- Following up from our Youngstown bombshell on Friday, current CEO/future superintendent Justin Jennings says he is excited for the work ahead. He says he is sure that the district will easily exceed the benchmarks set in the turnaround plan (!) which is supposed to see them emerge from academic distress status. If that’s the case, why wouldn’t he be excited about his new
bossesgig? (ABC-33 News, Youngstown, 2/25/22)
- The Lima News has an interesting analysis of resident students who took state tests at private schools as voucher students last year. For me, it raises more questions than it answers (and it certainly doesn’t answer the question as posed in the headline), but the numbers are worth a look. (Lima News, 2/26/22)
- Speaking of vouchers (ignore that reference to charter schools in here, won’t you?), here’s a detailed and interesting piece about a new private school coming to the Hilltop area of Columbus, the wide-ranging partnership that ignited it, and plans for many similar schools in other hard-hit neighborhoods across Ohio. (Columbus Dispatch, 2/28/22)
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