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发帖数: 19398 | 1 KELLY MCEVERS, HOST:
Many Detroit public schools re-open today after being closed at the
beginning of the week. That's because too many teachers had called in sick
in protest. These sick-outs have become more common in recent weeks.
Michigan Radio's Sarah Cwiek reports, they've drawn criticism and attention
to a school district in freefall.
SARAH CWIEK, BYLINE: Crystal Fischer saw it on the news Monday morning. Her
5-year-old son's school was closed because too many teachers had called in
sick. Fischer made do for that day, but when she got the call on Tuesday the
school was closed again, the working single mom wasn't too happy.
CRYSTAL FISCHER: It may be an issue with the teachers, but shoot, sure they'
re causing issues with the parents. They're making us suffer.
CWIEK: Fischer didn't really understand what the teachers were so upset
about. She has noticed one thing at her son's school, though.
FISCHER: The classrooms are overcrowded. Too many kids to one teacher.
CWIEK: Overcrowding is just one item on the long list of complaints Detroit
teachers have.
MIKE DUGGAN: I've seen some very well-maintained buildings, and I've seen
some buildings that would break your heart.
CWIEK: That's Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, who toured some schools Tuesday
vowing to fix the most egregious building problems like black mold and
collapsing ceilings. But Duggan's powers are limited because the state has
run the Detroit public schools for almost seven years now through a series
of so-called emergency managers.
DUGGAN: And it's been seven years in of enrollment decline, deficits, test
score decline and now a third of the money coming to the schools is being
diverted to debt.
CWIEK: That's $3.5 billion of debt, some of it short-term borrowing run up
by the district's emergency managers, who are supposed to put the schools'
finances back on solid footing. But many here argue that emergency
management has made bad situations even worse, Nina Chacker is a special
education teacher here.
NINA CHACKER: The state has created debt after debt after debt.
CWIEK: Chacker says teachers are now at a breaking point.
CHACKER: People leave every single week and (laughter), they need us at this
point. Like, they cannot get people to work in Detroit.
CWIEK: The teachers union has not organized or even formally condoned the
sick-outs. It's struggling with its own internal political divisions.
Chacker says the push comes from the teachers, and she says they're doing it
for the students.
CHACKER: There are kids that are easy to take advantage of, and I will fight
as hard as I can to ensure that that doesn't happen.
CWIEK: That's not how district and state officials see it. They say the sick
-outs just hurt students and parents, and they've accused the teachers of
using them as pawns and engaging in illegal wildcat strikes. Michelle
Zdrodowski is a spokeswoman for the Detroit public schools' emergency
manager. She says they all understand Detroit teachers' frustration.
MICHELLE ZDRODOWSKI: But when teachers continue to do these sick-outs, it
makes our efforts to talk to the legislature and get them to say yes to
investing in DPS that much more difficult.
CWIEK: Today, bills for a bankruptcy-style restructuring were finally
introduced in Lansing. That overhaul is Governor Rick Snyder's plan for the
district, but the response has been lukewarm at best. The governor also
faces another huge political crisis right now - Flint's water contamination
disaster. He's got to figure it all out, though. Otherwise, the Detroit
public schools will go broke before the end of the school year. For NPR News
, I'm Sarah Cwiek in Detroit.
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发帖数: 29853 | 2 这个我在美新版贴过类似的新闻。
好像底特律被州政府接管之后，破产是不会了，但是各种福利削减严重，政府雇员利益
受损，教师们在工会的支持下轮流请病假，来达到变相罢工的目的。他们最新的办法是
在互联网上贴视频说底特律的教育环境有多惨。
孩子，纳税人的利益受损最大。
密州更大的惨事是某个城市自来水含铅，已经惨到派兵挨家挨户送水。州长在请求总统
帮忙。现在在调查当初切换自来水供应来源时，为啥水质量报表上的数字都是对的。玩
弄数字者，可以判五年。
受害者，还是孩子，因为铅对小孩影响最大。作为父母，感同身受。 | a*****g
发帖数: 19398 | 3 祸不单行啊。
决策者——机危阵溃则勿下
【在 f**********n 的大作中提到】
: 这个我在美新版贴过类似的新闻。
: 好像底特律被州政府接管之后，破产是不会了，但是各种福利削减严重，政府雇员利益
: 受损，教师们在工会的支持下轮流请病假，来达到变相罢工的目的。他们最新的办法是
: 在互联网上贴视频说底特律的教育环境有多惨。
: 孩子，纳税人的利益受损最大。
: 密州更大的惨事是某个城市自来水含铅，已经惨到派兵挨家挨户送水。州长在请求总统
: 帮忙。现在在调查当初切换自来水供应来源时，为啥水质量报表上的数字都是对的。玩
: 弄数字者，可以判五年。
: 受害者，还是孩子，因为铅对小孩影响最大。作为父母，感同身受。
| N*********6
发帖数: 2302 | 4 You are a coward, by behaving 不站队伍。
Shame on you.
【在 a*****g 的大作中提到】
: 祸不单行啊。
: 决策者——机危阵溃则勿下
| f**********n
发帖数: 29853 | 5 现在的确有声音让州长下台，不过州长刚宣布公开所有自来水记录，不会下台。
【在 a*****g 的大作中提到】
: 祸不单行啊。
: 决策者——机危阵溃则勿下
| f**********n
发帖数: 29853 | 6 我横溢的才华啊
该如何
把你掩饰
【在 N*********6 的大作中提到】
: You are a coward, by behaving 不站队伍。
: Shame on you.
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