Why Detroit schools are falling apart | AJ+
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- Опубліковано 2 бер 2016
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Some of Detroit's schools are literally a mess. Budget cuts have led to maintenance problems, mold and mice. AJ+'s Dena Takruri dropped by Spain Elementary Middle School to talk with students, parents and staff to find out what's going on.
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Whoever donated those books just became some kid's hero.
Elephant Pancakes true
of course white family donated these book not that any black africans have shown any concern for their fellow blacks.
Elephant Pancakes o
CHERUSCI 14 you sound dumb
@@desiguy55 this is what blm should be spending money on rather than payibg blm rioters bail
I live in detroit and this doesn't just affect detroit educationally bur economically. Many parents and teachers leave the city BECAUSE of the failing school system.
+Say No More Vernor? Yeah. They're still there
+Omar Hinojosa2 The basis to economic success in the long-term is always education; this seems to have become anathema in the states though.
Education has gone to shit because schools are lowering standards for the kids whose parents aren't raising them. Detroit students get more funding than the national average, but still perform among the worst in the nation.
Auto Didact so they are dumbasses
@@Wood111112 THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN ACTION!!!!!!!
I guarantee someone is getting filthy rich off of this.
+uthamanj he takes the difference from the money the state saves and pockets it for himself.
+MeGusta GameStation but I'm sure when Kwame was in town, the cat had your tongue
+MeGusta GameStation but I'm sure when Kwame was in town, the cat had your tongue
Not the teachers. Most of them are making less than $400 a day. Some as low as $200. Sad.
snyder, city and state officials and the surrounding suburbs get Detroit money too.
The staggering amount of money that goes into the military and corporate welfare, but the American people are always told that there's never enough for domestic needs like education and schools.
Critical Thinking it isn't the problem, supposed billions go into schools in Detroit but it isn't showing results. The answer isn't more money, and it isn't an answer in the first place. It is a question. Where is the money Going? Everything in that school is dirt cheap and could run on a couple million as it is. Billions? Where is the money going?
Im sorry hut 7 or 8 trillion dollars go on improvfing U.S cities, China and America have the moet citys on earth. They have nice cities like, bejing, wahsington D..C nanjing, seattle, san fransisco, new york, changsa, shwnghi. But then the other sstuff isnt so well
the TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS tell us there's never enough money for schools. my grandparents went to one room shacks for schooling and turned out just fine.
chieftp That's exactly why we need to improve the school system. The fact that you can draw connections from 50-60 years ago to today in terms of infrastructure and the educational system really sucks, frankly, because that means that we've made very little progress since then. I am sure your grandparents are great people who turned out great and were very successful in life, but times have changed since then and demand is increasing for highly-skilled workers with bachelor's degrees at the minimum. The only way the US can meet those demands is by improving the foundation of education: elementary and middle schools. The only way kids can focus and learn properly is by going to an environment which is structurally sound and has relatively new technology so that they can learn efficiently. The fact that billions of dollars are going into the education system but this school can't even get 10 or 20 computers (total cost maybe $4000) which would last them years while our military gets all the latest guns really shows how screwed up we are not just as a nation, but also as a society in general.
that's why successful people send their kids to private schools. we need to get the government OUT of the education business altogether.
i live in detroit but i've never attended a detroit school cause the schools are horrible dawg, you dont learn shit, and the schools are just falling apart, and the teachers dont get paid enough. im glad this my senior year
+Yvng King Basically, America is fucked up!
***** what?
Yvng King And they said America is the best country in the world....yeah sure!
+MrGerrardify lol, who'd you hear that from? I live in America and while its nice and all, it definitely has its flaws. Also, you're judging an entire country from one state our of our 49 other ones. Pretty poor judgement on your part tbh.
me to
So America spends $700 or so billion dollars on defence but hardly anything on education....
A country so large needs a large military power in order to maintain it's freedom. My country cut down on military and now we can't even protect our borders.
Jason York yeah my school u need 8000$ per student Chromebooks supplies iPad wifi etc.
sebastian wilkins we need it for protection
sebastian wilkins ur an idiot we need protection rather than dumbasses
This isn’t true we only need 200 billion dollars if you really. Think about it
Michigan needs to take care of their state
As long as Republcans run it, it will never happen
+chris yates I am aware yes. But are you aware that a Republican governor is currently in office right? And that he is the one that cut the corners to save a couple million that caused this. ……right?
