This eight-page KidsOhio.org report, ”Key Facts About South-Western City Schools,” provides information about the district from state and county sources. To download the report, click the link below.
Several community leaders have asked KidsOhio.org to provide key facts about the South-Western City Schools.  The district is proposing a 7.4-mill operating levy on the November 3rd ballot.  Voters have rejected [...]

KidsOhio.org’s new analysis of state education data shows that many of the state’s lowest-rated schools, both Ohio 8 schools and charter schools, rise to near the middle among schools statewide when ranked according to the state’s own “value-added” measure of annual educational progress. The full report is now available.

On April 23, KidsOhio.org hosted a briefing and forum on the new RAND research report on charter schools: Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration, and Competition. Over 90 leaders from across the state attended the event, including members of teachers unions, charter school advocacy groups, the Ohio General Assembly and the State Board of Education.

The Ohio Department of Education recently provided preliminary 2008 graduation rates to Ohio’s public school districts. Columbus City Schools posted its highest graduation rate on record–74%, up from 71% one year prior. Among Ohio’s seven other large urban districts, graduation rates ranged from 54% in Cleveland to 87% in Toledo. (Note that school districts can [...]

The RAND Corporation-a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization-recently released a report titled: Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration, and Competition. The report details the findings of a longitudinal study of charter schools in Chicago, San Diego, Philadelphia, Denver, Milwaukee, and the states of Texas, Florida, and Ohio. Out of the research came a number of key findings about Ohio charter schools and their students.