January 2006
Making school a community »
Learning centers form diverse partnerships
The Cincinnati Enquirer
1/9/2006
By Jennifer Mrozowski
Enquirer staff writer
When people joke that Cincinnati Public’s new 105,000-square-foot Columbia Tusculum school looks like it could house a small city, they don’t know how close that is to the truth.
Inside the school are offices for the Cincinnati police, a nonprofit emergency services organization and a YMCA […]
Lines Are Drawn in Fight to Add Charter Schools »
The New York Times
1/9/2006
By Elissa Gootman
A battle over expanding the number of charter schools allowed in New York State will enter a decisive stage this week when the Board of Regents is expected to authorize the last four charter schools it can under state law.
Since 1998, when lawmakers agreed to allow charter schools but to […]
Diabetes and Its Awful Toll Quietly Emerge as a Crisis »
The New York Times - Editorial
1/9/2006
By N. R. Kleinfield
Begin on the sixth floor, third room from the end, swathed in fluorescence: a 60-year-old woman was having two toes sawed off. One floor up, corner room: a middle-aged man sprawled, recuperating from a kidney transplant. Next door: nerve damage. Eighth floor, first room to the left: […]
Harris wants to provide the schools parents are seeking for their children »
This Week News
Thursday, January 5, 2006
By SUE HAGAN
Staff Writer
Each new year is heralded as a time for reflection and new beginnings, and the superintendent of Columbus Public Schools took some time last week to talk about what’s ahead in 2006.
Beyond the goals she often talks about — particularly, increasing graduation rate and reaching the state […]
Competition for Columbus Students Is Growing »
According to Columbus Public Schools, 7,130 children living in the CPS district attended charter schools in October 2005—more than double the district’s 2003 charter school enrollment, and up from 1,000 in 2000…