+chris yates it is the governor that decides how much money is spent for public education. And Rick Snyder, a Republican, is currently the governor. So yes, this typically a democratic state, is under Republican rule.
+chris yates Califon has a different kind of system where we can bypass congress when they dont get shit done.. the Initiative system. Its very imperfect however, and moneyed interests are able to take advantage of signature collections since they are able to recruit and pay people to collect them. But that's California! Btw, idk if your old enough, but yes, Calif is very liberal, yet in the 90's, under Pete Wilson, the anti immigrant bill, 187 was voted in...... my point being is that although it is liberal, it is conservatives who are the most likely to vote, while minorities and the poorer ad the least..... which makes up a huge part of Detroit. It is the state government, not the city government that decides how money is spent for public schools. There Is a Republican governor, who could care less about poor blacks..... "pick yourself up by your boot straps" is a Republican saying. And I'm, not putting democrats holding seats in the state legislature beyond apathy, or corruption, but it has a MOST to do with Rick Snyder, the slime ball who allowed for the Flint water crisis and knew about it for years.
+chris yates another point. Did u know that Flint's mayor is Democrat? Yet it's Republican Rick Snyder, again, who fucked up their water. To save a few million to give it to his corporate buddies, he cut regulations allowing for this crisis. Then he turns around and asked the Federal government for money to fix it. Vote Republican all u want, but know that what they love to do is use YOUR tax dollars to give to the wealthy. Money that you worked hard for, then when you complain and say "hey, if I'm paying all these taxes, maybe I should get something in return!" And they yell "entitlement!! Don't ask what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country!" All while they fucking rob you!
The school would have been so nice before it fell apart with a pool, music room, dance studio, gym
In the Philippines where we can't rely on our own government to provide our public schools with it's own chairs, desks or funds for maintenance and repair, the community itself tries to solve these problems. In what we like to call the "School Brigade", the parents of the children get involved. They go to the school regularly to clean and help in whatever way they can, the classrooms or the halls of the school, etc, yet majority of our schools still look terrible compared to the schools featured here.
What point are you trying to make
What point are you trying to make
+Alex Espinosa I think he's trying to say that a country like Philippeans that is percieved as a poor nation experiences the same thing some regions in America experience despite not many people considering America a poor country (despite the rampant poverty)
+Shadowstar1922 I see
detroit is spending 18k $ per student every year... what are the schools administrators doing with those money?
Jang buying things for themselves
That's what I'm thinking. What in god's name are they doing in Detroit??!!
pocketing it and buying drugs likely.
I myself attended Detroit schools growing up. What caused this: the parents of the children.
I met five kids in eight grades of school that "tried" at anything besides recess.
Lack of discipline and no desire to self-teach with self-responsibility.
2:48 Kid looks scared to death to be in there. I wonder if the family made it out of Detroit alive?
This is not only ridiculous but it's very sad that this is happening in America !!!! I feel sorry for everyone involved the students the teachers and the parents and that couple that drove to bring supplies are amazing people 💝
The U.S.A. should send their army in to repair Michigan. The state that Michigan is in is a bigger threat to national security then Syria or afghanistan. Have it do something constructive for once instead of destructive.
Don't lump the rest of the state in with Detroit
Why not? Much of the state seems to be in a similar situation. The high levels of lead in many of the state's cities drinking water alone should considered a threat to national security. Unlike Syria, it is actually killing american citizens
Zach Crawford what about bombing the dumb black people(FYI I'm not saying all blacks are dumb,just the ones in Detroit)
Gameplays And more violence begets violence. If you wanna fix Detroit bring in more police, renovate those 1 dollar houses then allow law abiding citizens to live there with low property taxes that will increase gradually. As for the schools increase the budget. That’s my take on how to fix it anyway
lol isis is in DETROIT not in syria
where's BLM? I'm being serious, if anything, this is what they should be for...these lives matter.
Laser Circus BLM just like the #metoo movement got hijacked by privileged upper class kids. Poor black lives don’t matter, they never did.
Education funding is biased towards attendance and test scores. Even within a well-funded district, there is still major bias towards the smarter kids. I’m in the gifted program myself, but my friend who isn’t says they get less budget.
