Word: detroits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mayor, I know only too well that the central cities of this nation--Newark and Cleveland and Detroit--must be counted among Vietnam's victims. And yet now that our involvement in the war has ended, and as the President begins plans for reconstructing North Vietnam, the rebuilding of Urban American will have to wait...
...their heavy tax bills. They overwhelmingly defeated last November a referendum sponsored by Governor William G. Milliken that would have abolished local property taxes as the basic method of financing public schools. Voters feared the proposal would lead to higher income taxes, mostly for the benefit of Detroit. Since then, the state Supreme Court has followed the precedent set by other states and ruled that Michigan's unequal funding of schools is unconstitutional. It left to the legislature, however, the details of what might be a more equitable way of paying for schools. The formula is likely...
Even so, not enough time may be left to save Detroit. Despite eleventh-hour negotiations with legislators, the board of education made no changes in its plan to close down. "Closing will be somewhat precipitate," says Superintendent Charles Wolfe, "because we don't have the time-nor should we take it-for an orderly closing. There are few school days left, and I want to take advantage of every one of them...
...other jobs. Unless amended by the legislature, existing state aid will be reduced because the distribution formula is based on how many days the schools are in session this year. Federal aid, school officials fear, may also be jeopardized. Thus, far from solving its financial problems by closing early, Detroit schools figure to have even worse ones next year...
...especially alarming aspect of school violence is the growing number of assaults upon teachers in many cities across the country. New York, for example, recorded 541 such attacks last year-almost double the 285 reported in 1971. Detroit averages 25 assaults on teachers every month. The result is that many teachers are afraid of their students and incapable of imposing the discipline needed for teaching...