Editing Detroit (section)

==Education==
===Colleges and universities===
{{See also|Metro Detroit#Education|l1=Colleges and universities in Metro Detroit}}

[[File:UDMCollegeofBusinessAdministration.jpg|thumb|upright|College of Business Administration, [[University of Detroit Mercy]]]]

Detroit is home to several institutions of higher learning, including [[Wayne State University]] and the [[University of Detroit Mercy]]. [[Grand Valley State University]]'s Detroit Center hosts workshops, seminars, professional development, and other large gatherings. [[Sacred Heart Major Seminary]], founded in 1919, is affiliated with [[Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas]], ''Angelicum'' in Rome and offers pontifical degrees as well as civil undergraduate and graduate degrees. Other institutions in the city include the [[College for Creative Studies]] and [[Wayne County Community College]]. In June 2009, the [[Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine]] which is based in [[East Lansing, Michigan|East Lansing]] opened a satellite campus at the [[Detroit Medical Center]].

===Primary and secondary schools===
{{Further|Educational inequality in Southeast Michigan}}
{{As of|2016}} many K-12 students in Detroit frequently change schools<!--The cited quote means it applies to private, charter, and public-->, with some children having been enrolled in seven schools before finishing their K-12 careers. There is a concentration of senior high schools and [[charter schools]] in the downtown area, which had wealthier residents and more gentrification relative to other parts of Detroit: Downtown, northwest Detroit, and northeast Detroit have 1,894, 3,742, and 6,018 students of high school age, respectively, while they have 11, three, and two high schools, respectively.<ref name=Zernike>{{cite news|author=Zernike, Kate|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/us/for-detroits-children-more-school-choice-but-not-better-schools.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/us/for-detroits-children-more-school-choice-but-not-better-schools.html |archive-date=January 1, 2022 |url-access=limited|title=A Sea of Charter Schools in Detroit Leaves Students Adrift|newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 29, 2016|access-date=May 11, 2019|quote=Dawn Wilson's four oldest children have attended between five and seven schools each – not uncommon in Detroit – moving among charter schools, traditional schools, private religious schools and suburban districts that take Detroit students,}}{{cbignore}}</ref> {{As of|2016}} because of the lack of public transportation and the lack of school bus services, many Detroit families have to rely on themselves to transport children to school.<ref name="Zernike" />

With about 66,000 public school students (2011–12), the [[Detroit Public Schools]] (DPS) district is the largest [[school district]] in Michigan. Detroit has an additional 56,000 charter school students for a combined enrollment of about 122,000 students.<ref name=charter/><ref name="Enrollment">Dawsey, Chastity Pratt (October 20, 2011). Detroit Public Schools hits enrollment goal. ''Detroit Free Press''</ref> {{As of|2009}} there are about as many students in charter schools as there are in district schools.<ref>Winerip, Michael. [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/education/14winerip.html "For Detroit Schools, Mixed Picture on Reforms"]. ''The New York Times''. March 13, 2011. Retrieved on November 9, 2012.</ref> {{As of|2016}} DPS continues to have the majority of the special education pupils. In addition, some Detroit students, as of 2016, attend public schools in other municipalities<!--"suburban districts that take Detroit students"-->.<ref name=Zernike/>

With growing charter schools enrollment as well as a continued exodus of population, the city planned to close many public schools.<ref name=charter>Hing, Julianne (March 17, 2010).[http://colorlines.com/archives/2010/03/45_dps_schools_to_close_where_have_all_of_detroits_students_gone.html Where Have All The Students Gone?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201112018/http://colorlines.com/archives/2010/03/45_dps_schools_to_close_where_have_all_of_detroits_students_gone.html |date=February 1, 2015 }}. ''Color Lines.com''. Retrieved on August 19, 2010.</ref> State officials report a 68% graduation rate for Detroit's public schools adjusted for those who change schools.<ref>Shultz, Marissa and Greg Wilkerson (June 13, 2007).[http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070613/SCHOOLS/706130409/1003/METRO Graduation rate]. ''[[Detroit News]]''. Retrieved on March 17, 2009.{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="Detroitk12">[http://detroitk12.org/content/2007/06/15/study-on-districts-graduation-rate-is-wrong/ Detroit Public Schools news] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112042631/http://detroitk12.org/content/2007/06/15/study-on-districts-graduation-rate-is-wrong/ |date=January 12, 2018 }} (June 15, 2007). Retrieved February 13, 2017.</ref> Traditional public and charter school students in the city have performed poorly on standardized tests. {{Circa|2009}} and 2011, while Detroit traditional public schools scored a record low on national tests, the publicly funded charter schools did even worse than the traditional public schools.<ref>{{cite news | last=Resmovits | first=Joy | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/detroit-charter-high-schools-underperform_n_893327 | title=Detroit Charter High Schools Underperform Public Counterparts, Analysis Shows | work=[[HuffPost]] | date=July 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>Erb, Robin and Chastity Pratt Dawsey. [http://www.freep.com/article/20091208/NEWS01/91208020/Detroit-students-scores-record-low-national-test "Detroit students' scores a record low on national test"]. ''[[Detroit Free Press]]''. December 8, 2009.</ref> {{As of|2016}} there were 30,000 excess openings in Detroit traditional public and charter schools, bearing in mind the number of K-12-aged children in the city. In 2016, [[Kate Zernike]] of ''The New York Times'' stated school performance did not improve despite the proliferation of charters, describing the situation as "lots of choice, with no good choice".<ref name=Zernike/>

