Thursday, August 23, 2007 SUE HAGAN ThisWeek Staff Writer Columbus Public Schools officials feel confident that the district will be able to honor requests from parents who want to transfer their students from schools that failed to meet federal improvement standards. That despite the fact that there are far more schools (58 elementaries and 23 [...]

Quality of language-immersion school is threatened by teacher-contract provisions  THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 8/21/2007 Editorial Teacher contracts often are blamed for impeding the ability of school administrators to manage their districts efficiently and innovatively. A case in the Columbus City Schools illustrates the point. Ecole Kenwood, a French-language immersion school, has been one of the district’s [...]

 THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 8/21/2007 By JENNIFER MEDINA Faced with 70,000 students or more who are years behind in obtaining the credits needed to graduate from high school, New York City is at the forefront of a movement to recognize that for a significant number, high school might stretch into five, six, even seven years. In [...]

 A handful excel, but many struggle The Cleveland Plain Dealer 8/21/2007 Scott Stephens Plain Dealer Reporter The performance of Ohio’s charter schools has more peaks and valleys than a Cedar Point roller coaster. At the peak sits a small cadre of charters, schools that have emerged as academic powerhouses and have remarkable academic success with [...]

Ohio auditor provides necessary scrutiny of charter schools  THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 8/20/2007 Editorial Charter schools are public schools paid for with tax revenues. Their financial operations should be fully accounted for and transparent. Ohio Auditor Mary Taylor, who supports the charter-school concept, is doing her part. Taylor’s office, which hosts training sessions intended to help [...]