How To Help Detroit's Public Schools With The DPS Foundation's Pamela Moore
Our public school system in Detroit has a lot of needs. Not just for the district itself, but as a lot of families don't have money, a lot of programs that kids in the suburbs just do? Well, they don't in Detroit.
Like travel and fees to robotics competitions, for instance. Often in the suburbs, parents pick that up. In Detroit, often, the families don't have the money.
Here's some context. The median household income in the city of Detroit is less than $30,000 a year. Statewide, it's nearly $55,000. It's not just about what the district itself gets per student in state funding, but the…
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