January 2011
Analysis of Education Week’s Quality Counts 2011: Ohio Grades and Rankings »
Each year, Education Week grades and ranks states on a list of education policy and achievement indicators. This year, Ohio earned a B- and ranked 11th overall among 50 states and DC— the same grade as 2010, but down from a ranking of 5th. Click here to see how Ohio ranked on all indicators in 2011. Click [...]
New resource shows high schoolers how to earn free college credit »
Now is “primetime” for high school students who want to earn college credit for free during their high school career. The application window is open now and closes as early as March 31. Today, KidsOhio and School Choice Ohio jointly released a guide for parents and students, Get a Jumpstart on College & Your Career: [...]
The New York Times: Teacher, My Dad Lost His Job. Do We Have to Move? »
Click here to read the full article, which covers a recent KidsOhio analysis.
The Columbus Dispatch: Weinland Park- Flight from schools for academics, not safety, study says »
Monday, January 24, 2011 02:51 AM BY JENNIFER SMITH RICHARDS THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Parents who shun their assigned Weinland Park-area schools do their research. They find better-performing schools in the Columbus district for their children instead. And they’re happy. The Weinland Park parents who send their children to schools in their low-income neighborhood are less [...]
KidsOhio.org study: Many Weinland Park parents research schools; find better academics in other district schools »
Many parents of Columbus elementary school children in the low-income Weinland Park neighborhood research schools and send their children to district schools with better performance records. Yet, low-income, modestly-educated single parents in the same area are more likely to enroll their child in their assigned neighborhood school even when it performs poorly. Families that stayed at [...]
