The Detroit City Council decided in a 6-3 vote last month not to put the question of mayoral control of city schools on the November ballot. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Michigan Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm, a Democrat, had both publicly urged the board to let voters decide whether to shift control of the city’s troubled schools from the 11-member elected board of education to the mayor.
A version of this article appeared in the August 11, 2010 edition of Education Week as ‘No’ Vote on Mayoral Control
