Though present in swarms only a few miles away, 17-year cicadas have proven scarce in the Heights area. "We haven't seen them in any quantity," says Sarah Cech, Natural Resources Manager for the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes. The few cicadas that call the Heights home have … [Read more...] about 17-year cicadas elusive in the Heights area
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Section 8 and Source of Income Discrimination: is there something in this for us?
Coming up with smart and effective social policy is “Mission Impossible”. And evaluating social policy is not much easier. One way to evaluate a social policy is to ask, “does it do more harm than good?” Insert social policies into that phrase and ask yourself, “Does Obamacare do … [Read more...] about Section 8 and Source of Income Discrimination: is there something in this for us?
Ohio’s School District Letter Grades Tell Us Little about Real Opportunity
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
Ohio Punishes Poor School Districts with Low Rankings without Providing Needed Funds
Last week the Ohio Education Policy Institute, in research funded by the Ohio School Boards Association, the Buckeye Association of School Administrators and the Ohio Association of School Business Officials, once again documented that school districts serving a large number and … [Read more...] about Ohio Punishes Poor School Districts with Low Rankings without Providing Needed Funds
Economy Grows But State Funding for Public Schools Continues to Shrink
Here is what Wikipedia says about Grover Norquist: "Grover Glenn Norquist... is an American political advocate who is founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, an organization that opposes all tax increases.... A Republican, he is the primary promoter of the "Taxpayer … [Read more...] about Economy Grows But State Funding for Public Schools Continues to Shrink
