Will these reforms save Detroit's schools?

The Detroit News reports that members of Michigan’s state House of Representatives worked well into the night until a slate of reforms for Detroit Public Schools passed by the smallest of margins.

Voting on the package of bills ended at 4:30 a.m. Thursday, backed mostly by Republicans. The bills provide $500 million in debt relief for Detroit Public Schools. They also includes stricter anti-strike policies to crack down on the teacher sick-outs that have kept 45,000 students out of schools and given the struggles of Detroit’s schools national attention.