An alarming new study shows just how difficult it is to find a quality school in the city of Detroit.

The study found that the vast majority of Detroit children — 70,000 of the 85,000 Detroit children who attend public school in the city — are in schools that don’t meet the state’s criteria for performance.

The study from the nonprofit research organization IFF identified ten city neighborhoods where it's extremely difficult to find a seat in a quality school.

Those neighborhoods are home to 30,000 children, but had just eight “performing” schools.

Read the full article on quality schools in Detroit by Erin Einhorn at Chalkbeat