Things unraveled pretty quickly last week for David Hansen, the director of school choice at the Ohio Department of Education. On Tuesday, the State Board of Education, dominated by appointees of Republican Governor John Kasich, met and discussed why, as Ohio began to evaluate … [Read more...] about Ohio Regulator Favors Politically Connected Charter School Sponsors, Resigns When Exposed
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Update on CH water system from City Council Member Jason Stein
The water system in Cleveland Heights is in need of significant repair, estimated at $20 million. It also owes more than $3 million to the Cleveland Water Department, which supplies water to Cleveland Heights through a "master meter" (i.e. Cleveland Heights pays for all the water … [Read more...] about Update on CH water system from City Council Member Jason Stein
Ohio Fast-Tracks Emergency Manager for Youngstown Schools and More Districts in Future
The headline on Doug Livingston's piece in the Akron Beacon Journal, says it all: Ohio Lawmakers Scrap Elected School Boards and Union Contracts, Usher In Private Control After Barring Opposition Testimony. Livingston explains: "The bill began innocuously in the House as an … [Read more...] about Ohio Fast-Tracks Emergency Manager for Youngstown Schools and More Districts in Future
New Illinois Analysis: Test Scores Correlate with School’s Economic Level, Not School’s Quality
States like my own state of Ohio that assign letter grades (A-F) to schools and school districts base these rankings pretty much on the standardized test scores of the students. Test scores---with high school graduation rates sometimes added to the algorithm that determines the … [Read more...] about New Illinois Analysis: Test Scores Correlate with School’s Economic Level, Not School’s Quality
Crime trends downward in Cleveland Heights
Here is a series of charts using crime data from the Cleveland Heights Police Department. All of these have been published previously in the Heights Observer. I'm providing them as a quick visual to see crime trends. For information on how the data are gathered and managed, read … [Read more...] about Crime trends downward in Cleveland Heights
