Education
Recent Coverage
Getting Creative About Urban Development
Regional News Stories: Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Northeast Ohio community leaders gathered in Cleveland, Monday, to try and figure out ways to use "creativity" to promote urban growth.
Carol Burnett, Hot Club of Detroit and CSU Arts Summit
Around Noon: Monday, June 7, 2010
Dee Perry spotlights the one-and-only Carol Burnett and her new memoir This Time Together, as Dee gets ready to welcome Tim Conway on tomorrow's program. Plus, The Hot Club of Detroit heat things up at Nighttown with their new CD It's About That Time. And we listen in on Cleveland State University's Creative Voices Summit (happening at Idea Center) with new CSU president Dr. Ronald Berkman.
Digital Art Revolution, New Director of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History & Artist Al Bright
Applause: Thursday, June 3, 2010
On this episode of Applause we sit down with Evalyn Gates, the person tapped to lead the Cleveland Museum of Natural History through a major renovation and expansion project. And we meet a group that’s expanding the artistic landscape using bits, bytes and a flat screen panel. Plus we meet a man who moves to a different beat…abstract expressionist Alfred Bright…all this and more on the next round of Applause.
Schools that Shine
The Sound of Ideas: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Good news in urban education may be difficult to come by, but here's some: despite the challenges of high poverty high need communities, a handful of city schools across the state are outperforming just about everybody. Wednesday morning at 9, host Dan Moulthrop talks with leaders of successful urban schools around the state about how they do what they do. Hear what they have to say on the direction education reform should take.
Cleveland Musuem of Art: Native American Exhibit, Augusto Bordelois and the Kokoon Arts Club
Applause: Thursday, May 27, 2010
On this episode of applause…we’ll take a look some everyday objects made by a group of indigeous people. That today are considered works of art. And we’ll introduce you to a group of Cleveland artists that in their hey-day settled for nothing less than a rip roaring good time. Plus we introduce you an artist who revels in dabbling in many art forms…all this and more on the next round of Applause.
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Funding
Funding for the coverage of education topics comes from The GAR Foundation; The George Gund Foundation; The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation; and The Cleveland Foundation.
Series
21st Century Schools
The U.S. ranks near the bottom of other industrialized nations in math and science education. Kids in much of the industrialized world are so far ahead of our kids that some experts say only a radical restructuring of how we teach math and science will close the gap.
The Governor’s Town Hall Meeting on Education Reform
Governor Strickland discussed the six principles for education reform he presented in his 2008 State of the State address as well as specific policy ideas for improving Ohio’s schools at the Idea Center® at PlayhouseSquare on August 7, 2008.
PBS NewsHour Headlines
New Orleans Superintendent Leaving Legacy of Charter School Expansion
D.C. Schools Chief Rhee Fires 241 Teachers Using New Evaluation System
Unlocking More of Mark Twain's Unpublished Material
NPR Headlines
Looping Parents In On Armed Services Test
'Race To The Top' Successfully Incentivizes Reform, Secretary Of Education Claims
College Students Hide Hunger, Homelessness
Upcoming Workshops
Using a SMART Board for Literacy and Math in the Primary Grades
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
This session will demonstrate/showcase the many effective ways to integrate the use of the SMART Board in primary grades
Handheld GPS and the Great American Treasure Hunt
Friday, August 20, 2010
Join us as we explore how GPS has made its way into today’s classrooms.
More and More Moodle
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Learn how to build an online interactive lesson.
