Education

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

Free Lunch? (July 5, 2009) -- With families struggling in a bad economy, the number of Central Ohio students eligible for free meals jumped signficantly last year. The unintended consequence: a financial boost for school cafeterias

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

Hard Line, Top School (Dec. 16, 2005) -- A controversial urban charter school draws ire for its unusual rules and discipline, but gets stellar academic results

District, teachers avoid walkout (Apr. 21, 2006) -- A deal is reached in the contentious fight over the Oakland teachers contract, hours before the union was to go on strike

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Not much celebrating over teachers' contract (May 12, 2006)

Oakland teachers approve contract (May 10, 2006)

School district, teachers reach tentative pact (Apr. 20, 2006)

Oakland parents asked to keep children home Thursday (Apr. 19, 2006)

Oakland teachers threaten one-day strike (Mar. 30, 2006)

Setback in schools' talks with teachers union (Feb. 1, 2006)

Fact-finding report backs raises for teachers (Jan. 24, 2006)

Teachers, district bracing for strike (Dec. 24, 2005)

Board won't renew school chief's contract (Dec. 13, 2006) -- A suburban school board effectively fires its superintendent at a contentious meeting, responding to criticism of her management and a public scandal

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Board lashes superintendent in evaluations (Dec. 6, 2006)

Teamwork out the door in Dublin (Dec. 4, 2006)

E-mails show close friendship gone sour (Nov. 29, 2006)

Dublin schools tackling tumult (Nov. 23, 2006)

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

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Novel idea or 'slap in the face'? (Dec. 20, 2007)

Columbus superintendent wants to drop middle schools (Dec. 19, 2007)

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

Small, unorthodox school has big results (June 15, 2006) -- A unique school of high-risk students graduates everyone in its first class with offers to go to college

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

Boxing coach took charge of P.E., and an entire school changed (Jan. 25, 2006) -- An urban middle school bucks the trend by ranking No.1 in student fitness and attributes the stellar phys ed program for students' academic improvement

Logging on to gym class (Dec. 25, 2006) -- Struggling with more graduation requirments and greater competition to get into college, a growing number of students are taking gym on line against the will of their schools' physical education teachers