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Schools and Politics

December 3, 2008

• Should we be bailing out schools?

December 1, 2008

• So who's it going to be for Ed Secy, Obama?

November 13, 2008

• Alarms ringing: Will Obama back-burner education?

November 12, 2008

• Who should (and shouldn't) be education secretary

November 5, 2008

• New Education Secretary ... Colin Powell?

November 4, 2008

• Check in on election night blogging
• Predictions anyone?

November 3, 2008

• We'll be following school levies on election night

October 28, 2008

• Stakes are high for Jefferson school levy

October 16, 2008

• New state superintendent ran the state's worst underachieving district

October 15, 2008

• Cleveland Height super is the new Zelman

September 15, 2008

• Talking education on public radio and TV

August 26, 2008

• Report cards out, Dayton last in Ohio again

August 21, 2008

• Jefferson hanging on by a thread

August 4, 2008

• Here's your chance to give feedback

July 31, 2008

• Dog? Check! Pony? Check!

July 29, 2008

• Strickland: Give me feed back on education reform ideas

July 23, 2008

• Ouch! Gordon Gee rips Checker Finn

July 17, 2008

• Now that's a great idea -- a state board of ed blog

July 16, 2008

• State can't afford to advertise for superintendent?

July 11, 2008

• Obama gives his take on education at Stivers

July 9, 2008

• Obama to talk at Stivers

July 1, 2008

• Finn unloads on education in Ohio

June 1, 2008

• Memories of Dayton

May 28, 2008

• Zelman out as state superintendent

May 11, 2008

• Memphis TV stations can't get enough of Williams

May 8, 2008

• Our old friend surfaces in Memphis search

May 7, 2008

• Top educator job hunt, cont.

April 1, 2008

• Superintendents are the new rock stars

March 31, 2008

• Grad rates: simple question, complicated answer

March 27, 2008

• Strickland education list could spark controversy

March 24, 2008

• Zelman taking shots from all sides

March 21, 2008

• November ballot looks busy for schools

March 17, 2008

• Strickland rips Zelman; Wick responds

March 16, 2008

• Oakwood: Getting on the bus?

March 11, 2008

• Here's $10,000 to go away

March 8, 2008

• Is home schooling illegal?

March 7, 2008

• Our divided city

March 5, 2008

• Miamisburg appears to pull out a squeaker
• Montgomery County still not all in

March 4, 2008

• Miamisburg too close to call
• Miamisburg is a nail-biter
• Piqua a big winner
• Miamisburg race tight
• Two wins, two losses in Greene County
• Piqua, Milton heading toward wins
• Early results for Greene County only
• Election Night: Track school levies here

February 28, 2008

• Cub Scout saves friend

February 27, 2008

• Smith not charged; 12 others are

February 25, 2008

• Kids, activities and politics

February 21, 2008

• John McCain's secret Sinclair meeting

February 12, 2008

• What's a state ed board member's job?

February 10, 2008

• Carl Wick: What does Strickland want?

February 7, 2008

• The pros and cons of a state board of ed

February 6, 2008

• Strickland: Say goodbye to the Ohio Board of Education

December 27, 2007

• Maize helps break education malaise

December 2, 2007

• Ohio's best high school gets ... a silver medal?

November 20, 2007

• Buildings, levies and Ohio teachers for Hillary

November 6, 2007

• Here's where the levies stand

October 25, 2007

• One candidate is blowing the doors off the field

October 9, 2007

• New levy tactics emerging

October 8, 2007

• Oakwood: Where debate is tougher than football

October 2, 2007

• Catholics: Charting the way forward for all schools?

September 25, 2007

• Kettering levy: It's up to parents to pass it

September 18, 2007

• What would you ask about NCLB?

September 10, 2007

• What administrators really do all day?

July 24, 2007

• Busing: Consolidate the city and suburbs?

July 7, 2007

• Duking it out over teacher pension

July 5, 2007

• Ryan: Seniority killing school change

June 28, 2007

• The death of Brown vs. Board of Ed?
• Education philanthropists back GOP fund

June 26, 2007

• Susan Haverkos: Transportation guarantee unfair

May 7, 2007

• Superintendent's standards too high for Toledo?

May 5, 2007

• Governator: California will lead the education way (or else)
• Mister Ed for president in '08!

April 2, 2007

• The Education Edition of the DDN

March 28, 2007

• Racism: Texas teen gets 7 years in jail

March 20, 2007

• "Bong hits for Jesus" is back

March 13, 2007

• Mantia to Piqua: See you later

March 11, 2007

• What is the purpose of education?

March 9, 2007

• She's the one! Calloway wins big job

March 3, 2007

• Fired in Trotwood, next to lead Detroit?

February 13, 2007

• Does the kid in the middle count?

December 19, 2006

• Does this guy influence your eduthinking?

December 18, 2006

• Vilsack: A president who gets education?

December 3, 2006

• Court to hear "bong hits 4 Jesus?"

November 11, 2006

• A return of the school funding wars?

November 10, 2006

• Fairborn teachers approve contract

November 8, 2006

• Election 2006: What's it mean for education?

November 7, 2006

• State board of ed shocker — Haverkos wins
• Take your child to vote day

October 15, 2006

• Sir, yes sir! Mr. Superintendent sir!

October 5, 2006

• Dayton teacher talks: Huber all over again?

October 4, 2006

• Schools get cut, city gets a raise

October 2, 2006

• The reading wars go nuclear

September 23, 2006

• This has to be a tall tale
• A nasty little political fight

September 22, 2006

• The education debate: What they actually said

September 20, 2006

• Gov candidates talk education

September 14, 2006

• Huber strike, walking debated

September 8, 2006

• Let the healing begin?

September 2, 2006

• Huber settlement details

August 31, 2006

• Strike officially over
• Huber Heights: Hopefully details this afternoon
• Strike over? Huber back in school Friday (maybe)

August 30, 2006

• Hey kids: Huber may settle after all
• Huber strike — It's not looking good
• The Huber Heights strike standoff

August 28, 2006

• Huber schools strike hard to handicap

August 6, 2006

• "Infidel books" here in the Midwest?

August 4, 2006

• Unions in education

July 21, 2006

• Dixie Allen, vouchers and politics

June 20, 2006

• America's most banned books

May 30, 2006

• Making school change from the top

April 11, 2006

• Research PROVES it's true!

February 8, 2006

• Time to stop teaching the low fat lie

February 7, 2006

• Bush's education budget

February 5, 2006

• Why Freeman hates Black History Month

July 7, 2005

• School funding favored Dems' districts