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I'm going to teach here when im older. I've always felt comfortable in NC because it's where I grew up but seeing this I want to help. I've had expeirence in band and was the top student in a band of 100. I can play 6 instruments (French horn trumpet tuba percussion clarinet flute) Once I graduate college in 2025 I'm going straight to Detroit and I'm going to apply for a job at the school
Good luck! I'm quite sure you'll regret trying to help and would look forward to quit. These people commonly have behavioral issues
2:30 that's me in the dark blue shirt foreal and ive been at that school for 4 years and I loved the principal ive been on principal honor roll and I loved that school so much
Wow. The family from Iowa are just awesome.
I remember a glass breaking in my school, a week after it was repaired.
I love those kids saying that they want to be doctors when they grow up. That's awesome if they work hard and stay in school they can definitely become doctors
Kids were coached on what to say. Don't forget these greedy union teachers walked on on these children with their hand out demanding more money.
@@melvinjohnson7033 greedy or they should be paid appropriately for their labor?
Ain't got that problem in Finland
@Thoughts of Dat Boi You say that as if you're some smart paragon of academic achievement. Which judging by your profile picture and youtube account I can tell that you'd probably be looked at as a stupid bum yourself if you ever got out into the real world.
@Kobra Has nothing do with race, but eviromental factors kids a raised up in.
"Is there any incentive for [people to teach in Detroit]?"
"No monetary incentive. No." "The only incentive would be the children."
Teaching is a profession like any other in the sense that no matter how much you love what you do, there is a breaking point where you have to say this is not enough to make me keep doing this and you move on.
If you want to bring in talented teachers, develop them, and retain them, there is only so much you can get from ONLY the children.
i wish somebody had a heart like that guy
Why did this happen to Detroit not Michigan??
All public schools should get the same amount of funding. The yearly budget for the schools should be divided by however many schools there are and distributed accordingly.
@Ramen Lover My point still stands.
It's not racist at all
I'm grateful I don't live in Detroit
I go to a performing arts school it’s actually vapa visual and performing arts anyway I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT so it breaks my heart that they don’t even have a performing arts teacher. It’s really disappointing it doesn’t make sense why are the schools being treated with such poor care by the government education is so important I feel so bad that it’s not being taken so seriously.
Very, very sad.
Bruhh almost all of Serbian public schools are like this...
2:36 thats me with dark blue shirt with my 2 friends
It's simple Math. Almost half the money to fund Public Schools comes from Local property taxes . The rest comes from State and Federal Money. Jobs left Detroit ages ago. The remaining population does not make enough money to support their community. This city needs to focus on a few schools and close the rest. Math doesn't lie and doesn't care about politics, color, or Religion.
next they'll say the water is bad
this breaks my heart. i wish Canada could take over the u.s. so i could live there and help
are u dumb
@Meat exactly
Are we sure this is a school because it looks like and sound like a prison to me!
i can’t even imagine what their school food is like
Bro Ben that sounds like some seriously undercooked meat
Theses women in charge of the school looks is so calm and responsible for the situation, so many peaple would scream at the camera but you feel they know what works and what doesn't to help their situation.
2:30 is me with braids with dark blue shirt
Dang i never knew i had it so good here.Also note to self never go to detroit.
If had the money I would donate computers and supplies to the school
2:31 hey! That's me! And my two friends!
I should show this video to the kids that say our school is in bad shape.
Aw I was gonna say people should volunteer but I just got to that part that’s very sweet
I’m a whole 3 years late lmao but it’s not just spain Ele. That’s doing bad it’s a lot of dps schools that lake a lot especially elementary and middle school. Honestly if you didn’t go to the 3 big middle schools or the top high schools you can forget having decent teachers and a decent school experience and it’s not all good even at the top. It comes from many factors such as parents not raising their children to want to do anything in school and having people in charge who don’t know what they are doing. I’m a Junior in dps as of right now and I’ve had to deal with this stuff for years 🤷♀️
It’s sad to see video on how bad our schools are looking in the inside.
I believe putting money where it’s needed it’s so important.
Not building a wall. The will be the biggest waste of money.
And they wonder why the madness is going on in certain neighborhood.
how can this be happening in 2018, the kids are our future, we don't stand a chance is this continues !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHATTTTT??????? Someone needs to be held accountable for this, fix this!!!
+RadyoMusic Sadly, there is no money to fix it. The private sector is milking the money out of the GOV.
They did a multi-year study between inner city Detroit public schools and Wyandot public schools (whose students performed better). They increased the funding for Detroit public schools, almost double the amount of funding for Wyandot schools and they found out that the Detroit students ended up performing WORSE in the following years!
You listen to that Detroit teacher and she can’t even speak English normally, “expecially..” The f?
