Test scores had been sliding. Allen Academy's ACT composite score dropped from 15.5 in 2011-12 to 14 in 2014-15. By comparison, the 2014-15 composite score was 16.5 for Detroit Public Schools.

Five Michigan charter schools are slated to close, including Detroit’s Allen Academy, a state charter school association said Tuesday. The Michigan Association of Public School Academies said ...

Only 46,000 or so kids now attend Detroit Public Schools, with 36,000 in charters, and 25,000 leaving the city to attend schools in the suburbs. More than 230 schools have been closed or ...