- Our own Aaron Churchill is quoted in this piece looking at the proposal being floated in Ohio to water down graduation requirements. Spoiler alert: Aaron is against said watering down. (Columbus Dispatch, 4/9/17)
- There’s something new and cool coming to Cleveland next year – Davis Aerospace and Maritime High School – part-tech, part-career, all awesome. Davis has a couple of precursors out there, including the Toledo Maritime Academy charter school – both of which intrepid journalist Patrick O’Donnell visited to get an idea of what the new school will offer students. Nice. And yes that is the second mention of Toledo Maritime Academy today. Well spotted! (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 4/10/17)
- Speaking of school choices, it seems that a lot of “rebalancing” is going on among leagues and divisions in high school sports in central Ohio, especially among private schools. The discussion centers around “base enrollment”, which is not explained. But basically if a school’s population is going up, it’s likely moving up into a division against other schools of similar size. If you’re immersed in school choice discussions like your humble clip compiler is, you can see the impact of vouchers in some of the growth. Wonder how those growth patterns will change if/when vouchers are expanded throughout the state? (This Week News, 4/7/17)
- There’s some good news in North Ridgeville schools (official STEM-designation for the new Ranger High-Tech Academy set to open next school year)… (Northern Ohio Morning Journal, 4/9/17) …and some bad news in North Ridgeville schools (a looming teachers strike after the latest contract offer from the district was rejected). (Northern Ohio Morning Journal, 4/8/17)
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