supposed to calculate a better high school graduation rate the Indianapolis Public School district is now only going to have a 48% graduation rate for the 2005-2006 school year.  Under old caculation meathods the 2004-2005 school year had a 91% graduation rate.

It is an article on this football coach who brought band to an inner-city school.

now going to allow students whose families earn less than 65 grand a year free tuition in this elite private school.  Only 17 students out of the 525 meet this goal.  A full year at this place with room, board, and tuition is 38,000.

American Institutes for Research have updated a report on elementary school reform models.  They looked at 22 different models only upgrading two of them to a moderate rating while keeping the rest of the ratings unchanged.

Students in this program gain valuable skills while going to high school.  The article mainly talks about one student who is in a dental program.  Students will spend 12 weeks in the classroom and then 12 weeks in an unpaid internship where they could gte hired at the end of the internship.