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 [...]

 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 [...]

 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 [...]

 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, [...]

 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 [...]