Detroit and its public schools

Detroit and its public schools are probably in the worst shape of any American city.  Here are two videos: Detriot's Giant Dropout Factory (http://dropoutnation.net/2010/06/28/watch-detroits-giant-dropout-factory) and John Merrow's Devastation in Detroit: Fighting Like Children...Over Children In Detroit (http://learningmatters.tv/blog/on-the-newshour/devastation-in-detroit-fighting-like-childrenover-children-in-detroit/4495/#2).