to sed the funds to the schools pocket the money. Some of the teachers buy some supplies with their own money. Also there are too many students in the classrooms. This is a very sad and evil,vicious,corrupt and racism system. It is soooooo unfair to the children.They deserve the best education . George Bush junior said no child let behind. The city,state and government have left behind the black and Latino children.☹️☹️✌🏽
@@yoslipshangin5348 the school board in Detroit is 99.9% black.
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They want more and more......for what??
UPDATE: It's been 6 years and I'm still teaching at a Detroit Charter, and it's a good school. I actually started my career at the charter shown in this video. Overall, teaching has had some rough spots and I've had A LOT of moments where I questioned my why, but thank God I'm still doing it. Now... idk how many more years I have left. This video still saddens me 8 years later. But I can tell you, I've had the privilege of teaching some very intelligent students
God bless you Ms. Robinson for your dedication. I teach here in South Los Angeles and though I also teach at a decent school, we have a long way to go to turn education around in this country. Apart from the incompetence from many elected officials which are highlighted in this video, there are so many policies school wide and district wide that are intended to help the kids, but are actually hurting them. This is a national crisis that unfortunately our elected officials in our local community, state, and country fail to address with honest reflection and collaborative solutions.
Thank you keep up the good work teachers like you are the little beam of hope kids need to succeed.
You are a light in these kids lives. Thank you for your kindness and patience with these kids.
I'm so glad the kids have you!
The world needs more of the commitment you have shown.
For everyone curious about sweet, intelligent, and beautiful Deanna Williams, she’s doing extraordinary. I did some digging, because I was curious about her and wanted to see if I could get an update. She ended up getting her Doctorate Degree in Education from the University of Missouri, and she’s the Director of Multicultural Affairs at Fontboone University in Missouri. I’m so proud of her! She truly used all of her pain, hardships, and adversity - and turned it into purpose. I wish her nothing but peace, happiness, and abundance in life. You can tell that she has such a sweet, genuine, and compassionate soul! 🦋✨
Awesome
That is awesome. 🇺🇸
That’s awesome! I hope her mother and sister are thriving as well. That’s great news and I was wondering about her.
Outstanding! I'm so happy for that young lady!
@@keirangreen7004 at the risk of sounding not humble I really think that I'm pretty good at judging when someone is the real thing. didn't take much to recognize this young lady was the real stuff and I'm not one bit surprised that she excelled in thriving in a career where she can be a great utility for her community
My heart truly goes out to Deanna. She's an intelligent, warm and witty young lady who just needed a chance. I grew up in Detroit and went to DPS schools. Sadly, every school I attended from elementary to high school is permanently closed.
I went to Crockett Technical high school from 97' to 01' it was slightly better than other schools in DPS because of the vocational/ technical training, they also didnt tolerate bad grades or behaviorial problems but in comparison to suburban schools there was no comparison.
I was determined to leave Detroit from the time I was very young. I remember knowing there was something wrong as a young child.
I graduated from college and went on to earn a graduate degree from Central Michgan University. That was from sheer determination. I was not prepared for college and had to study very hard but I made it and I now have an awareness that I desire to give back to others. I was the first person in my family to graduate from college and sadly that was a big deal. In college, my classmates were expected to graduate. There was no other option for them.
Like Deanna, I had adversity, my mother died suddenly from a massive heart attack the summer between sophomore and junior year of college. I didnt quit and went back to school the following semester. I'm confident Deanna will have a great future but she has to stay on the right track and keep persevering in the face of adversity. If she keeps doing that God will send people to help her at every turn (as He did with me). I'm not sure why I wrote all of this but I hope it encourages someone!
Congrats on your accomplishments Andreea.
I'm so sorry for your mother. And also congratulations on your success.
Andreea J from the bottom of my heart, from a Detroit-er, god bless you ❤️
Andreea J your post was so inspiring!!!
Katrina I meant but Isis too. I hope Deanna keeps out of the crab-bucket
All members on that crooked school board should have been fired.
and the courts were crooked too!
Gangster mentality at work.
Oh, give them a break! Their ancestors were sold by their fellow tribesmen into slavery and taken from africa against their will!
@@mikesgoodmann9349 I see you have a lot of deep rooted guilt. I hope you gain the proper knowledge one day
@ cbdimprovehealth -- I see you advocate putting a band-aid on a gangrenous torso...
I taught in Detroit for nine years at the high school level. I have had some brilliant students who have consistently done well throughout their years and gone on to some of the most prestigious universities in the country. Most of the students who come to me, however, are seven years behind. This is a systemic problem and needs to begin at the preschool level and involve the school and home in a partnership in learning.
I taught there for nearly 20. Burbank, Northwestern, Pershing, Ford, Cass Tech, then after a 6 year layoff, Western International. I can tell you the latter 2 were the best schools I have taught in a far as DPS/DPSCD.
However great those schools were, at does not change the fact that there was a great deal of corruption, infighting, systemic misallocation of funds, and a vast amount of overhead. Some of my best memories of teaching were in the city. Add to that many success stories of great students, and great times with great colleagues, many whom I keep in contact with to this day.
What drove me away was the commute from Genesee County to southwest Detroit. I did not relish the drive home at all. I also did not enjoy copiers breaking down and getting fixed 1 month later.
Currently, I teach in Fenton, MI.
Deanna's mom is amazing. She raised her kids so well with little resources. Her kids are a real credit to her. I was raised in the UK in a low income family of 4 and I totally credit my mum with making sure I learned and read and was cultured like Deanna's mom did. My mum worked in a shoe repairs place in the day and as s bartender at night and even though we didnt have money she always took me to free museums when she could and got me books and did all my projects with me. She put me in for my 11+ test at the end of primary school which my school didn't offer so she had to take me to the next town over to take it at another school. I tested into a good secondary school and traveled on the city bus to it cos we never had a car. She left me £2 out every morning for lunch. As an adult I have so much respect for my mum's dedication to my education. Like Deanna's mom, my mum had me right after graduation. I hope Deanna's mom knows how amazing she is.
Students are crammed in classes with one teacher. There is no Civil Rights Problem in schools . This is one of the most old and used comment. Parents need to help to. One teacher can’t teach everyone that won’t listen. The ones who try will make it. They can become anything they want but parents has to step in to help their kids learn to. I’m from a poor family but I graduated and even went to college. Anyone that want educations can get them if they want bad enough. It starts at home tho. Mom or Dad or both should try and spend some time with their children to make sure they’re understanding what they’re learning. My parents didn’t finish school because they grew up as poor as anyone. They would set down and read. Not so well at first but the more they tried the better it got. It starts at home parents must try to help to 0ne teacher with 40 students can not tech everyone if the student doesn’t care. That’s where Mom and Dad should step in and require that child learns… 🫤😒👏🏼My mom was a waitress my dad parked cars for a living. I had no idea we were poor. You can make it out of poverty if you want.
Now, what some parents forget, is that they shouldn't depend on the teachers to teach their children everything and they themselves must get involved with their learning.
That's true, but that's not the point of the documentary. It is about failing schools and teachers who are teaching nothing. Parents shouldn't be expected to teach their children everything. That's why schools exist.
padussia exactly
@Dung Nguyen Well, I'm seeing parents with college degrees struggling to home school their kids during this pandemic too.
@@brendajameson5093 I'm one of them!
@Dung Nguyen It's not a Democrat or Republican thing. Both parties shoulder the responsibility.
Throwing money at a systemic problem doesn´t solve the problem.
What’s your suggestion?
Bob Thompson, the one who offered to give two hundred million dollars to build 15 charter schools is not throwing money at the school, if that's what you're talking about. It's been proven that this Detroit charter school is effective and is working. In my arrogant opinion, the system just wants to keep the school-to-prison pipeline going
@@teresawicks-kq3bq That could be true. For I learned through study and observation, in government, there's ALWAYS an underlying season that's founded on money. Those nasty, greedy, self serving devils don't care 'who' looses just as long as 'they' win.
