Detroit Free Press, 1/23
Snyder: Detroit could be 'template' for education reform
By Ann Zaniewski and Lori Higgins
Gov. Rick Snyder said Thursday that the education reforms expected to unfold in Detroit could serve as a template for other communities across Michigan. First, those reforms have to take shape. Snyder said that whatever reforms will be enacted in Detroit, especially when it comes to improving academic achievement and transparency, could be replicated elsewhere. Tom Pedroni, an associate professor of curriculum studies at Wayne State University, isn't convinced that the coalition's model can be replicated across the state. Other communities in the nation - including New Orleans and Newark, N.J. - have used common enrollment systems but the research has been mixed on whether it's worked. The coalition, he said, will need to explain the research behind whatever recommendations it makes. "If anything, I think Detroit should be looking to successful models in other parts of Michigan," Pedroni said.