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American students need an engaged team-based experiential learning environment that allows them room to grow
by Dick Resch (Plain Press, September 2015) American students need to hit the books. According to the latest international data, the United States ranks 24th among 34 developed countries in math and science achievement — well below countries like Slovenia, Vietnam, and the Czech Republic. Our dismal academic performance has real consequences for our economy.…
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PRE4CLE increases number of quality preschool slots
(Plain Press, September 2015) Last August, the Cleveland Metropolitan School District announced the launching of PRE4CLE, an effort to expand the number of quality preschool seats available to children ages 3-5 years living in the City of Cleveland (see PRE4CLE sets goals to expand quality preschool offerings in city of Cleveland, Plain Press, September 2014,…
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High-quality preschools have openings for 2015-2016 school year
SPACES AVAILABLE AT PRIVATE AND CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT CLASSROOMS (Plain Press, September 2015) There is good news for families in Cleveland who wish to send their 3- or-4-year-old preschoolers to a high-quality program this school year. According to PRE4CLE, Cleveland’s high-quality preschool expansion plan, private preschools and Cleveland Metropolitan School District classrooms that partner…
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Gund Foundation gives $950,000 to CMSD schools
(Plain Press, September 2015) CMSD NEWS BUREAU: The George Gund Foundation has awarded $950,000 to support new and innovative CMSD schools. The foundation approved $780,000 for three small high schools that make up the new John Marshall Campus, as well as the Cleveland High School for Digital Arts and the Cleveland School of the Arts.…
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Boys and Girls Club at Walton School offers an answer to students’ requests for their school
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, August 2015) The Boys and Girls Club at Walton School, 3409 Walton, seems to offer the perfect answer to requests for improvements at the school made by Walton students in a meeting at the school just over two years ago. At the end of the 2012- 2013 school year, Walton…
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West Side Boys and Girls Club works to keep students on track to graduate
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, August 2015) On June 30th, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Cleveland held a graduation party for seniors who graduated from high school this past year. The West Side Boys and Girls Club, located on Trowbridge in the Clark Fulton neighborhood, participated in the graduation party. According to Gaelen Bell,…
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MetroHealth to give students inside look at hospital careers
(Plain Press, August 2015) CMSD NEWS BUREAU The MetroHealth System will give 50 to 75 ninth-graders at two high schools an inside look at a large Cleveland hospital and career opportunities in health care. The MetroHealth Scholars series, open to incoming ninth- graders at Lincoln-West and James Ford Rhodes high schools, will run from September…
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Demolition of old Watterson Lake goes forward
REMAINDER OF BUILDING OPEN FOR CLASSES THIS YEAR (Plain Press, August 2015) CMSD NEWS BUREAU: The city of Cleveland is set to demolish the older, unoccupied section of Watterson-Lake School, but the work will be finished and the remainder of the building will be open when classes resume Aug. 17. A VIP tour of Watterson-Lake…
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Coalition forms to seek plans, tools and resources necessary for success at 23 Investment Schools
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, July 2015) On May 30th, the Cleveland Teachers Union (CTU) and Common Good Ohio hosted another Breakfast with CTU President David Quolke. The event held at the Breen Center at St. Ignatius High School featured a discussion between members of the teachers union, members of Common Good Ohio, and members…
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