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Strickland slashes state budget, while state board asks for more
Facing constitutional requirements for a balanced budget, Gov.
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Guide to 21st Century Skills, Education, and Competitiveness
Partnership for 21st Century SkillsSept. 2008
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Has Barack Obama been reading The Gadfly?
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's head-turning education speech in Dayton Sept. 9 was notable for stepping away from several planks dear to traditional Democratic thinking. The national audience surely paid attention. But did his fellow Democrats in the Buckeye State?
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The push for diagnostic testing
Ohio is in the midst of a debate about how best to use its student assessments and ever- increasing amounts of student-achievement data to improve student performance. The data is used by the state for accountability purposes, but how can this data also be used to improve teaching and learning in all schools?
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Where We Stand: America's Schools in the 21st Century
Public Broadcast SystemAired Sept. 15 on WOSUOhio stood out on Sept. 15 when PBS aired Where We Stand: America's Schools in the 21st Century. The special's host, Judy Woodruff, used four Ohio schools to describe the current state of American education. Viewers should have come away feeling uncomfortable.
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Fordham scoops Harvard!
Today in Education Week: "NCLB Testing Said to Give 'Illusions of Progress'" Last October from Fordham: "No Child Left Behind's ???Proficiency Illusion'"
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Cruel and unusual or just brilliant?
"Stand-up desks provide a firm footing for fidgety students" "Teachers report improved focus, behavior"