Senator Lamar Alexander, chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, held another hearing this week on the potential reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, since 2002 called No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The subject of … [Read more...] about Should the Federal Government Be Determining How States Evaluate Teachers?
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Ohio Auditor’s Report on Low Attendance at Dropout Recovery Schools Confirms Long Trend
Last October, Ohio State Auditor, Dave Yost sent staffers unannounced to 30 charter schools across the state to see if the headcount of students present matched the number of students the schools had declared were enrolled this year. Yost announced on January 22, 2015 that, "Out … [Read more...] about Ohio Auditor’s Report on Low Attendance at Dropout Recovery Schools Confirms Long Trend
Charter Titans’ Political Contributions Keep Ohio Charters Unregulated
In Policy vs. Politics: Which Will Prevail in the Looming Ohio Charter School Reform Fight? researchers from the Ohio Charter School Accountability Project examine the connection between political contributions made by David Brennan and William Lager---Ohio's two largest charter … [Read more...] about Charter Titans’ Political Contributions Keep Ohio Charters Unregulated
Citizens Police Academy – Part VII: Wrapping It Up
I had every intention of wrapping up my experience with the Cleveland Heights Citizens Police Academy back when it ended last fall. But I didn’t know what to say. That is until a Cleveland Heights resident named Samuel Taylor allegedly led police on a brief car chase through a … [Read more...] about Citizens Police Academy – Part VII: Wrapping It Up
Cleveland Heights Chronicles – Part 2
Our arrival in Cleveland Heights at 3157 Kensington Road took place in the summer of 1969. We moved from the Park Lane Villa in University Circle, where we’d been for three years. The Park Lane was a wonderful old building, recently remodeled, and we had an apartment on the 5th … [Read more...] about Cleveland Heights Chronicles – Part 2
