This timely, nonpartisan report explains recent measures affecting public schools in Ohio.  These measures include: Improvements in accountability for Ohio charter schools in response to concerns about academic and financial performance,  Ohio’s new initiative to create Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) schools based on a model begun in Franklin County, and expansion of public school choices. In addition, the report documents an important trend: declining enrollment in Ohio’s eight large urban traditional districts while charter school enrollment is increasing.

9/4/2007

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