BY JAKE NEHER
Michigan Public Radio Network
Governor Rick Snyder said expanding a state-run district for struggling schools is one of his top priorities for 2013.
The Education Achievement Authority is designed to turn around schools with persistently low student test scores. Right now, the authority oversees 15 public schools in Detroit.
Snyder wants to expand the district across the state. The EAA would be able to take over schools that fall in the bottom five-percent.
Bills to expand the system did not move in the final weeks of the legislative session.
Snyder said more lawmakers would come around to the idea if they saw the state-run schools first-hand.
The EAA has been operating for just four months. Opponents of the expansion say it's too early to tell if the system is working.
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