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Newly Renovated DPS Schools Greet Returning Students
Newly Renovated DPS Schools

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DPS New Online Parent Resources
DPS New Online Parent Resources

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DPS Enrollment Campaign Gets Underway
DPS Enrollment Campaign Gets Underway

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DPS Union Plans to Challenge Pay Cut in Court
DPS Union Plans to Challenge Pay Cut

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DPS Unions Suing in Effort to Halt Wage Cuts
DPS Unions Suing in Effort to Halt Cuts

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DPS Buildings with no Air Conditioning to Close Early Wednesday
DPS Buildings with no AC Closing Early

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Report Charges DPS Has Failed To Hire Enough City Residents For Construction Jobs
DPS Falls Short on Hiring Promise

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Former DPS Superintendent Ken Burnley Dies
Former Superintendent Ken Burnley Dies

Former Detroit Public Schools Superintendent Kenneth Burnley, …

DPS Holds Public Hearing On Newly Proposed Budget
DPS Public Meeting On New Budget

The new head of Detroit Public Schools is on a mission to make …

Let It Rip: DPS' New Direction and Detroit's Murder Rate
Let It Rip: DPS' New Direction

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DPS Emergency Manager: "Stop the Bleeding"
DPS Manager: "Stop the Bleeding"

The Detroit school's new emergency manager says he's focused on…

Front and Center: The State of Detroit Public Schools

Updated: Sunday, 04 Sep 2011, 7:15 PM EDT
Published : Sunday, 04 Sep 2011, 7:15 PM EDT

    FOX 2 SPECIAL REPORT - It's SOS for the DPS. The district faces a gargantuan deficit, low test scores, high dropout rates and declining enrollment.

    So where to begin?

    That question becomes Front and Center in a FOX 2 special report: The State of Detroit Public Schools.

    Roop Raj teamed up with fellow FOX 2 reporters Charlie LeDuff and Andrea Isom to tackle some of the biggest issues plaguing the district.

    Front and Center: The State of Detroit Public Schools has been divided in three parts, which can be viewed by clicking on the video player above.

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