Engler has proposed giving Detroit parents the power to take over and run public schools if they believe they can be better managed. The so-called "freedom schools" plan would require legislative approval.
"I've been causing a little ruckus by talking about this publicly," Engler told the Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce. Richmond, a city of 4,100, is in northern Macomb County and is friendly turf for the Republican governor seeking a third four-year term in November.
Only 30 percent of Detroit high school freshmen graduate on schedule four years later, Engler said.
"Seventy percent of those who are ninth graders will
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