School's Out Forever
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In the last half-century, Detroit lost more than half its population. Those leaving the city were mostly white people who fled to the suburbs. As a result, the tax base was destroyed and the black population that remains has had to govern a 139-square-mile city with limited resources.
With an aging infrastructure built for twice the existing population, the school district has to shut down and vacate school buildings every year. In 2007, the ...
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