Money can’t change culture.
@@jamescoleman446 one thing that needs to happen is the schools teachers union need to have their ass kicked. Secondly discipline has to be put back in school. A little bit of love of country needs put back in schools. And I know it’s not popular but God needs back in schools. Maybe if we had God in schools we wouldn’t have adults in prisons finding God
I’m a product of DPS and Emerson and Holcomb were my neighborhood schools but I attended a private school up to 4th grade and after that I attended a charter school that was a hidden gem 💎 and I transitioned to Cass Technical HS after that! I attended college and grad school in TX. I’m blessed to have had both parents who were serious about our education in DPS! I live out side of Michigan now after graduating from college but I pray Mr. Bob has left a legacy for continuous growth and improvement in the DPS system!
I hope you live a long happy prosperus life.. You have worked hard & earned it.. Hug your parents every chance you get. Good luck & good health to you pretty lady!
You were one of those 11 who wanted to learn 💯 respect , I hope we can teach all the youth to have that perspective switch
Plenty of students want to learn and have to fight teachers to do so. I was one of them. You don't have to be an ethnic minority to get screwed over by public school unions, although I'll admit that it definitely helps.
I attended Emerson until 3rd grade and teachers who care really make a big difference in the quality of education❤️
Unfortunately things have not changed in the past 8 years. This still goes on and it is shameful. I am a teacher and parents have told me that school board members have told them to sit down and be quiet. What they decide directly affects schools, students, families and teachers and they are a bunch of greedy, unprofessional idiots.
At 1: 45: 8. I am undone. No show bus driver. No books issued. No show teachers. No explanation. No accountability.
GaslitWorld f. Melissa B welcome to afro-merica... Its a straight slide into hell from here.... look at egypt. The middle east..all were once the center of white civilization. UNTIL THEY ALLOWED THEMSELVES TO BECOME MULTI CULTURAL... and OVER RUN WITH NON WHITES. FACTS ARE FACTS.
NOT ENOUGH WHITES TO KEEP THIS SCAM GOING TOO MUCH LONGER....
THEY ARE THE ONES WHOS WAY OF LIVING AND STANDARDS HAVE GONE TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET THINKING THEY OWE THE REST OF THE WORLD A BETTER LIFE! ITS ALL LIES.
Show me a single Egyptian statue, painting, etc that suggests that Egyptians were white.
The ancient Egyptians themselves said they originated from the Land of Punt, which is in the Ethiopia/Somalia region...
@@sheebakitty378Egypt was originally a black civilization, not white
@@neptunes297 says the Detroit pupil
Every one on that school board should be in jail. It was evident they didn't have the kids best interest in their priorities.
That was probably evident prior to the parents and people in the district electing them to office!
Blaming either the school board or the parents would be racist.
It’s everyone’s fault, the teachers union and their greed, the teachers not caring because they get paid whether the kids learn or not and they are forced to pass the students even if they don’t do the work, the parents and their lack of involvement in their kids lives, and the students for not caring, laziness, interrupting classes and the learning of those kids who care. These kids are going into high school and can’t read or do basic math, it starts in kindergarten and first grade with getting these kids back on the right track.
These kids don’t even fear punishment, we had corporal punishment and we are still alive and functioned better than these kids when we were in school. Everyone in my class acted up and was punished with setting out of recess, spankings, etc. and we were a good class after kindergarten because we couldn’t get away with acting up or acting out, and by second grade we were a great class that our teachers loved and loved to teach. What teacher wants to teach a bunch of unruly, rude, crude, socially unacceptable kids? Not me.
@@bryanhempel4764 That is so dumb--it isn't everyone's fault--and to blame teachers and their "greed" is laughable. Most teachers go into the profession knowing the pay will be garbage, the parents usually completely worthless, and that they will get little to no respect from the public (for example--people like you). They do it (MOST of them) because they have a calling. To help the students, but most important--to help the students help themselves. You obviously have no clue--and good teachers don't have classes full of rude, crude, and socially unacceptable students.
You know who IS to blame? Your precious "No child left behind" and similar education reforms that rely solely upon testing--standardized testing.only. Guess what? When President Bush signed into effect the "No child left behind" act--his brother and part of his family OWNED the testing company that made the FCAT--the test that was given to EVERY student in Florida 3rd, 8th, and 12th grade. Put the blame where is belongs--GREEDY CORPORATE american billionaires.
Same could be said about the parents who don't raise their kids properly, you know the ones who are still destroying the communities.
Dear Deanna it's been 11 years I hope you are ok! Cheers from Portugal and congratulations for your effort and never give up and I hope you are ok and your family and friends
"My teacher told me he would pass me if I just show up and shut up!" SMDH!! Kids can get a better education in some one room school house in some third world country in Africa than in the USA!
It makes you think: why do they even bother having that school if only 11 students pass a basic competency test at the end? Clearly not a lot of work is being done there.
Lots of wasted money.
Some of the Board Members were barely able to communicate in English; they should never be placed in such a position. They all should have been subjected to a criminal investigation.
@Tom Smith give the minorities a break...it's not their fault that some of their black ancestral brothers back in Africa sold them into slavery a few years back!
@@mikesgoodmann9349 you mean how many years
Studies show the number 1 factor in school success is parental involvement. I taught at a private school for 35 years where we had 90% attendance at conferences. My friend at an urban public school had 11%. He had 35 kids in his science class, I had 22. I asked how he could give any individual attention, and he said “no problem, after the first day I will only have about 10 show up each day.” That’s on the parents!
yup and thats due to poverty look at whats going on in the homes in the inner city when the kids are in K thru 6 the affect of the ghetto on many not all but many parents is they cant be there for the kids ..theyre just trying to put a roof over the families or a meal or two a day on the table..theyre too exhausted to spend time with the kids !!
I hope Deanna attains her dream job as a librarian and author. Be nice to get an update on this story.
Deanna is correct. People who write have to in order to get thoughts out of their mind. I do. I have published a lot. 39 min into this.
@@newaddress456 I agree, I write poetry but usually only when I'm overwhelmed with emotion, usually disgust at the system or society. I write limericks for fun and for the arts sake, but the poetry I'm compelled to write is usually in response to overflowing outrage.
It's good to get it out, whatever form it takes. Better than stuffing it back down inside to fester. Words are the way I process anger. On a small scale I mutter or talk to the air, if it's too much for that then I write. Afterwards I feel more ordered and the anger leaves with the words, whether spoken or written, though I often get an echo of it upon reading what I've written. Sometimes it gives me chills if it was in response to a particularly nasty injustice. The poem I composed after the untimely death of George Floyd is one such. It's so intense I still get shivers reading it. In the spirit of the old Irish folk artists, outrage is a powerful and binding emotion, well suited to allowing the pain to be shared.
I don't really write otherwise, without a driving emotion I find it hard. It's either flows out of me 90% complete and then I tweak to my satisfaction, or I struggle and find nothing but triteness in my words, and then abandon it. It brings me no joy or satisfaction when it doesn't flow straight from the brain to the page. Limericks are the exception as they have a clearly defined formula and I enjoy the bawdiness of the format. I also enjoy rap and hip-hop as much for the poetry, as the music itself.
@@Si74l0rd I am going to copy your comment and save it as word document. This is inspirational. I have not done much poetry at all, mostly just prose. I also publish a lot of academic research articles. Coming up with short stories takes more time. The writing is slower but it is all helpful to my mind. God bless you for writing this detailed comment ! I hope you have helped a lot to people with your comment.
@@newaddress456 I'm not sure how helpful it will be to others, I don't have a mind's eye, so I use language where others would probably use art. To me poetry is art, so it suffices as an emotional outlet.
Usually humans tie memories to long term storage by association with stored images in long term memory, but I do it instead with a language database. So I've found poetry something I can do with relative ease, as long as I have sufficient motivation, whether that be emotional or just a desire to show off once in a while lol.
