- Fordham Ohio’s study of the EdChoice Scholarship program was referenced in this national story about vouchers in VP-elect Pence’s home state of Indiana and how that experience will possibly influence the national Trump/Pence education agenda. (Washington Post, 11/11/16)
- The Cleveland Metropolitan School District, immediately upon passage of their renewal levy on Tuesday, literally restarted the countdown clock on their website – counting down to the next time they will need to come to voters to renew in four years’ time. Is this self-confidence or torture? (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 11/9/16)
- Superintendents from across the state are arguing that Ohio’s new, tougher high school graduation requirements must be relaxed in order to avert an “apocalypse” in their districts’ graduation rates. That is why the state board of education – meeting this week – will likely take up the issue. It is also why said supes are planning to descend upon the Statehouse tomorrow morning en masse. (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 11/13/16)
- Back in the real world, a quirky STEM course at Canal Winchester Middle School teaches students how to build working ukuleles. Back in the day, when I attended middle school in CW’s cross-county rival district, I made a piggy bank out of wood in shop class. I still have it and still use it decades later. Let’s hope the same can be said for those ukuleles. (Columbus Dispatch, 11/14/16)
