4/28/08
Plain Dealer
Thomas Ott
The Cleveland school district and charter-school operator John Zitzner find that the adage, “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em,” sometimes works for both sides.
The district, which loses many students to privately run, publicly funded charter schools, serves as the nonprofit sponsor that Zitzner’s Entrepreneurship Preparatory School needs under Ohio law. E Prep, [...]

4/25/08
Plain Dealer
Thomas Ott
Education is not a lost cause in Cleveland, and schools across the city have the track record to prove it, says a study to be released today.
“Cleveland Schools That Are Making a Difference” features 13 schools that have turned in strong achievement test scores while teaching mostly low-income children.
The Cleveland and George Gund [...]

 4/25/08
Columbus Dispatch
Jennifer Smith Richards and Simone Sebastian
Graduation rates slipped last year in about half of central Ohio’s 49 school districts, although most remain higher than they were three years ago.
Columbus was among those whose rates slid, breaking its six-year streak of improvement. Its rate rose from 54.8 percent for the Class of 2001 to 72.9 [...]

4/25/08
Plain Dealer
Thomas Ott
Education is not a lost cause in Cleveland, and schools across the city have the track record to prove it, says a study to be released Friday.
“Cleveland Schools That Are Making a Difference” features 13 schools that have turned in strong achievement test scores while teaching mostly low-income children.
The Cleveland and George Gund [...]

4/24/08
Columbus Dispatch
Bill Bush
Last year, state auditors found that the Columbus schools hadn’t spent $3.4 million in federal Title I money for poor children. In this year’s audit, district schools had a different problem: spending too much.
The state audit released Tuesday showed that 52 schools spent a total of $735,000 more than they were entitled to [...]