'foreca it:
• I
for D m
n-d- Black
90'
tim
troit
certain out tate arc
in neral and the Republican
Party in p rticul r.
R rt LaBr nt, vice pr i-
dent of polictical affairs and
generalcoun. 'Iofthe ichi an
.. tate Chamber f mm rcc
. '
said the 1990 federal cen u
finding c uld cos t ichig n
two cats in Congr 5S nd shift
four or five t t ats in th
Michi an Le . latur. I
LaBr nt id a a result of
reapportionment, the st te
uld 10 two e ts in the U ..
Hou e. ichi 'an repre-
ent tion in the U. '. House
ould .then drop from 1 to 16.
"It w uld an interesting
. n ri to ec h would facc
unempl . mcnt "LaBrant aid
The cen. us i t b com­
pi ted April 1, 1 . The .S.
Bureau f the "n us then
r�porl th population f ure
OJ
Detroit' facin rhaps the
i e t population 10 s in the
city's hi try. Preliminary
figure ay Detroit' populatio
could drop below 00 milli n ..
In 1970, Detroit had a
population 'f 1.5 million. By
1 , that number h d dropped
t 1.2 million. If the trend of a
2.1 million. If th trend of a 2.1
percent populati n 10 s con­
tinues, the fficial count in 1990
could be 957,000.
The Citizens Research
ouncil, a nonprofit organiza­
ti n h projected what the cf­
C ct will be for Detroit if there
is a populati n report or I
that one million.
Betti Buss, senior re earch
ociate, aid Detroit could
four eats held in the tate
Ho . Of the 110 House seats,
Detroit area repre entatives
Detroit at o faces 10. e of
n arly 0 milli n a year in tate
r cvc nuc-s h ar in and road
repair funds bceau e th . c ai­
I cau rc ba cd on po ula­
lion. Cit in omc lax w uld
a� be 1 iwcred to match those
of citi . with populati n under
on milli n. Public utility tax
C tlaued 0 e 11
tatefocu
e than money'
D H r
Capital News SetVice . a living with your brain," Bemis
LA .. I G - With the id,
. recent- empha is on school A trongeducation system
f ce reform, so educator from pre chool to graduate
contend many are forgetting school could be one of the
lit esmorethanmoneyto greatest investments in
prove ichigaD' choo Michigan's future, he em-
Improving education. pbasi:zed.
roughout Michigan lod y Be' andtheS
t�,"".4IIrh special pr'ogra d Ed ion are in
ciDg is one of the goals of develop' progra die' -
d Bem', te super' - tioD to promote qualityeduca-
dent of public' ction. thro t the tate and
e're iftiDg &om making bring more money into the
. your back to making school system.
E ACT TATEWIDE CO E
CURRlCUWM
To help equalize the q lily
of education throughout the
state, a statewide "core cur­
riculumI' may be implemented.
10 . wrriculum Id ensure
that udents in the te hare
common set of clawoom ex­
periences.
The curriculum ould be
coupled 'th a school improve­
ment process th would enable
teachers and other chool
olu ion to school ill
workers to identify student re­
lated problems in schools d
develop programs to help com­
bat th proble with the help
of consultants from the state.
Bemis said an important part
of that process would be a feed­
bac system that would enab
t xpayers and leg' lator to
keep track of the pr ess of the
choo .
ing qu lily educ lion in
Michigan s 00 would be an .
caeditation system requiring
chool to meet minimum
tandards. ·
"In th bill th t is before us
now a cbooI can go three years ,.
without be' .accredi ed, If it
wasn't ccredi ed then, 0 e of
three things could happen:
Parents could have t e optio of
takin their child out of that
TEACHE TFSn G
Another program for assur-
Coatlaued
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