- Here’s another article on Fordham-sponsored charter school DECA Prep’s expansion plans, now underway in Dayton. There’s some great detail here about the school’s plans. I find the “parent center” portion to be very interesting. Kudos to DECA on all fronts! (Dayton Daily News, 12/18/16)
- DECA is also name-checked in this piece – among a list of many other options from which one Dayton resident could choose for her grandson. The main part of the story is about inter-district open enrollment in Montgomery County, timed to coincide with the first public discussions in Huber Heights schools about the possibility of opening up their borders to students from outside. It’s a very interesting piece and thoroughly discusses the pros and cons. I was especially impressed by the superintendent from Kettering schools who candidly (and accurately) noted that “revenues are the main driver of open enrollment on the school side, while it’s just another form of school choice on the family side.” (Dayton Daily News, 12/17/16)
- Here is an interesting story on the current career-skills training going on at one Columbus City Schools high school. Specifically, construction trades. Nice. (Columbus Dispatch, 12/18/16)
- Finally today, eSports has recently been added as a club sport at Otsego Schools in Northwest Ohio. But the students behind the club are not content to stop there: for them, it’s varsity or bust! (Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune, 12/17/16)
