The New York Times
9/16/2007
By WINNIE HU
NEWARK
STUDENTS at the Newton Street School of Humanities are told they are better than average so they should strive for A’s and B’s. The principal says it, and the teachers, and the mayor when he drops by to quiz them on current events.
But Ernest Whitaker, the head science teacher at […]

The Plain Dealer
9/16/2007
Joseph L. Wagner
Plain Dealer Reporter
At least four gang-related fights, a sizable enrollment loss and the failure of single-gender schools to meet their sign-up goals marred the opening weeks of Cleveland schools, district records show.
Pam Smith, chief of staff, told the school board Tuesday that this year’s opening was “smooth and orderly.” Administrators hailed […]

InsiderHigherEd.com
9/13/2007
Doug Lederman
The newest report from the National Center for Education Statistics is, as its title (”Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Minorities“) suggests, designed to provide a comprehensive look at how members of minority groups are faring in the American educational system, from top to bottom. But while the data it […]

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…

The Columbus DispatchTuesday, September 4, 2007 3:23 AM By bob taft
The latest school report cards are out, and confusion abounds. It clearly is time for Ohio and policy-makers in Washington to design a more coherent, less confusing system of accountability for individual schools and school districts.
The current system, a combination of state and federal measures, […]