Analysis & Backgrounders
Columbus school board power shift hits a nerve (June 1, 2009) -- A new governing method raises debate about the school board's oversight of the financially ailing district
No one size fits all for schools (Dec. 23, 2007) -- An analysis of the movement to reform middle-years education, after Columbus schools superintendent announces she wants to eliminate middle school
Poorer schools hit hard in test (July 9, 2007)-- Data analysis reveals that graduation rates in schools with a high percentage of low-income students suffered most in the first year of the high-stakes Ohio Graduation Test.
Arts vs. sciences (Apr. 8, 2007) -- Analysis of enrollment in art classes shows that several school districts' programs are languishing, but others are bucking that trend
4 Big Issues (Feb. 10, 2008) -- Columbus school district is facing a difficult year that could determine its future success or failure based on four major issues
Ward leaves mixed record as schools supervisor (Aug. 14, 2006) -- An analysis over Randy Ward's term as state-appointed head of the troubled Oakland school district
-- A look at the campus-life of a student accused of brutally killing his father and maming his mother
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Editor Rex Smith gives details of my first encounter with Christopher Porco (I am the unnamed Times Union reporter) in this column
