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RECENT COVERAGE
Cleveland School Official’s Time at Toledo District Investigated by State
Regional News Stories: Wednesday, December 24, 2008
A Cleveland public school official currently on administrative leave in connection with missing equipment is now under scrutiny at his old job. ideastream®'s Kymberli Hagelberg has more.
Survey Says System for Getting Aid to Poor Schools Flawed
Regional News Stories: Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Ohio's poor schools qualify for almost a Billion dollars in state aid -- but a new study says the money doesn't always go where it's intended. ideastream®'s Kymberli Hagelberg has more.
Downtown Taps Go Dry; School Leader Hopes to Tap TARP
Feagler & Friends: Friday, December 19, 2008
The panel considers the implications of a break in the city's ancient water lines and a local school superintendent tells us why his system deserves federal bailout money.
Indianapolis Second Grader Takes an NFL Player to School
NewsDepth: Thursday, December 18, 2008
Call it the Super Bowl of Show and Tell. A second grader at Brook Park Elementary in Indianapolis caused a lot of excitement when he showed up at school with an NFL football player. Jaedon Ball was one of 34 kids around the country to win the JC Penny NFL Take a Player to School sweepstakes. Colts safety Bob Sanders talked to the kids about the NFL’s Play 60 campaign. It encourages young people to get 60 minutes of exercise every day.
Skills of Student Lego Engineers Tested in Robot Tournament
NewsDepth: Thursday, December 18, 2008
Students in the Cincinnati region spent three months figuring out how to build a robot that can perform tasks like save a model house from a flood, close shutters, and open windows. On Sunday, members of 35 teams found out if their robots were up to the task at a Lego robotics tournament.
It was held at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. Kids from the age of nine to fourteen made and programmed their robots from Lego kits, then had two and half minutes to complete up to eighteen challenges. Winners qualified for the state tournament, which will be held in Dayton next February. (Photos courtesy Lisa Desatnik, iSPACE)
Educators Look for Ways to Stop Brain Drain
Regional News Stories: Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Educators and business leaders gathered at Case Western Reserve University today/Wednesday to try to figure out ways to combat the exodus of educated young people from the state. Ideastream®'s Kymberli Hagelberg has this report.
The Sound of Ideas: Wednesday, December 17, 2008
The average cost of a year at a private college topped $37,000 this year, and some in Ohio are paying a whole lot more. Today's economic realities are causing families of the college-bound to make some tough choices, including deciding whether they can afford go back to school in January. Wednesday morning at 9, join us for a conversation about the costs and sacrifices for a college education.
Chinese Institutes Grow at American Universities
Regional News Stories: Monday, December 15, 2008
It's an arrangement only possible in an economically challenged, post-Cold War world where one superpower is starved for cash and the other needs an image makeover. Currently the Peoples Republic of China is paying for Chinese language courses on more than 300 American college campuses. These "Confucius Institutes" provide a needed infusion of funds, and arm students with a key tool for competing in the global economy. ideastream'®s Kymberli Hagelberg has this report.
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Funding for the coverage of education topics comes from the Ferro Foundation; The GAR Foundation; The Thomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust; and The Cleveland Foundation.
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21st Century Schools
The U.S. ranks near the bottom of other industrialized nations in math and science education. Kids in much of the industrialized world are so far ahead of our kids that some experts say only a radical restructuring of how we teach math and science will close the gap. “21st Century Schools” is a multi-media campaign comprised of stories and programs on radio, television, newspaper and the internet.
The Governor’s Town Hall Meeting on Education Reform
Governor Strickland discussed the six principles for education reform he presented in his 2008 State of the State address as well as specific policy ideas for improving Ohio’s schools at the Idea Center™ at PlayhouseSquare on August 7, 2008.
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