8/27/08
Columbus Dispatch
Catherine Candisky
Two Ohio charter schools will shut down at the end of the school year, the first casualties of a new state law targeting chronically poor-performing schools.
The schools, one in Youngstown and the other in Toledo, were ordered to close by the Ohio Department of Education because they received an F for academic performance […]

8/27/08
Education Week
Vol. 28, Issue 01, Pages 26-27, 29
Larry Cuban
Over the past decade, a few urban superintendents have compiled uncommon records for longevity and accomplishment. With tenures of from five to 10 years and more, these intrepid schools chiefs have run largely minority and poor districts where test scores have risen, graduation rates have increased, and […]

8/26/07
Columbus Dispatch
Most central Ohio charter schools, including statewide Internet schools and those run by school districts, landed at the bottom of the bunch in terms of state grades.
Of the 60 charters that serve the region, 24 got an equivalent of an F — more than double the number from last year. One received the top […]

8/26/08
Cincinnati Enquirer
Ben Fischer
Ohio education officials told a story Monday of ever-increasing student achievement reflected in this year’s local report cards, but two major technical changes made it easier for schools and districts to improve their ratings.
For the first time, local schools could see their rating - “academic watch” or “effective,” for instance - improve because […]

8/25/08
Plain Dealer
Scott Stephens
Tests measure what students know. Like a Polaroid, they give a snapshot of knowledge frozen at one moment in time.
But what if you could measure how much a child learns over the course of a school year? What if you could gauge what a school actually adds to a child’s learning experience?
In Ohio, […]