- Everything about the Youngstown Plan may be stalled for the moment, but that can’t stop folks from writing about it. This, however, is decidedly a third-stringer/journalism student writing this confused comparison between what’s (supposed to be) going on in Youngstown and the ongoing transformation of education in Cleveland. The author appears to have little clear or objective information about either city. Call us next time, Matt. We’re always good for a quote. (Youngstown Vindicator, 12/30/15)
- The Beacon Journal still has its ace reporter grinding axes even over the holidays. Case in point: this piece looking into the additional information provided by ODE to US Department of Education officials (and ace reporters) regarding the stalled Community School Program grant Ohio was awarded back in November. There is some detail provided on one Akron area charter school whose audit info was so shoddy it couldn’t be accurately reported to the feds (Akron Beacon Journal, 12/29/15), but the “questions” referenced in the lede appear to 1) be the reporter’s own and 2) boil down to the definition of “resolved”. I do love a reporter who’s willing to get into the weeds, but that headline though. (Akron Beacon Journal, 12/29/15)
- Back in the real world, leaders in several Northeast Ohio school districts are looking ahead to standardized testing in the post-PARCC era and sounding remarkably positive about it all. (Willoughby News-Herald, 12/28/15)