Until schools are equitably funded Nationwide, this will never change...it's really unfortunate and unacceptable!!
I wish I had money to go to a private school
+youjustgotrolled I wish our taxes were used for public schools that served everyone.
I'm sad to see what's going on but also I'm happy that at my school it isn't like this but the kids deserves better
Why they have to have those heavy coats in the school ? As well them kids look cold.
When I was in Elementary school I once seen a dead rat in the office on the floor I told one of the ladies she ran screaming and the principle came out and put in a box and took it out me and my friend was cracking up even though we was in trouble for something we did at lunch!😂😂😂😂
2:20 l don't think everything is because of race it may be in this however slightly
The haves, the have nots and the have nothings... It is the SAME in south africa... and our government just turns a blind eye...
those hi hats are annoying makes it hard to focus on the video.
At 3:11 doesn't it look like angry cops?
The unions caused this with their bloated pensions and dishonest pension accounting.
There's a lot of finger-pointing going around for the recline Detroit scoop both black and white a like
How much taxes are actually coming outta of these peoples pockets? Where are the windows and doors?
0:01 the girl that’s looking back she’s my old friend
now if my school district could be fixed
This is how the best schools in Brazil look like.
Well here in Texas we are good in economy
i knew a girl growing up from detroit. her family left *because* of the school system.
bus them out to suburban schools till all the detroit schools are fixed
They suburban schools aren't a whole lot better. The state, and for that matter, the region, is failing.
#FixDetroitPublicSchools
They just need a new whole school building at this point.
I honestly believe education is overrated! Life skills is more important in today’s world. You get that you’ll do ok. I don’t mean learning how to hustle or drugs either.
Home of the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Pistons, Detroit Lions, and Detroit Red Wings. Detroit, Motor City of America once was. The majority of the technicians and engineers in Ford Motor Company are foreigners.
Gym roof in poor condition is unacceptable. However, a gym should not effect reading and math scores. Excuse teaching is unacceptable.
Agree or not I don’t care
But I don’t see how this is environmental or educational racism I just don’t. The people chose to live in a place that is having these problems but they have a choice to move out if they work for the money and move to a better environment. Same for the educational stuff I can see why people are saying educational racism but at the end of the day it’s not the schools fault it’s the people who are running the school and the people who are in charge of that. Find people who care to take care of these things and we won’t have problems.
Yup
Yeah, yeah, blame the government. Why didn’t aj+ showed the teachers cars? Bet you they got better cars than you and me. This is a problem from the inside, the structure needs to be taken apart then reconstruct from the ground up.
One word. Black
+Cody Lindsey one world. many car factories moved to China.
It's the unregulated trade. We need to bring jobs back. The problem is that there is no monetary incentive for companies.
Cody Lindsey ok cody 😐
It's not a "lack of funding" its just racial discrimination, and it makes me sick
The video is very sad. it is extremely tragic this elementary school is in such terrible conditions.
This is whats crazy a f to me. I was watching the recent detroit presidential debates. A bunch of stuffed suits arguing like stooges over bad policy. I thought to myself, here are a bunch of millionaires, in the middle of detroit, trying to win over the public cooperation. They are enclosed, and pretty much disconnected from the general atmosphere, and it shows, especially when they talk of what issues are. I thought to myself, if one of these fools wanted to be elected, and be identified with Team USA, why are none of them outside, walking the streets, talking to people, and discussing the current conditions of things(and how to solve the ills of the general citizenry)? when they discuss the budget, but don't discuss poverty.
Instead we have these aristocrats, on a stage, surrounded by sycophants - totally separate from the people, places, things, and issues in which they claim to be addressing and representing. The event is reported by all mainstream news outlets. nobody mentioned that while Aristocrats were putting on a circus inside there was crumbling impoverishment outside. a bunch of security guards, agents and teams in between them too.
Because instead of going home and doing homework their grandma hands them a bag to sell on the corner.
They need major help.
Hopefully President Sanders can crib the idea from the West Wing where the US government would pay for the schooling of potential teachers willing to work in low income school districts
the girl that is looking up with black an white beads is my best friend when i was at that school i miss it her name is ajah luis sorry i dont know how to spell her name
Cheyenne White
She was your friend but you cannot even spell her name??
@@Celisar1 this was my other account and sorry I was like 8-9 years old..
ThinMxnts
Thanks for your explanation. The best to you.
