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Rescuing Failed Urban Schools. The efforts and challenges for three mayors. RiShawn Biddle The Indianapolis Star. URBAN DROPOUT FACTORIES. Freshman entering Indianapolis Public Schools district: 2,900 Number graduated in 2004: 997.
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Rescuing Failed Urban Schools The efforts and challenges for three mayors. RiShawn Biddle The Indianapolis Star
URBAN DROPOUT FACTORIES Freshman entering Indianapolis Public Schools district: 2,900 Number graduated in 2004: 997 Sources: Indiana Commission on Higher Education and Indiana Department of Education
LOSING OUT: CHICAGO Sources: Chicago KidStart and Chicago Public Schools
DALEY’S MIXED RECORD Source: The Consortium on Chicago School Research
THE PETERSON PLAN: Too incremental to change failing school districts? Sources: Indiana Department of Education and Indianapolis Star reports.
VOUCHERS: HELPING SOME KIDS IN MILWAUKEE, BUT NOT CHANGING THE OVERALL FAILURE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for the Social Organization of Schools.
A Hollywood Model for education? • Changing the model of how education is financed and operated must be done on national and state levels before any reform can work. • School districts: From school operators to outsourcing operations. • Charters and privates: Focusing on education, not buses. • Independent authorizers: Specialists in regulating schools.