Failing schools in Michigan would be contractually obligated to turn operations and funding over to new management for five years if a new bill introduced on Wednesday by representative Tim Melton, D-Auburn Hills is passed. Detroit Free Press education writer Chastity Pratt Dawsey reports that both traditional district schools and public charter schools chronically failing to meet federal standards would be required give outside organizations with track records of success control of the schools here.

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CO:  Denver Public Schools board yesterday approved the facilities sharing proposal that will allow four charter schools to co-locate with traditional district schools. Denver Post reporter Jeremy P. Meyer describes the changes the district will adopt next year here.

IL: Chicago International Charter School's proposal for a new 600-student charter high school in Waukegan is facing resistance from the Waukegan School Board. Ralph Zahorik writes in the Chicago Tribune that about 1,500 people attended the hearing, hundreds of charter school supporters among them, here.

DC: Whether approaching the issue of improving America's public education system through introducing competition into the marketplace or via conventional district-based reforms, the challenges inherent in turning around the established structure are enormous. Frederick M. Hess of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research describes the nature of the challenges education reformers face and the future of educational entrepreneurship here.