Detroit public schools students scored the lowest on tests of reading and writing of all major cities in the United States in 2015. Among eighth-graders, only 27% showed basic proficiency in math and 44% in reading.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lewis|first=Shawn D.|url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2015/10/28/national-assessment-educational-progress-detroit-math-reading-results/74718372/|title=Detroit worst in math, reading scores among big cities|website=Detroitnews.com|date=October 28, 2015|access-date=July 23, 2017}}</ref> Nearly half of Detroit's adults are [[Functional illiteracy|functionally illiterate]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/detroit-illiteracy-nearly-half-education_n_858307 |title=Nearly Half Of Detroit's Adults Are Functionally Illiterate, Report Finds | work=[[HuffPost]] |date=May 7, 2011}}</ref>

Detroit is served by various private schools, as well as parochial Roman Catholic schools operated by the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit|Archdiocese of Detroit]]. {{As of|2013}} there are four Catholic grade schools and three Catholic high schools in the City of Detroit, with all of them in the city's west side.<ref name=Cathschool>"[http://www.freep.com/article/20130201/NEWS01/302010079/Detroit-area-s-Catholic-schools-shrink-but-tradition-endures Detroit area's Catholic schools shrink, but tradition endures]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130204182232/http://www.freep.com/article/20130201/NEWS01/302010079/Detroit-area-s-Catholic-schools-shrink-but-tradition-endures Archive]). ''[[Detroit Free Press]]''. February 1, 2013. Retrieved on September 13, 2014.</ref> The Archdiocese of Detroit lists a number of primary and secondary schools in the metro area as Catholic education has emigrated to the suburbs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.educationreport.org/pubs/mer/article.aspx?id=7247 |title=Detroit Catholic high school 'sees God in the challenges' |website=Educationreport.org |date=August 16, 2005|access-date=July 1, 2010}}</ref><ref>Pratt, Chastity, Patricia Montemurri, and Lori Higgins. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120724104326/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1814901451.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+17%2C+2005&author=CHASTITY+PRATT%3B+PATRICIA+MONTEMURRI%3B+LORI+HIGGINS&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&desc=PARENTS%2C+KIDS+SCRAMBLE+AS+EDUCATION+OPTIONS+NARROW&pqatl=google "Parents, Kids Scramble As Education Options Narrow"].  ''[[Detroit Free Press]]''. March 17, 2005. A1 News. Retrieved on April 30, 2011.</ref> Of the three Catholic high schools, two are operated by the Society of Jesus and the third is co-sponsored by the [[Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary]] and the [[Congregation of St. Basil]].<ref name=AOD>{{cite web |url=http://www.aodonline.org/AODOnline/Catholic+Schools+2159/School+Locator+7699/SchoolLocator.htm#Z |title=Archdiocese of Detroit – Schools |publisher=Aodonline.org |access-date=July 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626022228/http://www.aodonline.org/AODOnline/Catholic+Schools+2159/School+Locator+7699/SchoolLocator.htm#Z |archive-date=June 26, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://detroitcristorey.org/about |title=About &#124; Detroit Cristo Rey High School |publisher=Detroitcristorey.org |access-date=July 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211040254/http://detroitcristorey.org/about |archive-date=February 11, 2010 }}</ref>