In terms of prose, I write very long comments on CZcams videos! But I find writing fiction difficult as I'm super logical and analytical, and not very creative in general. I prefer to read fiction! I've started a few short stories and had a crack at starting a novel, but between procrastination and a lack of ability, I gave up. I think on the whole I prefer writing analyses or non fiction to writing fiction. Once the pandemic is over I quite fancy trying to set words to music in one fashion or another, see whether that works better for my creative process.
Best of luck with the writing in the future. It's a difficult field to earn a living, but very worthwhile if you can. Peace :)
I am a DPS educator! I am a product of DPS! I roll up my sleeves daily to teach, inspire and motivate my students! I am proud to say, "I get the job done!" The system stands on corruption, injustices and a lot of nepotism. Two years ago, I was written-up for the first time for "snitching." The students were suppose to receive 90 minutes of Math each day, per the district and they were only receiving 45 minutes per day. A week after this information was exposed, I was written-up for arriving at work at 8:18, although 8:30 a.m. was the start time. Of course, this write-up was RESCINDED with the help of the mighty DFT Union, but this goes to show, it is NOT always the teachers! There are a lot of hardworking, effective and productive DPS teachers! Let's look at the whole picture! The teachers are the soldiers on the front line! Stand with the teachers! It's not always the teachers!
Game Boy 😘😘😘😘😘
then where are those people that you are a proud member of?? they aren't there teaching those kids algebra.. or spanish.
We Republicans dont blame the teachers. You guys I'm sure are doing your best. Its community culture, the students, government, parents etc etc.
Stop electing the same board
Only liberal democrats vote in these elections
Who cares? Nobody gives a shit about detroit.
Absolutely!
@@jetcampbell9897 That's right - fiscally, morally, socially, and ultimately spiritually, the democrats are destroying the country, sub culture by sub culture, city by city, state by state. They don't care as long as they're in power.
…and expecting different results!!
Deana and her family is an example of good people born on the wrong side. I hope this young lady goes on to achieve the best life has to offer❤️
Where's the d*mn father/husband? Ask mama....
Baby!!! Dianna was ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IN HER LAST STATEMENT! It’s everyone’s fault!!!! I wish her the best!
The worst failure is people, having children (because they didn't use contraception), who are not in a financial position (or any position), to be able to raise children and provide for them, and educate them, and provide a stable home environment of loving and disciplinarian, guiding, parents.
Yea...but God will always make a way
No, God will always TAKE away.
Craig Sterilizing them? How about just JAILING them, like happens to MEN if they have kids they can't pay for?
Craig don't forget to start with the white ones 1st.
I'm from Detroit. It's a total wreck.
I went to Osborne HS for 1 semester. Of the 6 teachers I had there, 4 did genuinely care for our education and actually taught our class. As for failing students, it all about the choices you make. You can choose to make excuses and blame others, or you can take the hand you were dealt and make the best of it to succeed.. the school board didn't help much either, some were in it for themselves..
My dad had a private practice as a child psychologist, his biggest client base was DPS students and parents. He would go into the middle schools and high schools to assist and the horror stories he would tell. I grew up in the burbs of Detroit and it is literally night and day with only 20 miles between the city and the burb I grew up in. There are so many layers to such a problem as the one that is the school system in Detroit smh. I would often wonder if I would have turned out different if I had been raised in detroit as opposed to Birmingham, MI.
I am ashamed of these non-performers. Put some military veterans in charge to manage this mess!!! I see too much of this non-accountability across America. Who wants these kinds of school board members? Jail them!
@@markzucker3949 That has little to do with the discussion, or the locale.
@Jeff Vaughn Well, I'm one of them Jeff. I hate to break this to you, but in the case of where I live, we have over 2,000 vets and military - and YES, it's true. Nothing wrong with that though. I'm in my mid-60's now, but have to go ... my 23 year old Asian girl is waiting for me.
@@markzucker3949 And some, like mine turned the corner and became great partners in life ..... uhh, so far.
@Jeff Vaughn What link are you requesting? What subject, what comment? I'll get back to you upon your reply.
@@markzucker3949 that's a dumbass statement. The American military is responsible for prostitution in China? India? Vietnam? Japan? Bangladesh? Where exactly?
I was raised in Detroit & I never went to a DPS school. Its very sad for those who can't afford Private Schooling. I wouldn't send a dog to a DPS SCHOOL! The entire system has been broken for 40 yrs this is nothing new, it's the children who suffer & become a DAMN STATISTIC!
Mr. Bob was the best you can get. The parents was wrong for dumping the the thefts on him, it should have went to the school board members. It was so much damages to the kids, it would take a life time to fix. He should have fired the peoples who was involved. Start with a clean slate.
My wife graduated from college and was looking forward to a long career as a teacher. She took a job just outside of Baltimore with a student body of 85% black and 10% Hispanic and approximately 5 percent white. I told her that she would be better off another 15 miles outside of the city, but she believed that she could handle things and 15 & 16 year olds are no problem. After a few weeks she was pretty upset so I asked about the problem. She told me that most of her students were at best reading at a 3rd grade level. Again I told her not to rock the boat but that's not her style. So she sent letters to the parents explaining the situation. She was called to the principals office and queried about her situation. He explained that he was getting a lot of phone calls from some irate parents and to stop sending letters. She was upset and just wanted to help. So being a crusader she sent letters home apologizing for the 1st. letter and she just wanted to help. Stop rocking the boat. I'm a teacher and I want to teach and help them succeed. She was in front of the principal again but with some happy parents as well. The parents wanted her fired because she's racist and doesn't want their children to graduate. It went back and forth until she quit and no longer teaches. Welcome to the real world. She didn't like being called racist, she has black friends and her best friend and roommate in college is black. She thought she knew black people, wrong. Teachers push students through that can't read or write not because of being over crowded, not because of the equipment and facilities but because if they don't push them through they're attacked, threatened and labeled by the students, parents and the system. As a college professor you learn the unwritten rules of teaching. Minorities especially blacks don't have the same educational opportunities that whites do. So don't be to hard on them because they will pass. Um ok. English essays written by 21 year old 2nd graders. I'm in college, college is cool, my summer was summer. Out friggin standing that's easily an A+ paper. I've asked students what their SAT or ACT scores were. They didn't take them. Huh? Didn't have to take them unless you wanted to but I didn't want to so I bagged. So we'll push minorities through the system, make the quotas, make the parents happy and proud that their son or daughter are college graduates that can barely read and write, never made it to Terig or Calculus so electives were substituted. Instead of Physics how about Music Appreciation? Math is more fun when it's Movie Appreciation. History don't need it. Basketball can be substituted for English. The University doesn't want trouble, they fear being labeled, they're under the gun to make the quota and if you're not going by the unwritten rules you're done.
Yes. I was currently looking to get educated in the path of Healthcare. So many opportunities. I say the best grades are A-B’s. At my school failure is not an option.
Since you wrote this two years ago, it has gotten much worse. You are exactly right. We have to pretend that everyone is capable of graduating college. It's ridiculous. Do you want a doctor who can't read to operate on you?
@@debbiehibben4781 the left believes that by pushing people through they're helping them. They're simply creating an illiterate culture that will be kept ignorant and trapped in the plantations we call cities. It's sad.
@@frederickwhite6416 And if things don't change soon, I fear that it will be too late. I hate Trump's personality, but at least he got the border under control and did other things to help. I just can't believe that the left says things are better! I wish we could get a moderate. You know, I've heard for years that the big city school boards are totally corrupt. I am so happy that I live in a city that is not like that! Those poor kids deserve bettter. No wonder they can't get jobs.
