DETROIT, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. secretary of education says Detroit's mayor should take control of the city's public school system, a move the existing school board has resisted.
Change for Better Schools, a business-backed coalition, pushed for a ballot measure to allow the mayor to take on the responsibility, essentially eliminating an elected 11-member school board, but community activists and the school board convinced the City Council to leave the issue off the ballot, The Detroit News reported Monday.