Bankrupt Detroit Presents Children With Huge Challenges

Adults fight to improve the future of local children.

Set Up a 529 - Got kids? It’s easy to set up a low-cost college savings plan for them. A 529 invests your money and lets you use it for educational purposes without paying federal taxes on it. And most states offer a tax deduction. Visit CollegeSavings.org to learn about your state’s 529 program, then set it and forget it.  (Photo: AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Mass Exodus - Originally a city of 1.8 million residents in the 1950s, Detroit now has about 700,000. Many families left the city in search of better education. (Photo: AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
A Drop in Enrollment - Mirroring the decline is enrollment at Detroit Public Schools, which dropped from 164,496 in 2002 to about 49,500 in 97 schools today. (Photo: AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)City Bus Struggles - Despite attending one of the city's most promising new public schools, students at the Benjamin Carson High School of Science and Medicine encounter challenges. "Some days, I don't get home until 9 p.m.," 16-year-old Ben Carson junior Robert Moore told AP about the overcrowded, inefficient bus system. (Photo: AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Are the Kids Alright? - Amid the biggest municipal bankruptcy in the U.S., the city of Detroit has been called "the Olympics of restructuring." Headlines have followed the bankruptcy exit plans and the city's world-class art collection, but what about the children? Continue reading to learn about the challenges they face. — Patrice Peck (Photo: AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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