News & Media
KidsOhio.org collects and posts news articles examining education issues. Articles are organized by date of publication. For easy navigation, use the search bar at the top of the page.
An Unlikely Gambler: By firing bad teachers and paying good ones six-figure salaries, Michelle Rhee just might save D.C.’s schools. »
8/23/08
NewsWeek
Evan Thomas, Eve Conant and Pat Wingert
Not long after Michelle Rhee took over as head of the Washington, D.C., public schools a year ago, she announced a plan to shut down almost two dozen schools in D.C.’s decrepit, shrinking, public-education system. At a meeting at one school, parents began screaming at Rhee and throwing things. […]
Study: Vouchers improve education: Competition good for public schools, researcher says »
8/21/08
Jennifer Smith Richards
Columbus Dispatch
School vouchers
Up to 14,000 vouchers are available through the state’s Educational Choice Scholarship Program, which allows students to attend a private school using public money for tuition.
Eligibility: Students assigned to public schools that have been in academic emergency or academic watch for two of the past three years are eligible. Statewide, 6,760 […]
Schools that complained now getting good grades »
8/21/08
Jennifer Smith Richards
Columbus Dispatch
School districts that cried foul last year over mediocre grades are crowing this year thanks to changes in how the state calculates report-card ratings.
The result: A’s or better for Hilliard, Pickerington and Worthington. Dublin, which expected to be downgraded this year, will receive an A+ instead.
But a lawmaker says the system still […]
Cleveland schools expected to be back on academic watch: District will likely be back on academic watch »
8/21/08
Plain Dealer
Thomas Ott
After a year of trumpeting gains in achievement, Cleveland school officials say they expect to tumble back into “academic watch” when state report cards are released next week.
Test scores during the last school year fell in most categories, sometimes by more than 10 percentage points, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by Chief […]
Ohio labs, companies have won plenty of R&D-100 awards »
8/21/08
Plain Dealer
Frank Bentayou
Ohio. Just another link on the industrial rust belt, you say? A wasteland littered with yesterday’s technology?
Bite your tongue.
Research and development at enterprises in the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati areas produced 10 of this year’s 100 most significant innovations, R&D Magazine says in its September issue.
With 10 of the cur rent crop of […]
