A Rose for Detroit Blog

As we excitedly sat in the movie theater, waiting for “The Hunger Games” to begin, I paused to reflect on how important it was to my daughter that the film version of a favorite book be true to the story. We had been eagerly waiting for this moment for a whole year. ... Read More

Eight schools. Newberry, Fitzgerald, Wilkins, Von Stueben, Butzel, Munger, Burbank and Cass Tech. These are all of the Detroit public schools I attended while growing up. My experience over 20 years ago, unfortunately, is still the experience of many children in Detroit. There is a great deal of transiency among school-age children driven both by poverty and by school choice. ... Read More