I'm 35 years old and was born and raised in Detroit MI. I was not born into a two parent home (my Dad was in and out of prison most of my life) but my mother came from a two parent home and I grew up with them. She was very smart and educated but was inticed by the hood life she did not grow up around. I had a good concept of family despite having a father not in the home. I had my uncles, aunts, cousins and grandparents who instilled family values and morals in my life at a young age. This alone made me an outsider growing up in Detroit. I was called white black girl because I spoke clearly and eloquently. I listened to ALL kinds of music, read many non fiction and fiction books for fun. I enjoyed school at first. We stayed on Detroit's west side when it was inhabited by middle class blacks. That in itself made me "boujee". When my mom left the family to live on her own we stayed in bad areas and I went to bad schools. That's when I started to hate school. I was constantly bullied and called names and really didn't fit in. I had to adopt the "hood lifestyle" to make it on Detroit. Later in my life I lived briefly in a suburb of Atlanta in a mostly white school. Let's just say their curriculum was much more engaging than the DPS high school I went to and then I saw how bad DPS students had it and I also saw that the parents didn't give a damn. They were complacent and happy with less than mediocre studies and didn't invest the time or money for their kids education.
Calling the schools "failing" implies that all the students come in ready and willing to learn and the teachers and administrators do not provide the education that the students need. In fact, the reason why the students are failing or dropping out is because students are excessively absent and/or tardy, and when they do come to school, students are more concerned with socializing and texting on their phones than learning anything. Students in so-called "failing schools" are disrespectful and have little to no self control, nor do they take responsibility for their actions when their actions lead to failing courses.
The bottom line is that the students and parents are ultimately to blame for "failing schools", not the faculty. Think about it....a core group of teachers have taught for 30 years in the district in which I teach now. Thirty years ago our school was considered a top-notch high school - there was a 99% graduation rate. This group of teachers enjoyed many, many years of teaching successful students.
Things started to change about 15 years into their time in this high school. Our community lost many major companies and factories, and with that, many jobs were lost. People started moving out of the community and property values began to fall. This caused the demographics to shift, and with it, our school started to experience higher drop-out rates and more discipline issues. Our once stellar high school started to go down hill - we are now labeled "at risk".
So, what changed over the past 30 years? The same core teachers remained in the school - and these teachers mentored new teachers as they came into the district. It was the STUDENTS who changed, not the teaching. The teachers noticed that, where 25 years ago parent-teacher conferences were attended by most parents, now they are lucky to see 10 parents out of over 110 students enrolled in their classes. STOP BLAMING THE EDUCATORS! START INSISTING THAT STUDENTS TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR EDUCATION - AND PARENTS TAKE PART IN THEIR CHILD"S EDUCATION!
Preach!! I never once in my life believed race was the reason for failure nor the past affecting the now of opportunities that one's ancestors suffered for them to have now. I have always believed its those who sought the opportunity to advance or overcome that made it and will make it and those who don't care and waste time fail disastrously.
Character is the reason for success as it is for failure
Over 45 million disappears. All these corrupt school board members belong in prison.
Exactly. All school board members of all schools in the US belong in prison.
I hope Deanna is somewhere bringing her positive and gracious soul to a part of the world. She is an example of untold thousands of young people who have been failed by The United States Education System. Myself included. But with people who care like her and her Mother: there still is hope for our Country's future. I hope.
Nearly 50% adults in the city functionally illiterate?! Wow. That's literacy rate slightly below Nigeria
The US as a whole only has an 86% literacy rate. Many blame this on a large immigrant population that cannot read or write English. They are then marked as illiterate.
Excuse me: Nigeria literacy rate is above that of 70% of US states !
@david anderson why are you referencing Nigeria?
@A Person believe me I know. I just had to teach a refresher class on grammar to govt employees who prepare documents for U.S. Tax Court. I am the only black person in the office and I volunteered to teach because I was embarrassed at the product being entered in to an official record. So while they can READ, they had poor punctuation, grammar, syntax, spelling etc.
@@GGCanLove409 Why do you feel the desperate need to include skin color in your comment? It's not an issue of color but one of culture...
These corrupt board members need to be locked up, absolutely disgusting😡
so true no check or penny should be spent unless its on the kids and if they need hq just renovate the old building and no one is hired for anything if the cfo of the edu dept dosent approve
The people elected those "corrupt board members." Maybe they should learn how to vote instead of voting for corrupt people to begin with.
Sadly, this is not exclusive to Detroit Public Schools. The very same sorts of things are going on in many of our school districts across the nation. Some not as bad while others are just as corrupt.
Some of them were
@@karenpierce6424 So you have an uneducated populous vote in a board who fails at educating the next generation and your answer is "well they voted them in" It seems like you thought your comment out. Perhaps you were a DPS product.
Doesn't matter how much reform or money is spent. You can't teach the unreachable. Billions wasted on closing a gap that can't be closed
When my daughter lived in Wisconsin , she worked for a company that provided desks ,chairs, etc for schools around the Great Lakes region. She was in charge of working up bids for the various schools. She said that Michigan was a nightmare , there were convoluted guidelines and procedures that made it nearly impossible to submit a bid.
My daughter goes to Detroit public schools, they can't even take their books home to study, bc kids don't bring them back n most of their parents do not care. If I won the lottery Detroit public schools will 1st on my list for donations, I have nothing but love for all the teachers that get up n go everyday no matter what to teach our children
@@justise5621 please dont donate, get involved and SEE where your money goes💯🖤
I have worked in early childhood where every child had been in daycare since infancy and had nontraditional home lives, such as no dad or mom living with boyfriend etc. And I am now working in a place where every child in my class has a mom and dad stable and married to each other and the child used to be home with mom or dad instead of daycare. The difference between the kids is staggering.
I stayed home with my kids as wife and mom and would volunteer at my kids school and fyi we lived in what’s known as south side yet I had very good neighbors homeowners etc. Several teachers told me they wished they had more kids like mine. I held my kids accountable. It started to disturb me as I would hear this more and more but being in the classrooms I began to see it firsthand and then realized the difference was home life balance for kids and parents. Kids being housed in daycares I mean lousy daycares where they are just employees with no passion for kids and subpar facilities and activities.
The common courses taken in school are Biology/Chemistry/Physics/ American government. English. It is important to take AP courses to better your GPA. As well as a successful career.
It isn't just kids from single parent homes that are poorly behaved or educated. I know of lots of single parent kids that are fantastic. Intelligent, articulate, funny...the single parent thing is a myth. I also know of lots of kids from homes with both parents that are nasty, horrible, uneducated and ignorant. The children take on the characteristics of the parents, and if the married parents are assholes, then their kids will be assholes too. A very good friend of mine has a young child and she's a fantastic single mother. Her child is fantastic too...not yet 5 years old and doing algebra. I'm 43 and I can't do it. The "married parents raise better children" thing is a complete fallacy. Good parents, married, same sex, single, whatever, raise good children. Bad parents don't.
@@alwhyte6533 I agree and disagree with your statement. I see from the viewpoint of the original post and yours, as well, as I am fortunate enough to have raised one daughter within a marriage (now 20) and am currently raising a school aged child (age 9) as a single parent after my divorce.
My oldest daughter was super smart. So smart that she skipped the first grade. She went on to enlist in the military (as I did at 18) and is doing amazing.
My youngest daughter is equally amazing but not as academically smart because my oldest daughter had her father there to read to her and do math with her and give me much needed brakes on a regular basis. My youngest daughter is very sweet and kind and loving and she gets that from me and academically she has always been a little better than average but as a single parent I don't have (or more candidly don't make) the time to do extra school work with her which I totally regret but have planned to home school her in middle school when I finish my Financial Planning Certifications and go into business for my self.
Now both my girls are sweet and loving because they are carbon copies of their mother- plus I'm a go getter which make my youngest aspire to entrepreneurship (she wants to be a business owner like her mom).
But I'm also not a typical single mother (or a typical person actually). I make far more than the average single mom, spend far far less than the average person (which enables me to keep my daughter in the best schools and neighborhoods), and I have made her my top priority (no men in the house- not even boyfriends or casual acquaintances only a serious husband if he comes).... I live a pretty sterile life and that's ok. Thing is most single parents can't/won't sterilize their environments to raise their kids.
Now please don't think my single motherhood was with out hardship. When I left the military I was chronically homeless with my kids (on and off for 6 years) but I always managed to land on my feet, never take a hand out (except a few days in a local shelter which I donated to after getting back on my feet), finished my second associate's degree and on my way to my bachelor's.
