The Columbus Dispatch
11/30/2006
Bill Bush
Columbus Public Schools proposed yesterday a reshuffling of its priorities concerning which schools to fix up or rebuild next as part of its $1.6 billion construction plan, citing changing enrollment and more pressing needs.
Twelve schools would get knocked off the next segment to make room for eight new projects - including a […]

 The Columbus Dispatch
11/26/2006
Reports that black and Latino students still perform much more poorly than whites on standardized tests is a reminder of why something like the No Child Left Behind education law was needed.
Those reports also can be seen as a cautionary note that closing the gaps significantly will take more time and work than […]

 The New York Times
11/26/2006
Paul Tough
On the morning of Oct. 5, President Bush and his education secretary, Margaret Spellings, paid a visit, along with camera crews from CNN and Fox News, to Friendship-Woodridge Elementary and Middle Campus, a charter public school in Washington. The president dropped in on two classrooms, where he asked the students, almost […]

 ThisWeek Clintonville
11/23/2006
Sue Hagan
As soon as Columbus Public Schools gets the nod from city planners, it will move full speed ahead to build its new downtown high school at the corner of Mound and Fourth streets.
The project likely will go out to bid in early 2006, with construction to start next spring, said lead architect Tony […]

 Middletown City Schools unveil new marketing plan
Middletown Journal.com
11/22/2006
Ed Richter
Staff Writer
MIDDLETOWN - Middletown City Schools officials unveiled a new aggressive marketing strategy Monday aimed at recapturing hundreds of students the district has lost in recent years to competing public, private and charter schools.
The multi-pronged plan calls for the district to improve customer service, talk to parents […]