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School Facilities Community Meetings Jan. 11, Feb. 22, Mar. 21
The second Community Meeting to help develop a Facilities Master Plan for the Cleveland Heights–University Heights City School District will take place Wednesday, January 11, 2012, from 6:30 – 8:30 pm at the Cleveland Heights High School Social Room. This meeting will focus on how the district’s educational vision informs grade configuration, buildings, and learning campuses. It will... Read more
Changing Culture to Provided Our Kids Needed Skills
By Krista Hawthorne It’s not just the economy that makes employers nervous about the future, says Dr. Ronald F. Ferguson, a Senior Lecturer in Education and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. “Big employers are scared that we will not be able to replace Dr. Ronald F. Ferguson the baby boomers when they retire” with young people equipped with the basic... Read more
One in Five American Children Live in Poverty
Child poverty increased in 38 states from 2000 to 2009, and nearly 15 million children – 20 percent of the child population – were poor in 2009, a 2.5 million increase from 2000. These are among the findings in the 2011 Kids Count Data Book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Nevada has the highest rate of children with unemployed and underemployed parents, and the most children affected... Read more
Ohio School Rankings Raise Questions
Ohio’s biennial budget for fiscal year’s 2012-2013, signed into law by Gov. John Kasich on June 30, includes a provision to rank the state’s 3,500 public schools. Here’s an article about the new rankings that ran in The Columbus Dispatch on July 8: From best to worst School rankings rate low with educators Friday, July 8, 2011 By Catherine Candisky Starting next year, Ohio’s... Read more
A Good Man or an International Competitor?
Here’s a thoughtful article that raises questions about what our goals are – and should be – as we educate our children. It was written by William J. Mathis, managing director of the National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the former superintendent of schools for the Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union in Brandon, Vermont. He has published or... Read more