1/30/09
Plain Dealer Editorial
Gov. Ted Strickland’s State of the State speech was light on details but rich in ideas, especially ideas to address Ohio’s school-funding debate by measuring (and correcting) school districts’ performance; teaching 21st-century students what they actually need to know; and eventually boosting the state share of public school costs to 59 percent, a [...]

1/30/09
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Thomas Ott
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland schools will be the first district in Ohio to pursue Gov. Ted Strickland’s proposed education reforms.
The state will pay consultants to evaluate the schools’ curriculum and operations, Strickland and aides told editors and reporters in an interview Friday at The Plain Dealer. District Chief Executive Officer Eugene Sanders [...]

1/30/09
Columbus Dispatch
Charlie Boss and Catherine Candisky
The dean of Ohio University’s College of Education asked future teachers yesterday what they thought about the governor’s proposal to require them to complete a four-year residency after spending four years in college.
The students’ reaction surprised her — they liked it.
“They said, ‘If we moved in this direction, it would [...]

1/30/09
Columbus Dispatch
Jennifer Smith Richards
If all-day kindergarten becomes required this fall, Dublin schools says it will need another 19 classrooms and 22 1/2 more teachers.
In Grandview Heights, the art room would have to give up its space to a kindergarten classroom and the subject become a traveling course, sort of an “art on a cart” situation, [...]

1/30/09
Columbus Dispatch
Kevin Mayhood
Chinese college students outscored their American counterparts on tests of scientific facts, but both recorded the same average scores in solving problems, a study shows.
“The misconception is that by including high-order science and math classes in the curriculum, students would automatically develop scientific-reasoning skills,” said Lei Bao, a physics professor at Ohio State [...]