- Not much education news to report on again today, but at least most of it is good news. Here’s an update on a Straight-A Fund project in Springfield. The CareerConnectED consortium already includes two school districts, a tech school, and a STEM academy. They are working to align students’ educational experiences with the high tech skills needed by employers in the area. They are also looking to add at least two more partners in the next five years. Hey guys, how about a charter school or two? (Springfield News Sun)
- An opinion piece in the PD today extols the virtues of Ohio’s Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship. It is written from the perspective of a service provider (author Lannie Davis is VP of the Julie Billiart School…) and from the perspective of a choice advocate (…and is also a board member of School Choice Ohio). Nice. (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
- But there’s always some less-good news lurking around the corner. Stay with me on this one. A group of public school zealots have been working hard to create the “feeder pattern” on Columbus’ south side that they would like their children to traverse from elementary through high school. And they had their hearts set on lovely old Stewart Elementary in historic (and tony) German Village. From their base of operations just south of the expensive-old-house zone, they’ve supported renovation of Stewart over the last couple of years. It will likely be a crown jewel for the district and a source of pride for all the kids who get to attend. Guess what? The school district recently announced the new neighborhood attendance boundaries for Stewart…and the gentrifying area just to the south is not included. Oddly enough, it seems that the district’s reasoning is the same as the zealots’. How do you say “awkward” in German? (ThisWeek News/German Village Gazette)
