The Detroit public school system is almost entirely a non-white student body; US News puts the portion of white students at 2.4%, blacks at 80.8%, Hispanics at 14.5%, and the rest a mix. Naturally, based on that demographic make-up alone, you know the dysfunction is rampant. So, it should come as no surprise that Detroit public schools have a severe truancy problem—last year, a Michigan outlet reported that more than half of the public school kids “regularly miss class,” noting that “chronic absenteeism” is a persistent problem.
School officials in Detroit will pay even more kids thousands of dollars to attend school
