7/30/08
Canton Repository Editorial
Gov. Ted Strickland is traveling around the state, letting Ohioans tell him how to solve the problems that plague public schools. He probably won’t hear anything new. But he’s sure to learn how soon they want him to solve these problems (now) and how effective they expect him to be (very).
Plain Local won’t […]

7/30/08
Columbus Dispatch Letter
Has anyone noticed that the lottery system is now using our schoolchildren in an advertisement to sell lottery tickets?
With the many problems that exist within families relating to gambling, the lottery system is now using schoolchildren to promote the sale of lottery tickets.
If the state authorities wanted the lottery to provide money for […]

7/30/08
Columbus Dispatch Short takes
The first round Ohio Graduation Test results for Metro High School are a validation of the concept launched two years ago by the Franklin County Educational Council, Battelle and Ohio State University. The school has posted passing rates for the test that rank it with the top schools in the state.
The small […]

7/30/08
Columbus Dispatch
Charlie Boss and Encarnacion Pyle
The head of a Franklin County education group received a bogus doctorate in 2002, but he says he never tried to use the diploma.
“I was duped,” said Bart G. Anderson, superintendent of the Education Service Center of Franklin County.
The Spokesman-Review newspaper named Anderson yesterday among nearly 10,000 people who bought […]

7/21/08
Toledo Blade
Meghan Gilbert
Schools across the country could learn a thing or two from Toledo’s Grove Patterson Academy, according to a Washington-based think tank.
For nearly 10 years, the districtwide elementary school has educated students the equivalent of about 40 days longer than the traditional school year, with two extra hours each day and several additional days.
“It’s […]