Grades slip drive district ratings in Hamilton and area
Ohio released report cards showing Ross Lakota Monroe Talawanda and Fairfield earning A for meeting most of 24 indicators while Middletown and New Miami scored Fs. Hamilton City Schools rose to a D as superintendent Janet Baker notes disappointment but cites new improvement work including weekly math and reading review sheets and an academic vocabulary goal for K 12. Keith Millard says data driven strategies focus on sustained exposure to core content and test language. The interactive report is available at Ohio report card site.
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Lakota
Monroe
Talawanda
Fairfield
Middletown
New Miami
Hamilton
Janet Baker
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Baker
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Education
Ohio
Keith Millard
Millard
Demic
Young
Phil Cagwin
Cagwin
Fairfield City
Lani Wildon
Wildow
Karen Mantia
State adopts nine category grades for districts in 2012-13
Ohio moves away from Excellent labels toward a letter grade system. For 2012-13 districts are graded in nine standards with no overall district letter grade released until 2015. The chart shows five grades per district for Standards met and includes Performance Index four-year graduation rate overall value added and AMOs. Five other graded measures are not published.
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Ohio
Middletown district coaches for improvement after F rating
In Middletown Superintendent Sam Ison says the district accepts the challenge to improve from an F rating while noting a C performance index. Districts across Butler County report varied grades with Monroe posting six A’s and three B’s and Lakota achieving all A’s and B’s except one C.
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Middletown
Sam Ison
Ison
Butler County
Greg Young
Ross Local
C’s. Morgan
Young
Ross
Chemical attacks not verified in Syria crisis debate
The piece notes Israel has accused Syria of chemical weapon use, while France and other powers push for U.N. investigations and possible interventions. It cites Gen. Dempsey on limited options, Fabius urging action if the council fails, and ongoing UN inspectors in Damascus.
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Itai Brun
Tel Aviv
Brun
Laurent Fabius
Syria
Fabius
Muammar Gaddafi
France
Nicolas Sarko
Martin E. Dempsey
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Assad
Paris
U.N. Security Council
New York
Security Council
West
United Nations
Damascus
United States
European Union
Guido Westerwelle
Germany
U.N
Ban Ki-moon
Angela Kane
Eduardo del Buey
Republicans confront funding fight over Obamacare and shutdown risk
The letter to Boehner outlines a path to a possible October government shutdown if Congress cannot pass a broad spending bill funding the government. Obama would need to sign any bill, and several Republicans doubt shoring up ACA funding would be signed away. Meadows Cruz Rubio and other conservative figures push to deny funding, while leaders seek alternatives such as tying debt limit increases to delaying ACA provisions. The White House rejects using the spending bill or debt limit as leverage.
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ACA
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House
White House
America
Buffalo
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