- A new report from Learn to Earn Dayton showed some sobering data regarding the achievement gap for black students in Montgomery County’s district schools, especially boys. At an event unveiling the report, interventions in early education; raising of expectations in classrooms; and accessible, high-quality after-school programming were all put forward as parts of an overall solution going forward. (Dayton Daily News, 1/27/17)
- FutureReady Columbus appears to be interested in the same sorts of things in Columbus as Learn to Earn is in Dayton. Here is a primer on how the organization came to be and where it is heading in the near future. Interesting compare/contrast with Learn to Earn’s plans could be made, if one was inclined to make such comparisons. (Columbus Dispatch, 1/30/17)
- Ditto for Lorain City Schools, where wraparound services are in the limelight. I’ll let the new director of student and family outreach explain it to you: “Our main battle, I find, is the battle between home culture and school culture. Meaning, we do all these things we can for the student here at school, but then they go home and face whatever they’re facing. So it’s a constant battle for the student. So we’re trying to make that transition smooth, so home is just as safe and structured as school is.” (Northern Ohio Morning Journal, 1/29/17)
- Mansfield City Schools employees have, it seems, been shredding disciplinary records a bit too soon in relation to district records retention policy. No; not students’ disciplinary records – those belonging to teachers. It is being described as a misalignment between state law and the district’s CBA. Story developing, as they say. (Mansfield News Journal, 1/29/17)
- This very morning, the Louisville school board approved the new contract with the district’s teachers union. This is good news, but while it’s got to be a giant weight off of everyone’s shoulders to have this done, the saga is not quite over. At the same meeting, the board added another disciplinary charge to each of the three teachers still on leave based on new information from actions taken the day before the recent strike began. (Canton Repository, 1/30/17)
