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New York Times Op-Ed: The Quiet Revolution »
October 23, 2009
Op-Ed Columnist
The Quiet Revolution
By DAVID BROOKS New York Times op-ed
A few weeks ago, “Saturday Night Live” teased President Obama for delivering great speeches but not actually bringing change. There’s at least one area where that jibe is unfair: education.
When Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan came to office, they created a $4.3 billion [...]
Columbus Dispatch: Supreme Court says slots at racetracks subject to referendum »
Monday, September 21, 2009
By Mark Niquette
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled today that Gov. Ted Strickland’s plan to add video slot machines at Ohio’s horse-racing tracks is subject to a referendum, potentially creating a nearly $1 billion hole in the state budget.
The court also put implementation of the slots plan on hold for 90 [...]
Raising Rigor, Getting Results: Lessons Learned from AP Expansion, by NGA Center for Best Practices »
The National Governors’ Association Center for Best Practices recently released the report, Raising Rigor, Getting Results: Lessons Learned from AP Expansion.
To read the full report, follow this link: http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0908APREPORT.PDF
Education Commission of the States’ International Benchmarking Toolkit »
Education Commission of the States (ECS) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan group that informs decision-making by synthesizing state-level data from across the nation. To review ECS’s newly released International Benchmarking Toolkit, click here: http://www.ecs.org/IB/IBtoolkit3-26-09.pdf
The Ohio Department of Education provides simulation of the state’s new school funding system »
The Ohio Department of Education recently created funding simulations for school years 2010 and 2011 based on the state’s new school funding system. For more information and to view these simulations, please click here: http://education.ohio.gov/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=72449.
