Final
Ohio Auditor of State Keith Faber this week released the results of the final audit of the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT). The report concludes that the defunct entity owes more than $106 million to the Ohio Department of Education and more than $10 million to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.
Are you ready for some football?
Here is a detailed look at the patient progress of Patriot Preparatory Academy in Columbus as they built their athletics program and approached their long-held goal of fielding a football team.
The view from Toledo’s waterfront
In the depths of this detailed piece on the recent meeting of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority board of directors is the news that Northwest Ohio Classical Academy will receive $15 million in bond funds to begin the renovation of its space.
Signing on this fall
Elsewhere in the Great Lakes region, a new charter school is opening next school year in Muskegon, Michigan. The school’s founders—a retired Navy SEAL and a boxing promoter—are promising a maritime-focused school…with a kick. Nearly half of the seats are filled already.
Exit interview
Henderson Lewis, Jr., will retire this month after seven years as superintendent of New Orleans Public Schools. This interview covers the ways in which Dr. Lewis has operated in the unique all-charter structure. He easily navigates some negative and slanted questions, using data to make his points and demonstrating the deftness with which he has continued being effective in a difficult and sometimes hostile environment.
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