I received the following comment with links from a reader. Does anyone reading this blog have knowledge of what is happening in Detroit and what is happening now that the “emergency manager” law is under court review?
The following two links show what is happening in Detroit right now. I find it interesting that the first link (which is to the later article), has comments to the effect that the two sides are committed to working together (presumably for the benefit of the students), yet the second link (which was posted a few days earlier) shows exactly the opposite. I so wish these adults would quit acting like three year olds.
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120824/SCHOOLS/208240360
By the way, is there any indication of what actual class sizes will be in DPS this year?
Diane Ravitch's blog 
You can’t really expect to get the unshellacked facts from the mainscream media.
Here are a couple of sources I follow by way of trying to keep up &mdash:
• Michigan Stands For Democracy
• Eclectablog • Emergency Manager Law
Dear Diane, Chaos is the only word that properly describes what’s happening in Detroit with schools being scheduled to open in less than one week, please read the following article http://www.freep.com/article/20120826/COL10/308260208/Rochelle-Riley-A-deaf-girl-a-black-teacher-lost-amid-DPS-chaos
http://labornotes.org/2012/08/detroit-schools-hit-class-size-explosion
Combining several negative features of reform: bribing families by distributing computers, regimenting the curriculum, computer-based instruction, and supposedly lowering the need for skilled teachers–check out this site: http://michigancitizen.com/eaa-provides-abstract-curriculum-p11534-1.htm