This summer, the Cleveland (Ohio) Municipal School District will introduce a new charter school that promises that every one of its sixth-graders will gain acceptance to a four-year college by the time they graduate.

The Entrepreneurship Preparatory School, which will operate year-round, will teach 125 students the skills they need to work toward an individual enterprise. It plans to add a grade each year and grow to 500 students by 2013.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, The Achiever, May 2006

ON THE WEB

DATA ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN HAWAI'I

A new Web site to help parents, students and educators access achievement information about their own public school has been launched in Hawai'i as part of a national network that offers help for the public in evaluating schools.

The Just for the Kids — Hawai'i site provides comparative data for each school on math, English and "all subjects" areas plus other information about individual schools, including their enrollments and a breakdown of the numbers of students in specific categories such as low income and English as a second language.

It also offers information on schools in other states and ways individuals can help a school improve.

Go to www.just4kids.org.

ACADEMICS

CRUISE, YOU MAY LOSE

Completing academically challenging courses in high school dramatically increases the likelihood of earning a bachelor's degree, according to a newly released study by the U.S. Department of Education. The Toolbox Revisited: Paths to Degree Completion From High School Through College found that the academic rigor of a high school curriculum is the strongest indicator of postsecondary degree completion, regardless of a student's major course of study.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, The Achiever, May 2006