http://www.kidsohio.org Improving the lives and education of Ohio's children. Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:01:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en January 6, 2010   Encarnacion Pyle   The Columbus Dispatch   Technology will never replace a good teacher.   But more Ohio teachers could use technology to better prepare students to succeed in school and life, a new state report finds.   "Just as literacy has the power to reduce barriers to success and advancement, technology has the ability to ... http://www.kidsohio.org/2010/01/06/state-agency-calls-on-teachers-to-do-more-with-technology/ January 6, 2010   The Columbus Dispatch editorial   Those who care about public education should know by now that long-established methods haven't been serving poor urban or rural students for a long time. More and more effort and money have been poured into traditional approaches but yielded only modest improvement in student achievement.   Significant ... http://www.kidsohio.org/2010/01/06/motivated-teachers-should-be-welcomed-into-ohios-classrooms/ January 2, 2010   Jennifer Smith Richards                 The Columbus Dispatch   The Columbus school district and its teachers union are among a few groups statewide that have agreed to adopt reforms needed to secure millions in federal grant money for Ohio schools.   The federal Education Department has said the more than $4 billion in Race ... http://www.kidsohio.org/2010/01/02/columbus-poised-to-get-federal-school-funds-ohio-districts-teachers-must-agree-to-reforms-to-cash-in/ December 26, 2009   Jennifer Smith Richards   The Columbus Dispatch     KIPP Journey Academy teacher Jenna Davis says of licensing: "It's the enigma of it all. Just tell me what I need to do."   Teachers at KIPP Journey Academy have college degrees in areas such as education, philosophy, political science, communication and business. Many have master's ... http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/12/26/teacher-technicality-educators-with-high-level-training-and-experience-seek-change-in-state-rules-to-allow-them-full-licenses/ 12/21/09 New York Times Benedict Carey BUFFALO - Many 4-year-olds cannot count up to their own age when they arrive at preschool, and those at the Stanley M. Makowski Early Childhood Center are hardly prodigies. Most live in this city's poorer districts and begin their academic life well behind the curve. But there they were ... http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/12/21/studying-young-minds-and-how-to-teach-them/ Harvard Education Letter Volume 25, Number 5 September/October 2009 Urgent Lessons from Unexpected Schools An Interview with Karin Chenoweth By CHRIS RAND In her 2007 book, "It's Being Done": Academic Success in Unexpected Schools, former Washington Post columnist and Education Trust senior writer Karin Chenoweth used a strict set of criteria to identify fifteen schools with ... http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/12/09/ohios-wells-elementary-school-highlighted-in-how-its-being-done-urgent-lessons-from-unexpected-schools/ Wednesday, December 2, 2009   The Columbus Dispatch   Bill Bush   Under Columbus schools' "policy governance" method of oversight, Superintendent Gene Harris is supposed to run the district with minimal interference from school board members.   But Harris learned last night that doesn't extend to building a 2,500-seat theater for student productions and staff meetings.   In what ... http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/12/02/columbus-school-board-balks-at-theater-plan-superintendents-request-for-8-million-go-ahead-surprises-members/ Sunday, November 29, 2009   The Columbus Dispatch editorial Superintendent Gene Harris came under some mild criticism from Columbus Board of Education members at a recent public meeting. That shouldn't be noteworthy, because school-board members ought to question the work of district employees when they aren't satisfied -- and they should do so ... http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/11/29/scrutiny-is-vital-a-school-boards-job-is-to-monitor-question-district-administrators/ Friday, November 27, 2009   The Columbus Dispatch editorial     Four months ago, The Dispatch opined that the state budget's mandate for all-day kindergarten next school year is ill-defined and too expensive for many school districts. Since then, little has changed except that the State Board of Education has gotten into a squabble ... http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/11/27/try-it-again-governors-kindergarten-mandate-in-need-of-a-thorough-rethinking/ Two principals - one male, one female - to lead Columbus City Schools' new single-gender middle schools were hired this week. Michael D. Owens, who currently is assistant principal at Arts Impact Middle School, will run the boys school. Theresa A. Pettis, principal at Southmoor Middle School, will run the girls ... http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/11/20/the-dispatch-single-gender-principals-hired/