Eric Gordon

This is the first week of new Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Warren Morgan's tenure, and it also marks the official end of former CEO Eric Gordon's contract, who guided the school district for 12 years. We're sharing an exit interview we conducted with Gordon recently.

Outgoing Cleveland Schools CEO Eric Gordon announced today he’ll be joining Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) as an upper-level administrator and cabinet-level advisor to Tri-C president Michael Baston.

Outgoing Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon and Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb knocked on doors Thursday in the Woodland Hills neighborhood to promote CMSD’s summer learning program and other opportunities at city recreation centers.

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District will hold a lottery to choose panelists to interview finalists for the CEO position. Finalist interviews are expected to happen next month.

The firm conducting the search for the next CMSD CEO shared input from surveys and interviews with students, parents and teachers with the district's board of education Tuesday night.

Cleveland City Council Monday approved $3.7 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to help Cleveland Metropolitan School District stand up three new brick and mortar health clinics in school buildings, along with funding a broader "Integrated Health Initiative" to help students' and families' physical and mental health.

CMSD CEO Eric Gordon says the school district is working to make several improvements to school safety after an 18-year-old student was shot and killed at the bus stop outside of John Adams College and Career Academy high school earlier this week.

In seeking its next CEO, the CMSD board is asking for public input to help find the right candidate to lead the district.

This past year's top stories included area coverage that made national news, global stories that had local impact, and of course, sports headlines. This is Ohio, after all.

‘Tis the season to reflect back on what we’ve done this year, and where we’re going. Right now I’m thinking back on a busy last few months of education coverage since I joined Ideastream Public Media in August.