Following last week's release of local report card data by the state education department, the Fordham Institute conducted our sixth annual analysis of school performance in Ohio's major urban cities (see here). In addition to city-by-city analyses of charter and district performance in Dayton, Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Toledo, we partnered with the North Carolina-based education and management consulting firm Public Impact to produce an in-depth report, Urban School Performance Report: An Analysis of Ohio Big Eight Charter and District School performance with a special analysis of Cyber Schools, 2008-09 (see here). Our analyses were featured in articles in Catalyst-Ohio (see here), the Cleveland Plain Dealer (see here), the Columbus Dispatch (see here), the Dayton Daily News (see here), the Cincinnati Enquirer (see here), Gongwer News Service Ohio (see here, subscription required), and The Hannah Report (see here, subscription required).