Now one parent homes are what the one parent makes it but by and large if there is someone in your household to share the parenting or the financial burdens I think its better all around for the child economically, emotionally and educationally.
What are some of the staggering differences? I am curious. Thanks.
Having been born and educated in
Detroit
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Yuck to move away from the city when it was time for my 5 children to go to school. Back in 1975 as my second child was to start school, I was aware that if they were to be educated , we needed to move quickly So, we packed and moved to Florida and they now all have college degrees and good jobs to support their families
What about you? Where you up to educated standards when Detroit was considered a blooming city? Or were the schools were still bad?
florida?? isnt that where all the retirees and serial killers live?
What did they study? What would u recommend young teens to study at uni to get a good career and best country to study abroad canada or US
T McK No, schools were very good throughout the 1960s. We moved to the suburbs in the early 70s.
@@aena5995 Study what I'm studying right now, Network Technologies/Cyber Security/IT.. any of those. Also in Florida (for the smartass 1greenMitsi)
"They make their money whether we learn or not." In grade school I did hear that a lot! That's the problem with education these days, out of touch bureaucrats have removed responsibility from schools for example the bad apples are placed with the kids who genuinely want to learn and the teachers who want to make a difference are isolated!
What political party has ruled Detroit for decades of continued decline? Don't just wish & hope for a better future - VOTE FOR IT.
The only people responsible for this mess in Detroit are those who live there. THEY vandalized the buildings, they looted and rioted and destroyed, they had children too young, and often had too many, and then did not do what they needed to to parent. Add to that a corrupt school board out just to make money, and there you go. This has nothing to do with race or oppression. This is an issue of povery and irresponsibility. It's sad and tragic, but the people who have caused this disgrace ought to get all the blame.
I was impressed by Deanna and hope she reaches her dream. At least her mom, when she became pregnant in high school, seems to have done the best she could.
I don't think its all of the people who live there, it's certain people.
It's an awful lot of them, and they've sadly ruined it for everyone.
JenesisX & Two French Bulldogs
Critical lack of insight here. Detroit's fall is a confluence of suburban flight, globalization, corruption, poor schools and the attendant broken families left behind. Suggesting that people somehow live outside of that is naive and leads to solutions that fundamentally miss the mark.
Still does not explain why those who remain continue to destroy their neighborhoodl
***** This and other investigative reports like it are simply bringing to light one of the many factors that contribute to the plight of Detroit and cities suffering a similar problem. Just getting the general masses to think beyond the city being broke and crime ridden is no easy feat when images portrayed are continuously simplified to those denominators. It is easier to reduce the problems of any major city to Black (or brown), poor, and violent. Although I agree with you in that this report fell short of identifying the solution to this problem, it is unrealistic to expect a solution to a decades old problem of corruption and inadequacies from any documentary.
Education starts at home! If the parents are not willing to invest their time to teach their children RESPECT and DISCIPLINE, nothing will change.
Again culture. Education is not taught by the parents as important.
@@dcg590 What? It's part of culture not to learn?
I agree with you, but that's assuming that their parents are literate. They said in this documentary that 50% of Detroiters are functionally illiterate. Can't teach what you don't know.
I went to Henry Ford 2 years for summer school and it was wild. Fights, stink bombs, they beat up the teacher. It was ridiculous.
I went thru DPS up until my 10th grade year. Most of the schools I attended luckily actually cared about the students. I never let my dad put me in those just run down schools because I actually cared and he cared about my education. When I made it to 10th grade I went to a charter school and it was a good experience they cared about the students and made us college ready😎
What happened to the school that you were at in 10th grade?
blame the parents. the number one way to sentence a child to a life of poverty, is to have them when you are not educationally, maturationally, or economically responsible
The hard truth. Most children born to financially unreliable and irresponsible parents are going to be damned to a horrible life of poverty. What this country needs more than anything is more severe child protecting services enforced. I know this from experience.
What this country needs is to stop giving those people money for having kids they can't afford.
Then they scream "YOU'RE STAVING KIDS!" argument.
Like Angel Adams, "SOMEBODY gots ta PAY for mah 15 kids!"
WHIGHTEE TAKE BETTER CARE OF HIS PETS BETTER THAN THE N-WORDERS TAKE CARE OF DEM BABIES--- YOU GO MAURY POVICH-- HE KNOW WHAT I BE SAYIN'
Ya!!! have them when you're about 60 yrs. old
They hated anyone who tried to make change🤷🤷🤷
Tiandra Francis idd! I cannot finish this, too frustrating.😨😰
@Believe on Jesus Christ For Eternal Life what if I don't want eternal life
Exactly you see them begin to bitch!
Exactly once they seen someone starting to check the books they all get defensive. Those boards members were pissed 😤
Deanna's story and dreams, humble dreams, brought tears to my eyes....anyone know her update?
Robert Demon did they really kill her?
She succeeded very well, “DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY STUDENT PROGRAMS at Emporia State” I found this after a little digging: www.emporia.edu/news/director-of-diversity-student-programs-named/
@@mcoutrier awesome, thank you.
I'm so glad she's doing well. Her story was heart wrenching
@@mcoutrier OMG THANK YOU!!! Finally GOOD news❤
This will never change. Mark my words
I really wish Deanna the best, shes really intelligent. :)
Yes, a very impressive young lady. Anybody who reads on their own has a chance, hope she makes it out.
I wish I can help these people out I wish I can do something I wish
She seems to be doing very well, a director of a diversity program at Emporia State as of 2016 and working on her masters I believe...I found this after a little digging www.emporia.edu/news/director-of-diversity-student-programs-named/
@@mcoutrier that is such great news! Thank you for the update.
@@mcoutrier, that's great news!! I'm glad to hear that.
Sadly of all these adults, Deanna, the child is by far the most mature. I wish her success at college, I know it will be a challenge for her as she wasn't prepared.
Sheeba Kitty When people start writing in all caps, we know they are crazy lol 😂
She wasn't anywhere near prepared. She was never even taught how to hold a pencil or not to chew gum during a graduation ceremony when she was the one graduating! Who you gonna blame that on?
@@sheebakitty378 you're SICK!!!
@@Tantella1 thats how really dumb people are these days. My keyboard was stuck.....acting up, and there was no other reason. Anyone with a brain can see its the REAL crazy and deranged people making ignorant false assumptions. Pathetic morons. They even announce their imagined bullshit and feel clever because others more nutty than themselves, believe all the crap they dream up. Lol
Aside from that, who cares if something is written in all CAPS or in the smallest font in italics..... if its the truth?
You could not refute it so you attack the person instead of say anything with actual meaning..That is crazy.
Lol like your name! Wow. Idiots.
It’s so sad to see how angry that girl is towards her school, community.
Webster’s Dictionary defines the word “failure” as.....Detroit.
I’ll add this, I’m from Detroit. The times have not changed. Like Bill Cosby said” we have to stop blaming the white people for the way our kids act and start taking responsibility for our kids and be parents”.
OMPudding! You're actually gonna quote a sentenced and convicted "sexually violent predator" to support a position of "taking responsibility" (Judge Steven O'Neill)?! Only thing that quote is good for now is in the bowl of his metal prison toilet.
Take it easy. Regardless of how Cosby ended up and what he has been accused of doing, he has done plenty towards improving education in the black community and has been one of the few black activists with the balls to tell it like it is (at the expense of being called an uncle tom)
sniffdogma So what? Its less true cause a shit person sad? You are deep stupid.
Strong black families and these staff members can only make a change...where is the ‘village ‘ and to support the beautiful people and, ‘oh wait, common Kardashian’s’ ..
that's why these women accussed him of sexual assault from years ago.cosby or no one can say what he said truth or not about not blaiming whitey.
Disgrace is a nice word. Those of us that live there know it's been like that for 50 years
Every person living inside Detroit is living in flight response. Taking what they need to stay above water.
