Education+Reform

= Education Reform....and //Waiting for Superman//, oh and Senate Bill 5 =

To find out more information about the Ohio state legislature or the 129th General Assembly click here:

129th General Assembly Use this link to find out more information on pending or current legislation or to find out who your State Senator or Representative is.

//Waiting for Superman// links or interesting reviews, opposing viewpoints, etc.
Did you love the movie //Waiting for Superman// or did you hate it? Either way, you may need more information so check out this official site for //Waiting for Superman//

Here is a website that (as you can see by the title) rejects the premise of //Waiting for Superman//, so this may help you if you would like a counter argument for the movie or just want to see how the other side sees/argues issues in education. Not Waiting for Superman

Here is a recent movie review of //Waiting for Superman.// You could also check out this review as well...not quite as biting.

Charter Schools should be an area you check out. Here is a link to KIPP, one of the charter schools touted for being successful in //Waiting for Superman//. You may also want to check out this blog (Schools Matter) which often mentions KIPP. Here is another link on KIPP schools that you may find helpful: Kipp Schools Work

If you found Geoffrey Canada (the Harlem educator featured in Waiting for Superman) charismatic and interesting. You could check out the the Harlem Children's Zone, a special that featured him on //60 Minutes.// Canada also appeared on the Colbert Report and click here to watch the video://Canada on Colbert//

Michelle Rhee was the outspoken Chancellor of Education in Washington, D.C. Read more about Michelle Rhee in this interview in //Newsweek.//

You may also want to find out more about the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation who helped fund Waiting for Superman. There is a wealth of information that may help you with your essay.

** Want to know how does OUR HIGH SCHOOL DOES ON STANDARDIZED TESTS?? **
Click here to see how we fared on our 2009-2010 School Report Card. Here are some close neighborhoods for comparison: Northwest Local Schools 2009-2010 School Report Card and Ross (they earned Excellent with Distinction) Ross Local School District Report Card

**Here are some not so close schools (i.e. urban or kinda urban) for comparison**:
====Cincinnati Public Schools 2009-2010 My Alma mater North College Hill City Schools Report Card 2009-2010==== ====And **some East side schools like** Sycamore and we could look at the old school I use to teach at before I came to Harrison High, Mariemont City Schools (they met all 26 of the 26 indicators for Ohio!!)====

**Let's check out some other urban schools....**
Columbus Public Schools and we can't forget Cleveland, which met 2 out of the 26 state indicators, Cleveland Metropolitan School District and Dayton City Schools really surprised me too ( they too are on Academic Watch).

Interactive Ohio Map-You can click on area and get that school's report card

**Some Charter Schools In Cincinnati or Ohio**
====I will keep looking for comparative high schools, these aren't, but they give you an idea.If you find a charter school that is a high school with an excellent rating (and not a part of Cincinnati Public Schools) let me know, so I can put the link up.====

Columbus Preparatory Academy-this school recently improved, but was threatened to be closed if it didn't improve scores Stambaugh Charter Academy Nobel Academy

Interesting Article on Performance of Charter Schools in Ohio

Check out this teacher experiment with good teachers, charter school and $125,000 salaries. There are some interesting and informative videos that may help you with your research and paper here as well. First video is the Union argument for tenure and the second video is the an argument for teacher accountability. media type="custom" key="8733936"

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Senate Bill 5
Check out this link that Lauren contributed...Tim Ryan

Well, first of all you could check out the actual bill, right? Once you click on the link, click on view bill text.....Senate Bill 5 DO NOT PRINT THIS! Last I check it was around 400 something pages (so much for limited government). If you need help understanding it, I will try my best.

Can taxpayers fund the traditional teacher career ladder? Check out this article for more questions on funding for teachers' salaries and information on the traditional step system.

How Senate Bill 5 will affect K-12 teachers? ---short and sweet and mostly about merit pay and performance pay

Find your own sources by going to the Cincinnati Enquirer site.

Ohio Education Association (it's a Union ya'll)
Ohio Education Association has a whole section devoted to it's opinions on //Waiting for Superman//....check it out!

Remember when an Eighth grade education was all ya needed?
//Waiting for Superman// discusses the "ole days" when education was simple. What do you think about this Eighth Grade Test? Makes getting an eighth grade education seem a little more admirable, huh?

...sometimes humor helps with these issues and now you can get the "jokes"
Of course //The Daily Show// critiques or satires //Waiting for Superman.//..why not laugh, while you have to research...you may learn something! Daily Show Waiting for Superman or you could check out this historian of education and her ideas when she appeared on //The Daily Show.//