9/30/08 The Other Paper Steph Greegor It’s a tenuous time for Columbus City Schools-education reform is perhaps the state’s hottest topic. The economy is sagging to Depression-era depths as Columbus Public works to pass a levy. At the center of it all is Superintendent Gene Harris, desperate for funds to continue the momentum of recent [...]

9/30/08 Columbus Dispatch Blog Simone Sebastian Was your child’s school one of those affected by the Columbus teacher layoffs? As of last year, the laid off teachers (whose placements we could identify) were assigned to Linden-McKinley, Ohio Avenue Elementary, Fair Alternative Elementary, Franklin Alternative Middle and Mifflin Alternative Middle. Many of them rotated between several [...]

9/30/08 Columbus Dispatch Blog Simone Sebastian Starting tomorrow, you’ll see a 30-second spot on network channels plugging Columbus schools’ Issue 75. The ad features OSU President E. Gordon Gee and Columbus schools Superintendent Gene Harris. It largely sticks to the facts: test scores and graduation rates are up and the district wants the levy and [...]

9/30/08 Plain Dealer Editorial CLEVELAND HEIGHTS – Cleveland Heights-University Heights Schools Superintendent Deborah Delisle is one of two finalists for the state superintendent’s job. Delisle and Catherine Cross Maple, deputy secretary of learning and accountability for the New Mexico Public Education Department, were called back for a second interview with the State Board of Education [...]

9/30/08 Columbus Dispatch Catherine Candisky A Montgomery County judge has rejected a state effort to close a poor-performing charter school under Ohio’s charitable trust law. Common Pleas Judge Michael Tucker dismissed the case, ruling that the attorney general has no authority to oversee New Choices Community School, a tax-funded, privately operated school in Dayton. “The [...]