May even be the only member of their family with a job!
Now, please don't get me wrong, I am not making excuses for them but trying to understand how these people were able to steal from the futures of local children.
By temping someone who has a desperate need they have made criminals of everyone involved. Imagine what it is like to own a home in this area....no bank will give a loan, no one wants to buy it, so you can't even move away as many owe the bank more than the current value of the property! Many feel stuck. Loosing a job could put more than just their own children on the sidewalk as generations of families live together
Until we have walked in their shoes we don't know the who, what, where, when, why and how...
When children misbehave in class it's usually because they don't understand or the work is too easy and they're bored. Teachers need to be allowed to plan exciting and innovative lesson plans and the ability to teach the way the children learn.
It starts at home. Over 75% of these kids are born out of wedlock. A complete parental failure. You can't fix this with money.
There is also a large number of children with alcohol and crack baby syndrome...( worldwide these kids are entering high-school ) and their hyperactive drug / alcohol soaked brains are unable to learn properly. These kids make up a very large percentage of inner city kids. Detroit was the crack epicenter- I imagine the % of crack babies is much higher
@@jimmyhawkins5357 that has no factual basis and is just your personal beliefs biasing your ability to logically process information that doesn't conform to your personal views. It's called cognitive dissonance. Having 2 parents, and particular your parents being married before they have children has almost nothing to do with future success. It's far more important factor is the education of your parents and the wealth of your parents. Having both parents you cannot guarantee either of these factors.
@John QPublic1 what do you expect when you have families that even working full-time and multiple jobs can barely afford to pay rent and eat? You heard that lady saying that she only makes about $500 every two weeks. I don't understand how she affords to live on that little amount. I make four times that much and I am not a highly paid individual. The reality is that when there is no good paying jobs, and there's no way to save money to leave this is what you get. You get a bunch of families that can only spend their energy trying to survive and don't have that extra energy to devote to their children. This is the problem with this society that has developed where CEOs make as much as thousands of workers per hour but paying someone $15 an hour as a minimum wage is considered too expensive.
@@tanjianforever You are not listening. I didn't say having 2 parents. It takes 2 good parents or at least 1 with good morals.
Arthur JeffersonOn this day in 1937, Arthur Jefferson is born in Detroit.
He will attend Northeastern High School and earn a bachelors, masters and a doctorate degree from Wayne State University. In 1975, at age 36, he will become the first African-American general superintendent of the Detroit Public Schools (DPS), the nation’s fifth largest school district. Jefferson, the youngest person to lead DPS, will serve in that post until 1989.
African American, Anniversary, Arthur Jefferson, first, On this day, steve HE HELPED MAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL USELESS
I hope Deanna made something of herself. she seems so smart and wants a good life :(
Lynnette Mooney You and me both. When I heard how smart and articulate she was notwithstanding her environment I couldn’t help but feel compassion for her.
SAME. I'm so curious what's happened since then.
What is a formal academic curriculum? It is buildings, parking spaces, chairs, tables, electronics, students, teachers, books, administrators. The list goes on. So, you have a place to meet. It has AC, food, drinks, a comfortable setting. Some might say it is the ideal place for education, the sharing of ideas, and becoming employable. Now, what we have is a case where young, urban students of public schools in Detroit have all these advantages, and about 70 % leave school before graduation. There are valid explanations for learning differences. I learned this as a teacher of English in south Korea, China, Kuwait, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia for ten years. There are so many aspects of the individual, the environment, personal events, social disorganization, family, the natural abilities, stages of cognitive development, social reinforcement, stress, hardships. Here are some matters to consider for knowing why some people learn to study, write, talk and think while others turn away from formalized education. Are students using drugs? Were they raised in stable families that encouraged education. Did they have books in the house? Did parents tutor students? Were the students genuinely interested in learning? Did they have a sound knowledge of methods for reading, writing, listening, and talking for academic purposes? What did they know about multiplying the power of memory? Did their parents have higher degrees of education? Were their families well off, middle class, lower classification, lower-lower? Did they have positive effective role models as examples of the success that can be achieved through education? How did they see their own futures? Were these kids who could look forward to prosperity and success, or could 4 out of ten young black men expect to end up in prison before the age of 25? How many were suffering mental, emotional and physical abuse at the hands of parents and others? Taken individually, what was the natural intelligence of each? What stressors affected them---poverty, one parent homelife, divorce, domestic violence, dangerous neighborhoods, malnutrition, flu, diseases? And what about that curriculum? Does it really supply all they need for success in school? Do they complete their homework? Are some, by necessity, employed with no time to devote to book work? I attended a meeting with a group of experienced teachers, and some had taught for 20 years. This is one fact I brought away from that meeting. If a person in school does not want to learn, and he is set on not learning, you cannot force him to learn. No matter what anyone may try to tell you to the contrary, you cannot force a person to study and learn.
My daughter has a friend that gets up at 5 am to get up and leave for school. He rides the city bus to get to a better school. Sad that a child has to wake so early to get to school because it's better to go to school outside Detroit. Watching this video was sad. Children are first not last.
Dorothy Lawrence then that child's parent.. yes parent cuz chances r they only have 1.. needs to ensure that better life for her children. . Yes children.. cuz chances r.. she has several.. by several different men
Dorothy Lawrence well.....sometimes you have to sacrifice something to get something....1 hour less of sleeping will probably teach the kids responsibility....and not take anything for granted...
This is America we're talking about, money is first.
That was a depressing graduation speech.
The kids that attend school on my island have to travel from surrounding islands by taking the 3 am water taxi. They leave by 4 pm and are home by 7-9 pm.
Because of these long hrs the school only has a 3 and a half day week, giving every child and teacher a 3 and a half day weekend. Surprisingly enough the kids are some of the best educated in Canada via public school. They rate highest in the country.
We also live in Canada's most expensive postal code...so there is that
Also know this - Children CANNOT be taught or even controlled without DISCIPLINE. They are after all CHILDREN
This is one of the saddest stories I've heard. Education is the most important things for a successful society. Corruption with people in power leaves the masses hopeless.
Yep by design....
So this Dan Rather report was from the 2009-2010 school year. I just googled, "how are Detroit schools doing?" I came across a news article from April of this year (2018) which says:
"Michigan students were flat on a rigorous national exam, with scores virtually unchanged from the last time the test was given. But the bad news in the latest results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress is out of Detroit, where student performance is the poorest in the nation. Again. The district's new leader pledges that will change."
It seems nothing has changed.
what a national de grace is, is dan rather.
Same demographic and attitude. Nothing will change because the "culcha" won't change. It is always somebody else's fault to them.
Of course nothing changed, it’s Detroit!
It won't change until the board is dissolved and everyone on it sent to the penitentiary where they belong.
@@sherryburrows2252 > It won't change until
This was the pinnacle of Obammaramma:14 Jan 2012
What they need is a reform school, run by the military maybe Robert Bobb could get a job as the head Renaissance Man (FMovies) in the Corps of Engineers (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers) under President Trump. Attending classes as they build the nation's infrastructures so desperately neglected for the last century.
Yes, I know:
Renaissance Man (1994)
www.rogerebert.com/reviews/renaissance-man-1994
Unconvincing comedy cobbled to gloss over Robert McNamara's idiots, sent to Vietnam to fuck up that unconvincing war. But I think it, like Forrest Gump, was an enjoyable diversion if you ignore the deep-state's action behind it all.
This documentary is the mirror that holds the realities.
#McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the ... -
Much thanks to Kwame Kilpatrick for helping destroy Detroit
not really his fault nor even coleman young ,its DC'S
Blacks and democrats--a recipe for destruction.
@@bpc6262 No, not a Federal problem. This is a local problem looking for bailout.
@@dmedlin8118 it could be both. But that doesnt mean Coleman and Kwame weren't also to blame.
Coleman Young stuck the stake in the heart of Detroit
Teacher at 26:17 spells the word "temperature" incorrectly as "temprature." Awesome.
