1. Rescuing Failed Urban Schools The efforts and challenges for three mayors. The efforts and challenges for three mayors. RiShawn Biddle The Indianapolis Star

2. 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

3. LOSING OUT: CHICAGO Sources: Chicago KidStart and Chicago Public Schools

4. DALEY’S MIXED RECORD Source: The Consortium on Chicago School Research

5. THE PETERSON PLAN: Too incremental to change failing school districts? Sources: Indiana Department of Education and Indianapolis Star reports.

6. 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.

7. A Hollywood Model for education? n Changing the model of how education is financed and operated must be done on national and state levels before any reform can work. n School districts: From school operators to outsourcing operations. n Charters and privates: Focusing on education, not buses. n Independent authorizers: Specialists in regulating schools.