October 23, 2009
Op-Ed Columnist
The Quiet Revolution
By DAVID BROOKS New York Times op-ed
A few weeks ago, “Saturday Night Live” teased President Obama for delivering great speeches but not actually bringing change. There’s at least one area where that jibe is unfair: education.
When Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan came to office, they created a $4.3 billion [...]

Wednesday,  October 21, 2009  
By Catherine Candisky
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
 The parents of Ohio’s 280,000 students with special needs should find it easier to ensure their children are receiving an appropriate education.
A federal judge approved the partial settlement yesterday of an 18-year-old class-action lawsuit filed against the state by eight students with disabilities and their parents.
“This is [...]

October 21, 2009
Op-Ed Columnist
The New Untouchables
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Last summer I attended a talk by Michelle Rhee, the dynamic chancellor of public schools in Washington. Just before the session began, a man came up, introduced himself as Todd Martin and whispered to me that what Rhee was about to speak about - our struggling [...]

We already know that Columbus loses the most students at the middle school level - that’s not new.
But district officials detailed the most recent numbers at a committee meeting yesterday.
Steve Tankovich, executive director of accountability systems, said he thinks the loss at the middle-school level is stabilizing and offered these numbers, the loss from last [...]

October 20, 2009
By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ
New York Times
On the bus ride to the farm, the children sang rounds of “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” and a boy yelled, “I love pumpkin pie!”
But it soon became clear that this was a field “study”- as the teachers called it - not a field “trip,” and the 75 [...]