20 percent were given a d or f grade. and there is no rule about where charter schools should be placed. so kids like 11-year-old judis shelton often end up going to schools far from home. it is somebody else s neighborhood that i m traveling to while passing three or four other schools and six ore seven closed schools to get to his school in the neighborhood i don t live in. in your opinion has choice worked in michigan? choice has not worked. it is a joke. especially here in detroit. what we don t have is quality choice in our neighborhoods. even the popular . ranked in the bottom third for performance in the state, according to the state department of education. but devos supporters say many places in michigan have long struggled with education and the charter schools have helped.