Some students, parents, and education advocates from Detroit and Highland Park will testify at a federal hearing in Washington this week.
They are part of a nationwide group speaking out against changes in Detroit and other poor school districts.
The group alleges that some of the measures, particularly closing neighborhood schools, have “sabotaged and destabilized” education for many children.
Helen Moore is with the Detroit-based group Keep the Vote-No Takeover.
She said the group wasn’t getting far fighting these measures at the local level.