I remember that a former The DPS President was illiterate.......YES ILLITERATE.....and the city celebrated him as a success.......SMH.
My goodness 🤦🏾♀️
Probably got an education within Detroit as well.
Sickening ❗❗
@@josephwinkler4863 You’re kidding, right? There is no alternate spelling in the English language. If you don’t know how to spell a word, look it up in the dictionary.
Welp nothing has changed 11 years later
as a parent it is also your job to help your child learn how to write and read!.they reach high school and don't know how?
The first immigrants to America didn't help their children learn they wanted them to work in sweat shops. But those kids learned, even the children of slaves and sharecroppers. The problem isn't children can't learn its that they aren't learning enough. Why? Because they aren't being taught enough. Kids don't know they're cheated until they enroll in college and have to make up a lot of ground because the black schools never taught the subject matter. Black women who teach have been cheating black children for about 60 years and going. The teachers aren't any damn good! Wake up and smell the coffee!
C Truth AGREED!!
+C Truth do u work in a school ? I do and to a degree u are wrong. The districts and the public demand statistics that look pretty on paper then quality goes down as well as morale. Let's not forget these parents that don't do their job and want to jump down teachers throat when their lil dumbass , who is on their phone , isn't learning anything
I had to tutor my son because the school dropped phonics in favor of "whole language." What a joke. One book, a few hours of work, and he was reading like a champ.
@C Truth I love the smell of coffee☺️
Look at the idols of the youth; athletes and entertainers. Most are arrogant and illiterate.
Again-culture. The kids are taught to idolize these idiots instead of educated business and political figures.
God Bless All Teachers who truly care about their students. Supply them with the resolve to do what they do. ❤
I am a proud product of DPS , mainly because my parents were involved and teachers actually cared back then. I graduated from Cass Technical H.S. When I started college, I can honestly say I was actually prepared for it if not ahead in some classes. This was a blessing for me, however, I do realize the disparities between now and then in addition to the vast differences between where in the city you attended schools. This video still brings tears to my eyes to see my former city and educational system in this condition! No accountability, no checks and balances. It reminds me why it’s important as parents to educate your children at home no matter what’s going on in your kids’ classrooms. Also, the politics in Detroit always sickened me-the same board, same council members, year after year making horrendous decisions in the interest of self and ego.
I really like your comment. What you're saying is that it's never just one thing. For sure the leaders in the school system need to be held strictly accountable for the one thing that matters, which is creating an excellent learning environment which sets students up to succeed. And also for sure, students and their families must take ultimate responsibility for exploiting every opportunity given them to succeed. Congratulations for doing so well!
These "school board" members don't know the difference between was and were. There lies the problem.
+mynamesjudge I noticed this as well. I also took note of the fact that Rather confused "vetting" with "venting."
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No... nearly all major cities w/ poor non-whites and blacks in poor areas is caused by the "White Flight"...
Exactly. When adults start off with "The children was ..." instead of "were", we have a serious problem already. This noun-verb plural agreement has been lost for decades. Forget about the proper use of your and you're or their, there, and they're. That may as well be college material.
+Kenneth Johnson and the people will not unify
Nothing like taking accountability. Tough to teach anyone when the kids don't report to school, don't do their homework, or just don't care.
Straight up fraud and mismanagement! Wow! What a disgrace indeed. A system robbing these poor kids of a future. Criminal!
Retired teacher here: all student behavior starts in the home.
I went to Henry Ford High School for Summer School in 1969. I didn’t learn much because it was chaotic- the Teacher couldn’t teach, people wouldn’t sit down and be quiet through the day.
The parents are looking to find fault with everyone but themselves. The Board of Education is elected by them, the mayor and other city officials are elected by them. Do they attend PTA meetings? Do they volunteer at the school? Do they help their children with their homework or even make sure it's done? Do they even teach the children manners and respect? Do the parents and children have library cards and use them regularly? Do the parents set an example for the children and encourage them? Look in the mirror, people. If you want a better life for your children, education is key and you are the key to them getting it, not someone else!
Exactly. If you live in a glass house, then don't throw stones.
Its to late the parents try but have to give up. The Dem machine wins they even throw parents out of their meetings using the local police. Its tragic
@Karen: I'm not sure I agree with that assessment. The documentary clearly shows a lot of parents who care a lot! I went through the Baltimore public school system, and I can personally attest to the fact that there were some really good teachers, but there were also some very, very bad teachers. We all learned a lot from the good teachers, but I don't think we learned too much from the bad teachers.
Amen
These days PTA are used mainly as a Potemkin construct, to perpetuate the fiction of stakeholder input.
I would like to see a follow up to this, its been Ten years now ...
Just google DPS performance....it's worst, same at best !
czcams.com/video/sgYJ3bqSkN8/video.html
Paul Wratt according to our children still living in the area, the schools are still disfunctional. And the children and parents still don’t care about the children.
In Jail, addicted to drugs, or Welfare Mamas (possibly a combination).
You could teach or train a dog better.
It's been proven !
It's worse and it's spreading north into the suburbs. Schools just north over the border have become warzones.
Damn I never knew this. Now I know why my dad moved out of Detroit and brought me to Livonia. Not to avoid the “hood” but to avoid the school district that failed him.
I don't know how old you are but if you are inclined, a job in construction in almost any ex-communist bloc will be endowed with some expert teachers especially carpenters. An apprenticeship with a firm that you know produces top class work is worth putting you heart an soul into; if you know what to look for and can keep out of temptation (drinking is a big problem in the construction industry.)
Bob Thompson offered $200 mil. to build 15 charter schools and the city turned it down WOW!! WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT'S CRAZY when they know the public schools are failing and desperately need help. IMAO, the system wants to continue the School 2 prison pipeline going!!! Thank You Mr. Bob Thompson, at least you offered!! God will continue to bless you!!
I wonder how Detroit is doing now? Anybody can answer
Steve Alexander. He was in my 4th grade class. Steve was behind and was struggling. The teachers weren't helping him. Every few months a teacher would ridicule him about his grades and we would see tears in his eyes.
Poor kid! Teachers like that should be fired.
So sad!
Oh god, 2012. Imagine what it's like in 2019!??!
The same but now its normal. So now that its normal they can get worse
They have split up DPS has created Detroit Community School that's after the airing of this documentary and the fact Dr.Colwell left paperwork stating her findings.
And now its 2020 YIKES😱🤦🏾♀️
2020, and 2021! Lets have an updated documentary, I can laugh even harder!
I went to DPS in the 70's and 80's and the female teachers held their purses while writing on the blackboard....it was a disaster then and worse now.......de-fund public schools
I distinctly remember Rather pulling the first string out of the blindfold I had on. It was one simple statement of his, "if there's a light out on one side of the street it is our job to put out the light out in the otherside of the street."... integrity personified.
The best documentary that I have seen in a long time, I am 63, I hope that some of the young people who successfully completed their further education went on to because politicians who changed the way our education system works.
The Detroit Public School Board is totally useless.
Worse than useless. They are actively harmful.
Somebody needs to tell them because they may believe they are the best thing the school system has for the students.
Try Chicago. Their inner city kids most likely have it worse than Detroit.
@@scoobycarr5558 this is not true
It's a shame that the kids who want to learn can't.
Why can't they learn? You don't have to wait for a school to spoon-feed you to learn. It doesn't matter whether you are in a rich school or a poor school, no one is going to spoon feed you. You have to take the initiative to teach yourself or your own child. You have the kid, take responsibility. Unfortunately, the words responsibility and initiative are forgotten words.
So why do we have teachers then? I'm with you on your points. Learning begins at home, and this girl is lucky enough to have a mother who appears to care about her. My point is that the job of teachers is to teach. When teachers don't show up, it makes it difficult for kids to learn anything, and perhaps worse, it fosters an "I don't care" attitude. Teachers are one of the role models of society, and the kids in Detroit don't have much to look up to.