"... if you've seen a rat or a mouse..." ? you know those are very, very different rodents, yes? The problem is that when you start out inflating the problem, it makes it seem as if the problem isn't that serious. Don't do it!
Bottom line is the politicians in charge don't give a dam about people there.
Who is telling the story ? It's a no brainer ?
Would such a thing be tolerated in European countries?
where is all the happiness and celebrations concerning Detroit??. its a mission accompli ..... a success . a success of liberal politics and governance. a true liberal success story.
BERNIE SANDERS 2016
jesus reyes :'(
capitalism values Money...not people.
Black run areas don't value billions in federal and state funds thrown their way. Wasted money.
What would you rather have instead of capitalism?
Economic system that values money - Capitalism
Economic system that values people - Socialism
But you would rather have socialism over capitalism, right?
That's a straw man argument. Capitalism values the people's right to become what they want and be rewarded accordingly, it isn't perfect, and that's why we have a regulated form of capitalism in the US. Socialism is just the redistribution of wealth (the same thing the US does except on a greater scale), but it makes it so there is less of a economic drive to create businesses, make inventions, etc.
Q. Why Detroit Schools Are Falling Apart?
A. Capitalism, lack of Democracy, Equity and Equality.
Dawson Clark
I'm not the one with busted arse schools and capitalist tyrants corrupting my governments, champ.
You simply aren't an objective, rational and factual person, so get conned by capitalist bullshit and tyranny.
When the private sector and government combine; that's fascism, you-wantonly- ignorant-sorry-sot.
*****
Sure, going back to the roots of US society would certainly fix it.
It's the destruction of the USA's once strong social systems that's the problem, as we see from this very clip.
The cash in the offshore bank accounts of sociopathic capitalists should be in the pockets, local economies and even schools of regular people; rather than concentrated within the private sector.
You simply haven't got any credible sources, nor information and simply regurgitate capitalist (fascist) rantings, so you're screwed.
Objectivity, rationality and credible sources - find them.
*****
Fella, no objective, rational and factual person cares about your scaremongering on socialism.
You simply don't have any credible notions on socialism and just keep ranting about something you clearly have no idea about.
The USA is a socialist society, just like the Swiss and even the UK.
Democracy is inherently socialist and revolves on EQUITY and EQUALITY, you-capitalist-propaganda-swallowing-stooge.
You need to look up American Enlightenment for the basic foundation you're so clearly missing:
www.iep.utm.edu/amer-enl/
*****
You don't have anything from a credible economist. You have the ravings of fascist/corporate/capitalist propaganda outlets, that are bought and payed for by lunatics like Murdoch and the Kochs, and now some pissweak appeal to authority.
No credible economist supports your claims, nor the claims of capitalists.
+Abyss Spectre The Government can not fund services in a proper manner if the private sector is milking out the money.
Dafuq USA what are you doing to yourself!?
+MACK as an american i can tell you the problem is the existance of capitalism, corrupt wall street, and conservists excistance at the same time are the reason why america benn fucking up. Corrupt wall street use the rules of capitalism to cheat the fuckin world to get richer and they use consertists system to not to pay taxes so basiclly aprox 200 Billion dollars are lost each year which means people get poorer
Tony Mathew Yeah, I know man, I'm kind of a swedish Bernie supporter. But I never stop being amazed of all the new crazy and stupid things I hear about what's going on over there.
MACK the fact that conservtist still exists in our country shows how fuckin stupid ny country is. And the fact that we can can't catch up with the rest of the world policies like Germany and Sweden and Canada shows that we might end up a thrid world country. And the fact that trump has supporters........
MACK blam the state and the mayer
We, as the black community need to embrace education more and the better students, teachers and parents will follow. The schools would be stronger. How many of those kids' parents did you see in this video who demanded change or brought help to this school? Asians have what they do because they have strong families and strong commitment to education.
This really sucks
Unfortunately, too many of these comments are tied to racial biases & prejudices without facts! The bottom line is unless children are given the proper resources (textbooks, tutors, computers, etc.) along with the right amount of support & guidance from teachers, instructional assistants, etc.; they are doomed to fail regardless of their skin color!! This is more of a social economic (money) issue not just about race!!! Recognize it!!!!
You can thank dems and gangs for this
the kids out up ther hand bevore you even said rat or mous 0:00 you told them to rase ther hands
simple answer democrats
Can't have nothin in Detroit
seems like everything is "falling apart" once it becomes a chocolate house/neighborhood/city/nation.