This may not seem like Hacker News. But it's of interest to anyone who cares about the intellectual future. Here's an excerpt from an email written by the President of the Detroit School Board:<p><i>Do DPS control the Foundation or outside group? If an outside group control the foundation, then what is DPS Board row with selection of is director? Our we mixing DPS and None DPS row's, and who is the watch dog?</i><p>Detroit's teachers report to the person who reports to the person who reports to him, more or less, so the average teacher's writing skills could well be <i>worse</i>.