Kenquest Academy in Grayling will serve pregnant teens and young mothers from across the state. There they will learn core academic subjects and specific skills to equip them for the challenges they face as teenage parents. The Woodward Academy in Detroit is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and several Detroit area groups serving high-risk students in grades 5 through 9. Our relative success on a global scale is not in spite of ineffective public schools, but because of strong ones. However, many schools are not as effective as they need to be in meeting the rapidly changing needs of growing numbers of less advantaged students.
Charter schools are a bold and promising opportunity to improve all our schools.