August 13, 2009 12:14PM 

# Get Kids Out of the Detroit Public School System 

By [Adam B. Schaeffer](https://www.cato.org/people/adam-b-schaeffer) 

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Oh, the hits keep on coming out of Detroit. From the *[WSJ](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125012223083427629.html)* today:

> Five employees of the Detroit public school system were charged Wednesday with multiple felonies as part of an investigation into alleged corruption and the loss of tens of millions of dollars in school funds.

Here’s my take on the depraved crapulence ([not](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/crapulence) a scatological [reference](http://www.tvloop.com/the-simpsons/show/quotes/top10/monty-burns-605) ;))

of the Detroit Public school system and its unions and what to do about it

(and an article [here](http://www.freep.com/article/20090804/OPINION05/90804027/1231/opinion/De-fund-the-Detroit-Public-Schools)).

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[Education](https://www.cato.org/education), [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Center for Educational Freedom](https://www.cato.org/center-educational-freedom) 

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