- The Plain Dealer, with typical deliberation and thoroughness, took a couple of days to check out the new KnowYourCharters website before publishing their take. They suspect that politics may have “crept in” to the project. But seriously, nice Cleveland-centric take on the story with lots of quotes from charter school foes and supporters, including our own Chad and Aaron. (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
- Here’s an addition to yesterday’s stories about district opposition to state testing requirements, some of which are new this year. This time: the above-average Columbus suburb of Westerville. Complete with calculations of testing time required. (ThisWeek News/Westerville News & Public Opinion)
- The USDOE has awarded a grant of $795,000 to the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to support its efforts to find, train, and keep good turnaround principals. Congratulations! (EdWeek)
- More on the ongoing efforts of a church in Monroe (more than three years so far) to buy a closed high school building from the local district. The latest is a public hearing. It went about how you thought it would. The alternative now being put together is for more taxpayer money to go into the property and for the district to take a big financial hit. (Middletown Journal-News)
- A private school in Chillicothe which will be closing for good tomorrow (after nearly two decades in the community) with very little notice. While it is certain to be to be a difficult situation for parents and students in the wake of the closure, there are some serious questions that need to be answered and the Gazette is staying on the case. (Chillicothe Gazette)
- We close with a throwback for anyone who pines for the good old days. Students from 21st century Clark County are regular visitors on field trips to a restored one-room schoolhouse in New Carlisle, originally opened in 1878 and restored by (and run by) former teachers from the area, who note that “teachers got the most respect” back then. Ah nostalgia. (Springfield News Sun)