Why have teachers? Exactly!! The major reasons are laziness and the built-in babysitter. People expect to have someone else deal with their kids because they don't want to take responsibility. Honestly, I don't teach my daughter. She has the motivation and drive to learn. The desire to care has to come from the child and parents. My daughter sees hundreds of books in the house, internet and everything she would need to learn. The only thing I limit is the use of a calculator because being able to do math mentally and quickly is valuable. She does schoolwork all summer long. She is also planning several research papers and pre-studying for her High School Spanish I and Algebra. She will only be in seventh grade.
Rob Payne What do you mean by poor education? In most countries of the world (even in some of those with higher scores on learning tests than US) all you have in class are teacher and blackboard. You buy your own books, notepads, pencils etc. No one gives you nothing for free. There are no experiments during lessons, only textbooks. Don't blame everything on lack of money, because when someone wants to achieve some goal he/she will achieve it even when there is almost no help other than his/hers parents support. There are free libraries in US, you have also free acces to internet there. You have teacher in class. This is all you need, everything else is just making learning more pleasurable.
Rob Payne "Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon." E. M. Forster "We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." Benjamin Franklin "Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn." Benjamin Franklin. "He that is good at making excuses is seldom good for anything else" Benjamin Franklin. "A house is not a home unless it contains food and fuel for the mind as well as the body." Benjamin Franklin. "For the best return on your money, pour your purse into your head." Benjamin Franklin. "You only have the right to happiness; you have to catch it yourself" Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin was truly a wise man. He didn't speak about waiting for someone else to teach, but instead to actively seek knowledge. Until people learn to take responsibility, we will have a truly ignorant population. Stop whining about the education that you are not given, go out and get it yourself!
I wish a person's future can be determined on their intelligence and creativity, not letters on a price of paper, or filling out bubbles on a test, but the American school system does not even seem to care at all 😢!
When someone graduates high school without the ability to read, it is SOLELY the parents’ fault.
No, it is not. How many white families have these types of schools in their neighborhoods? And how many black students have the opportunities that most white students can take for granted? There has been educational discrimination against black families that has been going on for generations!!!
@@4562deedee1 You can't be that stupid. A minority student can stay in school and go to the best colleges and remain there as long as needed for affirmative action to kick in, and make them a doctor with no student debt. All they need to do is put forth the very little effort needed to attend. And for most, that's asking WAY too much. I owe over a hundred grand and have to actually interview to get a job. Assuming a minority doesn't get wanded in just because. Yet people like yourself still pull the perpetual victim card because its easier than taking responsibility for the self caused failures. You might find a fake woke jackass to go along with you. But an educated person who has ran parallel to a minority with these endless benefits will shut you down because they know better.
Bullshit!
Wait, wrong spot. I meant I completely disagree that it is solely the parents' fault. I am a special educator.
The parents due have a responsibility to make sure their children are getting the best education they can.
This is the best documentary, on any subject, I've ever seen.
Diana needs a Kickstarter! This charming nerd girl deserves to be a librarian if thats what she wants to be!
This documentary is very old, so a kickstarter may not be needed If she moved out
And now it’s 2020 and nothing had change.
I looked up Deanna on Google just now, and she attended and graduated from Eastern Michigan University.
I`m hearing poor grammar from these black school authorities. I don`t know what we are to expect from the students.
exactly, black privilege and affirmative action has to stop giving these idiots passes
What's the timestamp?,
lemme axe you summin: say this in a black accent "i am feeling like filling this tub" its not juss duh grammah, its eerything. its cool to be and sound dumb AF
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This nice black awesome woman Dr. Calloway is a beautiful caring woman who tried her best to help the kids in Detroit and then was slammed against the curb by a corrupt school board and she was 100% right when she said the school board looted for their own gain instead of caring for the kids, which they didn't give a damn about.. The whole school board didn't give a damn about the students, they cared more about their ill-gotten paychecks, they should have all been fired and all charged with embezzlement and then jailed. Much respect to this good woman. The school board destroyed the education system in Detroit, they were all a bunch of thieves and Dr. Calloway knew it and exposed them for what they really were, THIEVES. I know that this video was made in 2012, and I sure hope for these kids that somethings have changed today in 2019??
DarkGracie95 I tried googling it and couldn’t find it. Do you have a source, maybe a link to a news source. It’s really sad that the one decent person in DPS turned out to be even worse than the others.
I'm so glad 20 20 2019 no longer has to have lying ass I too short Maurice Thornton Reverend Murray although Winfrey I believe is still on unfortunately Carla Scott I believe is her name and the one that used to work with Detroit Edison I'm so glad and Miss Summers I'm so glad that all of these lying conniving arrogant rude and get our members have been off and now it's a total new board but it really doesn't matter because they still doing the same exact thing and I say any parent that's got sense you need to take your children into a different school district and maybe a different city even if it's a suburb you don't have this kind of garbage in Troy Sterling Heights Dearborn Eastpointe Clinton Township Oak Park Southfield Romulus River Rouge Westland Livonia you do not have none of this kind of garbage in no other school system but Detroit I've set in many of these meetings and see how disrespectful these people have been when they were in the new center one and they had a parent Resource Center it was just crazy here and how loud Marie Thornton would be falling all out in the middle of the floor like she's drunk or something I'll never forget in a summary hearing either short tell a lady that she didn't care she got reelected or not and when I says if you feel this way why don't you step down and she says oh I'll never step down until I'm voted out I'm so glad to see this white headed lion conniving snake be gone cuz these people were nothing but rip offs🤔🤔🤔🤥🤥🤓🤥🤢🤢🤢🙃😕🤑🤑☹️🤧🤢😲.
@@revlaird6979 Did anybody understand what Rev Laird said?
I worked as a Substitute at the similar school in Houston, kids have no teachers, teachers just walk out, leaving the kids behind. Everyone leaves those kids behind. Unbelievable!
It seems things are gradually becoming better - step by step ! - in Detroit. The abandoned "dirty dozen" skyscrapers are occupied again, buildings are being renovated, Ford bought the iconic railway station and wants to build EV's in Detroit... But it will never be again like before of course, and gentrification won't matter to the poorest families. Several US car brands are for ever gone, production probably will remain in Asian countries and won't come back - Trump or no Trump -. The Americans are more and more relying on Asian or even European cars, as GM and Ford aren't always building the best options for Americans. As for the poor families, too many girls becoming mom at a young age (promiscuity, rape, ....), too many young guys dropping out of school because they prefer hanging out on the streets with their "'friends", and think selling drugs will lead quicker to cars, jewelry, flashy clothes and other peacock attributes than becoming plumber (you need a car anyway), house painter, carpenter etc. It's definetely partly the system, it is in many cases - sorry to say - also partly "culturally". As long as guys want to parade like peacocks (as suggested in video clips by rappers) in stead of clinging to "normal" behavious, as long as young girls don't learn to say "no" before a "normal" age etc., changing "the system" alone won't "save" everyone. So work has to be done from to sides. Nothing "racist" intended here, and "sorry" to the exceptions, but too many young Afro Americans simply have the wrong role models.
god what a cesspool
Absolutely disgusting
Cannot blame the educational system for a culture that had no respect for it. Stop the blame game!!!
doesnt fit your narrative. but education and unskilled labor is a huge issue in the COUNTRY
@@marohan bullshit, black people are a lost cause....almost*
@Squirrel Master horrible. They have a system and terrible individuals who believe they are less than. There are all black schools that outperform affluent and Asian n white schools. Look up Garfield high on Los Angeles. A permanent underclass has been the goal and kids buy into it. Shameful. Just read the comments of adults. Very telling. God bless America
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Wow, what an articulate young lady, the future librarian is. Listening to her describe her experience, I almost want to renam this piece: The Rape of the Student's Education: a Referendum on the DPS system.
The perpetrator will shock you: the teachers, the school board, and anyone else getting paid to show up "whether they learn or not" - sick.
How are those people not in prison??? They clearly not only stole money but their long standing practices as a school board robbed all those kids of a proper education!!! It’s not right they should all be in prison even now!!!!!