To argue that she has been even moderately successful with her approach, we would have to ignore the legitimate concerns of local and national charter reformers who know the city well, and ignore the possibility that Detroit charters are taking advantage of loose oversight by cherry - picking
students, and ignore the very low test score
growth in Detroit compared with other cities
on the urban NAEP, and ignore the policy alternatives that seem to work better (for example, closing low - performing charter schools), and ignore the very low scores to which Detroit charters are being compared, and ignore the
negative effects of virtual schools, and ignore the
negative effects of the only statewide voucher programs that provide the best comparisons with DeVos's national agenda.