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Columbus school board balks at theater plan: Superintendent’s request for $8 million go-ahead surprises members »
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
The Columbus Dispatch
Bill Bush
Under Columbus schools’ “policy governance” method of oversight, Superintendent Gene Harris is supposed to run the district with minimal interference from school board members.
But Harris learned last night that doesn’t extend to building a 2,500-seat theater for student productions and staff meetings.
In what was a rare moment of [...]
Scrutiny is vital: A school board’s job is to monitor, question district administrators »
Sunday, November 29, 2009
The Columbus Dispatch editorial
Superintendent Gene Harris came under some mild criticism from Columbus Board of Education members at a recent public meeting. That shouldn’t be noteworthy, because school-board members ought to question the work of district employees when they aren’t satisfied — and they should do so publicly, because it’s their job [...]
Try it again: Governor’s kindergarten mandate in need of a thorough rethinking »
Friday, November 27, 2009
The Columbus Dispatch editorial
Four months ago, The Dispatch opined that the state budget’s mandate for all-day kindergarten next school year is ill-defined and too expensive for many school districts. Since then, little has changed except that the State Board of Education has gotten into a squabble over the issue.
School districts still [...]
The Dispatch: Single-gender principals hired »
Two principals – one male, one female – to lead Columbus City Schools’ new single-gender middle schools were hired this week.
Michael D. Owens, who currently is assistant principal at Arts Impact Middle School, will run the boys school. Theresa A. Pettis, principal at Southmoor Middle School, will run the girls school.
Both will start work on [...]
Degrees boost cities’ economies, group says »
November 18, 2009
The Columbus Dispatch
Steve Wartenberg
It seems college degrees really do pay off, not just for the graduates but also for the cities in which they live, work and pay taxes.
The Columbus economy would gain about $1.3 billion annually if it could increase the number of adult residents with four-year college degrees by 1 percentage [...]
