Education
Recent Coverage
Twelve-Year-Old Utah Wrestler Competes with No Arms
NewsDepth: Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Kathy Aiken introduces us to a young Utah wrestler who has a special challenge. Alex Brotherson, a twelve-year-old seventh grader at Valley Junior High School in Salt Lake City, was born with no arms. By age 3 he was writing, eating and using scissors with his toes. Now he is hoping to get his first win as a wrestler.
Foundation, CASE To Give 8-Year Medical Scholarships
Regional News Stories: Thursday, February 25, 2010
A Cleveland foundation has created an 8 year scholarship for an inner city medical student, through CWRU. Ideastream®'s Rick Jackson reports.
Medina Schools Staff Stick to the Wall to Raise Money for Haiti
NewsDepth: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Students at Medina High School conducted - literally - an off-the-wall fundraiser Friday. Teaching staff volunteered to be stuck to the wall to raise money for Haiti. Fifty rolls of duct tape later, Superintendent Randy Stepp, choir director Tyler Skidmore, and language arts teacher Jennifer Oehler were stuck to the wall. Superintendent Stepp was the first to fall, followed by Mr. Skidmore. Ms. Oehler had to be peeled off the wall. The fundraiser earned three hundred dollars.
Tackling Extreme Student Debt
Regional News Stories: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
One doctor tells her story of accumulating more than $500 thousand in student loans.
Student Upset About Sex-Ed Training
Regional News Stories: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
A Parma Heights student upset about the abstinence-centered sex-ed he recieved, testified before the Ohio House of Representatives on Tuesday.
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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.
National Headlines
Proposed Set Of Academic Standards Unveiled
Global University Eliminates Barriers To Education
Cost Of Medical School Rises In Recession
States Weigh Four-Day School Week To Cut Costs
Students 'Stand And Deliver' For Former Teacher
Duncan To Step Up Civil Rights Enforcement
School's Bid To Punish Off-Campus Acts Draws Suit
Bringing In Bystanders To Stop Campus Assaults
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Using a SMART Board for Literacy and Math in the Primary Grades
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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