How Good Are Cleveland's Schools?
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* A new Contract Hits is up.
* Apparently the Cleveland public schools are so wonderful that kids will brave bad weather, illnesses and family turmoil just to be there. At least, that's one interpretation of the district's attendance reporting. The district claimed only 620 excused absences for 63,000 students last year. The similarly sized Columbus school district had 303,550 excused absences. "Ohio school districts must report at least a 93 percent attendance rate to meet the state's standard," reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
* Kudos to the Albuquerque Teachers Federation for refusing to use its representatives to distribute anti-military recruiting material on district campuses. A group called Another Side wanted the union to do it because "they were having trouble getting into the schools,"according to ATF President Ellen Bernstein. The union's representative council rejected the idea. The "no" vote did not reflect an evaluation of Another Side's program, Bernstein told the Albuquerque Tribune. Nevertheless, a sharp salute from EIA.
* If you haven't been following the details of a massive theft of school district funds in Roslyn, the New York Times has a good catch-up story here. (registration required)
* Outpost of the Odd: "Cause of gamma ray bursts found." That's good news for this guy.
* A new Contract Hits is up.
* Apparently the Cleveland public schools are so wonderful that kids will brave bad weather, illnesses and family turmoil just to be there. At least, that's one interpretation of the district's attendance reporting. The district claimed only 620 excused absences for 63,000 students last year. The similarly sized Columbus school district had 303,550 excused absences. "Ohio school districts must report at least a 93 percent attendance rate to meet the state's standard," reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
* Kudos to the Albuquerque Teachers Federation for refusing to use its representatives to distribute anti-military recruiting material on district campuses. A group called Another Side wanted the union to do it because "they were having trouble getting into the schools,"according to ATF President Ellen Bernstein. The union's representative council rejected the idea. The "no" vote did not reflect an evaluation of Another Side's program, Bernstein told the Albuquerque Tribune. Nevertheless, a sharp salute from EIA.
* If you haven't been following the details of a massive theft of school district funds in Roslyn, the New York Times has a good catch-up story here. (registration required)
* Outpost of the Odd: "Cause of gamma ray bursts found." That's good news for this guy.
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