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A problem the Detroit schools face is debts. As stated in the article,"For years, money intended for students has instead been paying off old loans." The reason this is a problem is because the schools' academic achievement has consistently ranked among the worst in American cities, and the schools' much-needed repairs have gone unaddressed. In comparison to Cane Ridge, we are provided with many things for our education. For example, buying all the students in the school composition books to improve our writing skills. Another problem is that teachers in Detroit schools are not being paid at all for their job. As stated in the article, " For decades, teachers have walked out regularly, battling against pay cuts, driving exasperated parents
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