Jan Resseger

In these times when Betsy DeVos, the U.S. Secretary of Education, is devotedly promoting school privatization, f you can make it to Cleveland Heights on October 10, please join us to consider the strengths of public education and the disadvantages of privatizing public … [Read more...] about “Backpack Full of Cash”: Northeast Ohio Screening, Oct. 10, 7 PM, Cleveland Heights High School

This afternoon, members of the Heights Coalition for Public Education presented to the local staffs of Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman a joint statement---signed by 20 statewide and local educational and civic organizations---opposing the confirmation of Betsy DeVos, … [Read more...] about Heights Education Group Uncovers Widespread Opposition to Confirmation of DeVos as U.S. Education Secretary

Our children are grown and live far away, but my husband and I will be voting for Issue 109, the Heights School Levy. We believe supporting our community’s children is a responsibility and a privilege. Our high school students can study advanced chemistry and physics, a range … [Read more...] about Why My Husband and I Will Vote “Yes” on the Heights School Levy

What does it mean when somebody gives you a bad grade for who you are?  That is exactly what the new school district report cards in Ohio do.  School achievement tends to correlate with aggregate family income, and metropolitan areas across the nation are quickly resegregating by … [Read more...] about Ohio’s 2015 School District Report Cards Encourage Economic Segregation

Ohio's release last Friday of school district report cards that rate schools and school districts and assign letter grades for a range of calculations that remain incomprehensible to the general public has set me to thinking about opportunity.  The grades, after all, purport to … [Read more...] about Ohio’s School District Letter Grades Tell Us Little about Real Opportunity