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1) Is the district moving too fast to open boys schools?
By: Piet van Lier See More Stories by this author.
Posted July 15, 2007 -- With slightly more than six weeks to go before the district plans to open four single-gender schools, principals had not been hired for the two all-boys schools, no teachers were on board at any of the schools, and recruitment of students had yet to begin.
Published: July, 2007
3) Battle over school choice escalates By: Piet van Lier See More Stories by this author.
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland fired another shot in the long-running battle over school choice with his first two-year budget in March. It would have put a moratorium on new charter schools, barred for-profit companies from operating schools and eliminated a school voucher program for children in low-performing schools around the state. But Republicans in the Ohio House of Representatives responded by stripping those items from the budget bill they passed in April.
Published: June, 2007
5) Sponsors seek to improve school-governing bodies By: Stephanie Klupinski See More Stories by this author.
In recent months, the independent, nonprofit boards that govern Ohio charter schools have received much attention from both state lawmakers and school sponsors.
Published: June, 2007
6) Facing competition from charters, district seeks to improve “customer service” By: Daniel Gray-Kontar See More Stories by this author.
In Ohio and across the country, districts are coming to terms with the market reality that they must do more than provide sound academic programming, better teachers, safer schools, and fiscal transparency. They now must also view parents, students, and strategic partners as customers, who, if dissatisfied, will take their business elsewhere, just like car shoppers switch from Ford to Toyota.
Published: April, 2007
7) In Cincy, “customers” get better signs, help center By: Daniel Gray-Kontar See More Stories by this author.
Cincinnati schools are keeping customer service simple. <br /> After meetings with parents and other school stakeholders last year, the district discovered that good customer service was as easy as making sure parents could smoothly navigate school facilities.
Published: April, 2007
9) Four schools on new course By: Maureen Kelleher See More Stories by this author.
New Chicago schools eschew traditional high school model for a more radical approach
Published: January, 2005
10) No bells, no classes, no letter grades By: Maureen Kelleher See More Stories by this author.
The school's motto, "personalized learning, one student at a time," reflects the philosophy of the model's founders, two noted New Hampshire educators who teamed up with the Annenberg Institute to design the prototype Big Picture high school in Providence, R.I.
Published: January, 2005
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Posted July 15, 2007 -- With slightly more than six weeks to go before the district plans to open four single-gender schools, principals had not been hired for the two all-boys schools, no teachers were on board at any of the schools, and recruitment of students had yet to begin.
Published: July, 2007
3) Battle over school choice escalates By: Piet van Lier See More Stories by this author.
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland fired another shot in the long-running battle over school choice with his first two-year budget in March. It would have put a moratorium on new charter schools, barred for-profit companies from operating schools and eliminated a school voucher program for children in low-performing schools around the state. But Republicans in the Ohio House of Representatives responded by stripping those items from the budget bill they passed in April.
Published: June, 2007
5) Sponsors seek to improve school-governing bodies By: Stephanie Klupinski See More Stories by this author.
In recent months, the independent, nonprofit boards that govern Ohio charter schools have received much attention from both state lawmakers and school sponsors.
Published: June, 2007
6) Facing competition from charters, district seeks to improve “customer service” By: Daniel Gray-Kontar See More Stories by this author.
In Ohio and across the country, districts are coming to terms with the market reality that they must do more than provide sound academic programming, better teachers, safer schools, and fiscal transparency. They now must also view parents, students, and strategic partners as customers, who, if dissatisfied, will take their business elsewhere, just like car shoppers switch from Ford to Toyota.
Published: April, 2007
7) In Cincy, “customers” get better signs, help center By: Daniel Gray-Kontar See More Stories by this author.
Cincinnati schools are keeping customer service simple. <br /> After meetings with parents and other school stakeholders last year, the district discovered that good customer service was as easy as making sure parents could smoothly navigate school facilities.
Published: April, 2007
9) Four schools on new course By: Maureen Kelleher See More Stories by this author.
New Chicago schools eschew traditional high school model for a more radical approach
Published: January, 2005
10) No bells, no classes, no letter grades By: Maureen Kelleher See More Stories by this author.
The school's motto, "personalized learning, one student at a time," reflects the philosophy of the model's founders, two noted New Hampshire educators who teamed up with the Annenberg Institute to design the prototype Big Picture high school in Providence, R.I.
Published: January, 2005
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