Public education in America made this country great, but the racist tidal wave
dissolving "Urban" schools in Michigan lead by Governor Snyder is the New
Trail of Tears. Under this governor, urban schools have deteriorated into
community eyesores and crime havens which are destroying the fabric of
minority neighborhoods, and being replaced by experimental private models
which have been proven ill equipped to provide quality learning environments.
These institutions deny students with learning disabilities and other challenges
an equal opportunity to an education, creating truly separate and unequal
systems between white and black once again.
Earl Rickman
Past President, National Association of School Boards
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