Mich. Governor Names Detroit Manager
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Mich. Governor Names Detroit Manager

By Ann Bradley — February 10, 2009 1 min read
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Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm of Michigan has named Robert C. Bobb, a former member of the District of Columbia school board and city administrator in Oakland, Calif., as the emergency financial manager of the 94,000-student Detroit public schools.

Ann Bradley
Ann Bradley formerly was a Staff Writer for Education Week.

A version of this article appeared in the February 11, 2009 edition of Education Week

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