Detroit schools crisis: Time to act 'is now,' governor says

CNN: Detroit Public Schools are in a crisis and the "time to act is now," Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said Tuesday night in his State of the State address.

"The Detroit schools are in need of a transformational change," he told lawmakers.

Snyder says he wants the current $1,100 per student being spent to service debt to be shifted to give classroom teachers the resources they need.

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