Give all-male charter school a chance

Wisconsin State Journal Editorial

The Urban League of Greater Madison's dramatic proposal for an all-male public charter school deserves open minds and fair consideration from the Madison School Board.

Don't dismiss this intriguing initiative just because the teachers union is automatically opposed. A new approach to helping more young black men get to college is justified, given the district's stark numbers:

• Only 7 percent of black students who took the latest ACT college preparation test were ready for college.
• Barely half of black students in Madison schools graduated in 2009.
• Almost three-quarters of the 3,828 suspensions last school year were black students, who make up less than a quarter of the student body

Much more on the proposed IB Charter Madison Preparatory Academy and Kaleem Caire.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 7, 2010 8:28 AM
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