http://www.kidsohio.org Improving the lives and education of Ohio's children. Wed, 07 May 2008 20:10:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The presentation slides and related materials from KidsOhio.org's May 7, 2008 Columbus Metropolitan Club forum-"Creating a Portfolio of High-Performing Schools: What Columbus is Already Doing and What We Can Learn from other Communities"-are now available. The program featured David Ferrero, Senior Education Officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; ... http://www.kidsohio.org/2008/05/07/kidsohioorg%e2%80%99s-may-7-2008-event-presentation-slides-and-related-materials-available/ Please join us on Wednesday, May 7, from NOON to 1:15 PM for an exciting discussion about: "Creating a Portfolio of High-Performing Schools: What Columbus is Already Doing and What We Can Learn from other Communities." David Ferrero, Senior Education Officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Josh Edelman, ... http://www.kidsohio.org/2008/04/17/kidsohioorg%e2%80%99s-annual-event/ The Plain Dealer 3/12/2008 School districts returning to the ballot box in August or November, as many are sure to do, must focus their tax requests on their needs, not their desires. There's no other way to sell a tax increase, or in many cases a renewal, to a cautious public with ... http://www.kidsohio.org/2008/03/13/times-are-tough-for-everyone-and-that-makes-school-levies-a-tough-sell-editorial/  By Tamar Lewin The New York Times 3/13/2008 American students' math achievement is "at a mediocre level" compared with that of their peers worldwide, according to a new report by a federal panel. The panel said that math curriculums from preschool to eighth grade should be streamlined to focus on key skills - ... http://www.kidsohio.org/2008/03/13/panel-recommends-streamlining-math/  By Jennifer Smith Richards The Columbus Dispatch 3/12/2008 The state's largest teachers union urged its members to speak out against a hike that more than tripled the cost of a five-year teaching license. Thousands of teachers e-mailed State Board of Education members, either by filling out a form or crafting their own, cramming ... http://www.kidsohio.org/2008/03/12/teachers-e-mails-dont-stop-higher-fees/  Critics count 5 in 4 years; district says 42 By Bill Bush The Columbus Dispatch 3/12/2008 A national campaign launched yesterday by an advocacy group called the Center for Union Facts needs to do a little more fact-checking, Columbus school district officials said yesterday. The center said teacher contracts nationally are keeping bad ... http://www.kidsohio.org/2008/03/12/columbus-disputes-that-few-teachers-are-forced-out/  By Samuel G. Freedman The New York Times 3/12/2008 PHOENIX - One morning last August, Yvonne Watterson, the principal of GateWay Early College High School here, sat in her office, grimly scrolling through the database of its 240 students. At the behest of a new state law she detested, she looked for which ones ... http://www.kidsohio.org/2008/03/12/principal-sees-injustice-and-picks-a-fight-with-it/  By Angela Townsend The Plain Dealer 3/11/2008 The security chief for the Cleveland schools says the district is building a "bubble of safety" to protect students and staff. Relying on a combination of measures - from hiring more security guards to installing metal detectors and X-ray machines - Chief Lester Fultz said the ... http://www.kidsohio.org/2008/03/11/cleveland-schools-to-boost-safety-measures/  The Plain Dealer 3/11/2008 By August, the district will increase its security staff from the current 161 officers to 215, putting at least one in each school. All high schools now have metal detectors. By summer, every district school building will have a metal detector. By July, X-ray machines will be installed in ... http://www.kidsohio.org/2008/03/11/highlights-of-cleveland-schools-security-plan/  Columbus district cited as protecting worst instructors By Mark Jewell The Columbus Dispatch 3/11/2008 Associated Press BOSTON -- An advocacy group that has targeted unions representing grocery employees and service-industry workers is setting its sights on public teachers unions -- with a pledge to offer 10 teachers it deems the nation's worst $10,000 each to ... http://www.kidsohio.org/2008/03/11/ad-campaign-contest-aim-to-shame-teachers-unions/