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The program is called "No Child Left Behind."

But the FBI is investigating a former Detroit Public Schools official who appears to have left plenty kids behind while allegedly ripping off the school district to the tune of nearly $6 million.

WXYZ's Simon Shaykhet reports that the FBI on Wednesday raided the home of and business of Carolyn Darden, who headed the districts Grant Development.

Shaykhet reports that several years back the woman, while working for the Detroit schools,  privately set up MI-Learning Unlimited or MI-LU to tutor kids and help with education,  and "a  day after her retirement, she allegedly had her husband receive the millions on behalf of the tutoring company she founded."

There have been no arrests so far. -- Allan Lengel

 

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