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  • Issue 4: What does passage mean for neighborhood schools?

    (Plain Press, November 2014) Issue 4 on the November 4th Ballot asks Cleveland voters to extend the bond issue originally passed by Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) voters in 2001. Since Issue 4 is a renewal, the district stresses it will not raise taxes. The CMSD notes that the bond issue will cost the owner…

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  • Westown Community Development Corporation Swinging’ Summer Concerts at Halloran Park

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  • Quan Am Buddhist Temple celebrates 10th Anniversary

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, August 2014) Over 200 people gathered at Quan Am Buddhist Temple at 11921 Bellaire Road on Sunday July 20th to celebrate the temple’s tenth anniversary. Many members of Cleveland Buddhist Community attending the celebration, came early to go inside the small temple for a moment of reflection before a beautiful…

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  • Standardized tests drive Cleveland Transformation Plan

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, August 2014) Under current local, state and national educational policy, Clevelanders are being asked to measure their public and charter schools and judge their teaching staffs based on the scores on standardized tests. While the standardized tests may help to compare schools, they do little to help individual students to…

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