In January 2014, as part of a multicity study, researchers from the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) met with a dozen parents in Detroit to learn about their experiences with education in the city. Parents struggle to navigate the city's complex education marketplace. A lack of information, confusing paperwork, and transportation gaps all make it hard to find a school that will work. The city's Eastside and Westside neighborhoods have just 10 high-quality K-8 programs between them; some neighborhoods have no schools with a passing grade. Advocates and civic leaders in Detroit who are trying to develop creative solutions for renewing Detroit's schools suggest the following five strategies: (1) Develop a strong core of high-quality schools in the charter sector by working with the best charter authorizers to develop quality benchmarks and to close low-performing charters in a targeted set of neighborhoods; (2) Leverage change from the bottom up by helping parents and communities to push authorizers and the district to increase performance accountability; (3) Double down on recruiting talented school leaders and teachers to Detroit; (4) Engage Detroit city leaders, like the mayor and local developers, in addressing safety, transit, and social-service support to help families and schools develop a strong choice infrastructure; and (5) Recognize that Detroit Public Schools (DPS) are at risk for financial collapse and develop a plan to replace DPS with a community "portfolio manager" board and superintendent who will see their role as overseeing a citywide system of high-quality schools rather than operating schools directly.