A recent National Governor’s Association issue brief State Strategies for Fixing Failing Schools and Districts refers to gains in reading and math achievement among the following Cincinnati schools: Chase School Frederick Douglass School Hays-Porter School Mt. Airy School Oyler School John P. Parker School Pleasant Hill Academy Rockdale Academy Roll Hill Academy Rothenberg Preparatory Academy [...]

KidsOhio’s latest publication, Ninety Percent of Disadvantaged Fourth Graders Passed Ohio Reading Test in 58 High-Poverty Schools, is a “good news” report, highlighting 58 Ohio schools that met the following criteria in 2010.  1)      50 percent of students were economically disadvantaged; 2)      90 percent  or more of disadvantaged fourth graders passed the state reading test; [...]