Roy Roberts, left, the emergency manager of the Detroit school district and Gov. Rick Snyder shake hands at a news conference in Detroit, Monday, June 20, 2011. A new school system is being formed to oversee the Detroit Public Schools’ lowest-performing institutions as part of a broader effort to improve education in the state, Gov. Snyder announced Monday. The public-private partnership involves the struggling Detroit district as well as Eastern Michigan University. He said the schools would have a year to prepare and the authority would oversee them starting in the 2012-2013 school year. Snyder says the pilot program, called the Education Achievement System, could later be expanded statewide. Snyder made the announcement along with Roberts, the emergency manager of the Detroit school district whom he appointed earlier this year. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)