Detroit Schools Roiled By Corruption And Control Debate

TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Joe Szczesny, US-city-Detroit-auto-debt Clouds hover above the skyline January 1, 2015 in Detroit, Michigan. After the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history, Detroit hopes outsiders will see the city's potential not the histor

At least 12 current and former principals in the Detroit Public School system have been accused of taking part in a bribery and kickback scheme. It involved school supplies that were rarely delivered to children in the debt-ridden school system.

The charges came as lawmakers debate how to turn around the Detroit Public School system, and whether a string of state-appointed emergency managers have contributed to the its problems.

For more, Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Rick Pluta, capitol bureau chief of the Michigan Public Radio network.

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