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1) Cleveland plan: How does it stack up? By: Scott Stephens See More Stories by this author.
<p><span style="COLOR: #000000">Cleveland’s new roadmap to reform covers much of the same ground a few other large urban school districts have already traveled. </span></p>
Published: January, 2010

2) State, district begins work toward improving Youngstown's schools By: Scott Stephens See More Stories by this author.
<p><span style="COLOR: #000000">Youngstown City School District is the first in the state to be placed under the guidance of an “academic distress commission,” a team charged with creating a plan to turn around the schools.</span></p>
Published: January, 2010

3) Cincinnati turnaround schools seeing gains on district tests By: Rachel Abbey See More Stories by this author.
<span style="COLOR: #000000">Catalyst Ohio <em>will follow the turnaround efforts in districts across the state as the year goes on. This article focuses on the progress and changes made by Cincinnati’s Elementary Initiative schools.</em></span>
Published: January, 2010

4) Annual conference gives educators chance to discuss challenges of closing the achievement gap By: Rachel Abbey See More Stories by this author.
<span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">The Education Trust's annual conference gives attendees the chance to hear presentations from education heavyweights, like the U.S. Secretary of Education, as well as from principals at schools that have successfully closed the gap.</span>
Published: September, 2009

5) Could the Harlem Children's Zone work in Ohio? By: Catalyst Ohio staff See More Stories by this author.
<span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5914322n&tag=contentMain;cbsCarousel"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255)"><em>60 Minutes</em> revisited Geoffrey Canada’s Harlem Children’s Zone</span></a> on Sunday. The report says that since the first feature three-and-a-half years ago, the comprehensive education and social services program is showing results for students. Now, President Barack Obama wants to replicate the Harlem Children’s Zone outside of New York City. Would such a program work in Ohio’s urban districts? Check out the video and leave your thoughts on the story. <br /></span></span> <embed width="425" height="324" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="linkUrl=http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5914322n&tag=contentMain;cbsCarousel&releaseURL=http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/player-dest.swf&videoId=50080489&partner=news&vert=News&si=254&autoPlayVid=false&name=cbsPlayer&allowScriptAccess=always&wmode=transparent&embedded=y&scale=noscale&rv=n&salign=tl" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/player-dest.swf"></embed> <br /><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/">Watch CBS News Videos Online</a>
Published: September, 2009

6) Cleveland falls short when compared to other urban districts on nation's report card By: Scott Stephens See More Stories by this author.
<span style="COLOR: #000000">Scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress released this week for 18 urban school districts across the U.S. showed good gains since 2003 and marginal progress since 2007. But among the 10 districts that have participated in the test since 2003, Cleveland is the only district whose scores have not increased in the two tested grades, 4 and 8.</span>
Published: September, 2009

7) Cleveland schools CEO optimistic despite poor grade for district By: Scott Stephens See More Stories by this author.
<p><span style="COLOR: #000000"><img height="294" alt="" width="600" border="0" src="/assets/CMSD%20value%20added.JPG" /></span></p> <p><span style="COLOR: #000000">For the second straight year, the Cleveland Metropolitan School District is in academic watch on its state report card – the equivalent of a D. Still, district officials insist they’ve made significant academic progress, and they say they have the data to prove it.</span></p>
Published: June, 2009

8) Updated: Ohio's urban districts slowly making academic progress By: Scott Stephens See More Stories by this author.
<span style="COLOR: #000000">Most of Ohio’s big-city school districts continued to make slow but steady gains on state report cards, missing many academic targets but showing signs that their students are beginning to close the gap on their suburban peers.</span>
Published: June, 2009

9) Updated: Cleveland 'turnaround schools' see modest gains on state report card By: Rachel Abbey See More Stories by this author.
<p><span style="COLOR: #000000">Rankings remained stagnant, with all but one in academic emergency, but the state found that the majority of the schools were helping students learn more than one year’s worth of material.</span></p>
Published: June, 2009

10) Report card rankings for schools in Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati By: Joy Brewington See More Stories by this author.
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Published: June, 2009

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