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Kids making apps and superintendents talking about details

Angel Gonzalez
2.5.2013
  • Kilgour School in Mount Lookout is creating an after-school app development class for their elementary school students, giving the students one more reason to ask their parents for a smartphone.
  • Governor Kasich unveiled his education reform plan, detailing new funding schemes to distribute state dollars and initiatives that incentivize innovation. Superintendents seem optimistic toward the new plan but eagerly await the specific details for their districts.
  • Analysts say that introducing income-based eligibility to the voucher program will allow 1.8 million elementary and secondary students to qualify for tax-funded tuition to private schools.
  • In an effort to improve academics ahead of the new Ohio standards, Cincinnati Public Schools will expand all of its high schools to teach 7th-12th graders. In this new model, students will be able to start taking pre-algebra as early as seventh grade.
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Angel Gonzalez is a Program and Research Associate at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. Previously serving as an intern, he is continuing his work in assisting with projects and research in the Ohio offices. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University with B.S. in International Relations and Politics, Angel worked as English teacher for the Peace Corps in Chongqing…

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