By Stan Nicol, M.ED., Data Analysis and School Accountability It has been two years since the Ohio Department of Education has produced a Local Report Card (LRC) with ratings. Because of the pandemic, ODE suspended both the overall and component ratings. This year, component areas will receive rankings, but not an overall rating. The last […]
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By Brit Seward, M.Ed., School Improvement Representative, Math Specialist As a Black mother raising a Black boy, conversations with other parents and educators about Black youth are common. In a recent conversation, a friend of mine shared the story of DeMarcus, a second-grade classmate of her son. When the two boys started carpooling together for
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By Carol S. Young, Department Lead, Accountability and School Improvement Last August, my father left the hospital after a week in cardiac care. He was wheeled down to my car on a rainy afternoon by a medical technician. Dee stood in the soaking rain as we safely loaded him into the car. She was happy
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