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Wayne County Judge Rules Roberts to Lose Academic Control Over DPS Posted: 15 Aug 2012 09:59 AM PDT The Detroit Board of Education will regain its control over academics in the Detroit Public Schools (DPS), following a ruling by Wayne County Circuit Judge John Murphy on Tuesday, August 14. The Associated Press reported that DPS Emergency Manager Roy Roberts will retain control over financial matters involving the school district. In addition, the state will retain control of several schools in the system that Roberts had transferred over to a new state-sponsored district for low-performing schools.

Back to school – and new common standards? Posted: 15 Aug 2012 06:26 AM PDT Democracy is like herding cats – and so is education reform. As America's public schools consider new common standards in subjects such as math and language arts, it's time to act on these standards while the cats are all in the same room.

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