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Education News for Monday, April 24

Indianapolis public schools rank worst for graduating males – The Star Editorial Board last year brought attention to the academic achievement gap for black males and for males overall. (more)

Maryland students learning on their own terms – Md. School With No Curriculum Challenges Conventions of Modern Education. (more)

Milwaukee voucher schools put to the test – The requirement in a new state law that all private schools taking part in Milwaukee’s precedent-setting voucher program be accredited could prove pivotal in determining whether the program will achieve more of its original hopes or be left under a permanent cloud kicked up by a cluster of weak schools. (more)

Pataki Offers Deal to Avert Budget Fight – Gov. Pataki is trying to avert legislative overrides of his 207 budget vetoes, is offering a final compromise that would restore some property tax breaks and child tax credits… (more)

A Cry in the Streets of Brooklyn Is Answered by a Prep School – In looping printed letters, which looked like the handwriting of a young girl, Thomas wrote a one-page cry for help: "I cannot read or write. I need all you people’s help. Please do not turn your back on me." (more)

Come back later for more education news.

UPDATE:

Cory Booker for mayor – New York Times: We believe that Newark’s new leader should be Cory Booker, who is running for mayor for the second time. (more)

Milwaukee parents, former staff say voucher school lacks direction – With leaders in the voucher movement promising to take a hard line on troubled schools when it comes to a new accreditation requirement, the leaders of some schools face a choice: Shape up or get out. (more)

Pataki’s last stand – People have been calling Governor Pataki a lame duck for months now, but for a duck, lame or otherwise, our governor is showing an impressive amount of backbone. (more)

LA school takeover views mixed – Throughout Los Angeles, the hallmarks of public education are often high dropout rates and pitiful test scores. (more)

Maryland school with no cirriculum challenges conventions of modern education – Justin Reed took no tests in his three years at the private school, received no grades and had no course requirements. (more)

DC public school seeks linkup with new charter – Over the past five years, D.C. public schools have lost 10,000 students, mostly to charter schools. (more)

Secretary Spellings: NCLB should reach out to minorities – Education Secretary Margaret Spellings has said that her agency must do more to make sure that huge numbers of minority students are not excluded under the No Child Left Behind law. (more)

Beyond Newark’s school yard – On May 9, Newark will elect a new mayor. For the first time in two decades, it will not be Sharpe James. (more)