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- Liberal Groups Blasts Influence of Conservative ALEC The groups say the corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council paid for trips for lawmakers... and wrote laws they passed.
Commemorative Events For The West Side Market’s 100th Birthday Announced Planners hope beyond just hitting a major milestone, that the West Side Market's centennial means boosting commerce, jobs, and tourism.- Kasich To Deliver State Of The State Speech Tuesday In Steubenville Kasich will give the annual speech at Wells Academy, one of the state’s highest performing public elementary schools.
Ohio To Phase Out Remedial College Classes at Universities More than 40 percent of Ohio college freshmen need to take a remedial course.
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- See How College-Ready Graduates from Your Ohio High School Are In one fifth of Ohio school high schools that get an A or A+ from the state, most graduates are not college-ready. That means that they have to take at... (more)
- StateImpact Ohio Commenter Conducts His Own Chat with Diane Ravitch We talked last week with education professor Diane Ravitch, one of the leading anti-education reform reformers. (Gross oversimplification of her views: We test kids too much, the real problem with... (more)
- Former Kasich Education Advisor Bob Sommers Opens the Kimono If only government officials were this chatty while they were still in office. A couple weeks ago, Bob Sommers, lead education advisor to Gov. John Kasich, announced his resignation, effective... (more)
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Battleground Ohio
The Sound of Ideas
Posted February 7, 2012
The Republican primaries are in full swing as the GOP seeks a candidate to unseat President Barack Obama in November. Ohio's Republicans will vote in a month. How will the various camps maneuver to make sure it's still a race, and not a coronation, by then? We'll take a look behind the scenes of the Ohio political battleground and look ahead to the general election for both major parties, Tuesday at 9 on the Sound of Ideas.
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Allen E. Cole Collection, Alfred Lubrano, Dianne McIntyre & Ntozake Shange
Around Noon
Posted February 7, 2012
Dee Perry focuses on the early 20th-century African-American images of Cleveland photographer Allen E. Cole on view now at The Western Reserve Historical Society. Plus Dan Polletta speaks with former Plain Dealer writer and current staff writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer Alfred Lubrano about his book 'Limbo: Blue Collar Roots, White Collar Dreams.' And Dee welcomes back acclaimed Cleveland choreographer Dianne McIntyre and award-winning playwright Ntozake Shange to spotlight their new collaborative chore-poem - 'Why I Had to Dance.'
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Maya Angelou’s Black History Month Special
90.3 WCPN Special Broadcast
Airs February 10, 2012
Maya Angelou's Black History Month Special
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Can Do: Stories of Black Visionaries, Seekers, and Entrepreneurs
90.3 WCPN Special Broadcast
Airs February 10, 2012
Can Do: Stories of Black Visionaries, Seekers, and Entrepreneurs, with host Alfre Woodard
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SLY & THE FAMILY STONE: FAMILY AFFAIR
90.3 WCPN Special Broadcast
Airs February 10, 2012
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE: FAMILY AFFAIR
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William’s Leap For Freedom
90.3 WCPN Special Broadcast
Airs February 17, 2012
Hosted by Dion Graham. This original play is based on the life of freed slave William Wells Brown.
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Rethinking Religion - The Harlem Renaissance: Music, Religion, and the Politics of Race, Part 1
90.3 WCPN Special Broadcast
Airs February 17, 2012
An exploration in words and music of how music, religion, and politics intersected during this rich period in African American history.
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Heavenly Sight: A Vision Found
90.3 WCPN Special Broadcast
Airs February 17, 2012
Heavenly Sight: Black Gospel's Blind Singers
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