Sherri Welch
- Detroit’s ranking as the lowest performing school district in the country is not surprising, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker said Thursday. It’s a symptom of Detroit's highly racialized character, he told attendees of Detroit Homecoming at Cass Technical High School. “It should come as no surprise the schools would find themselves in this situation,” he said, noting there’s an often unrecognized relationship between race, poverty and intergenerational
Sherri Welch
- Detroit’s ranking as the lowest performing school district in the country is not surprising, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker said Thursday. It’s a symptom of Detroit's highly racialized character, he told attendees of Detroit Homecoming at Cass Technical High School. “It should come as no surprise the schools would find themselves in this situation,” he said, noting there’s an often unrecognized relationship between race, poverty and intergenerational