Education

Launching a Series on Education: Article One

Submitted by Sudhir Kade on Thu, 12/08/2005 - 11:06.

Several organizations in Northeast Ohio have wrangled with the concept of educational reform for decades, yet we have only seen incremental improvements over the years. More recently, change efforts have been ramped up, with survey and dialog based initiatives such as Voices and Choices and By the People currently in full swing. RealNEO has advocated educational reform since inception and has hosted City Club roundtable forums over the past year to address this very issue. All of these efforts have centered upon core challenges to address and these are as follows:

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11.29.05 Notes from NEO Net Impact Meeting - Envisioning Positive Change for East Cleveland

Submitted by Sudhir Kade on Fri, 12/02/2005 - 15:58.

Minutes for Net Impact Meeting - AJ Rocco's Nov 29     7-9 PM

Attendees (10)

Akash Abraham

Katya Chistik

‘Emerging Cleveland’ to lead holiday tours for ex-pats

Submitted by jsmuscatello on Wed, 11/30/2005 - 14:03.
12/27/2005 - 10:00
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‘Emerging Cleveland’ to lead holiday tours for ex-pats

CLEVELAND -- The student chapter of the American Planning Association at CSU’s Levin College of Urban Affairs will present a holiday tour of new developments and off-the-beaten-track gems in the City of Cleveland.

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‘Emerging Cleveland’ to lead holiday tours for ex-pats

The Search for CEO for Cleveland Schools - Schools Host Community Meetings

Submitted by Kevin Cronin on Mon, 11/21/2005 - 21:47.

The Cleveland Schools are hosting a series of meetings to generate input from the community on what they want for a CEO. For a school system not always anxious for public input, this is a great way to start a search process.

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Storm the Palace Video Clips bring forum topics alive

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Sat, 11/19/2005 - 15:06.

Videographers Karen Kilroy and Jimmy Friend shot video of the Storm the Palace forum, November 1, 2005, and edited that down into short clips of great ideas surfaced during the world cafe portion of the event - visit the links below to see the action.

CMSD School CEO Search Advisory Committee Community Meeting: Sagrada Familia - 7719 Detroit Ave.

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Tue, 11/15/2005 - 15:57.
11/16/2005 - 17:30

Please attend this Cleveland Municipal School District CEO Search Advisory Committee Community Meeting and provide your feedback on what is important to you in the selection of the Chief Executive Officer to lead our municipal school district forward into the future. Light food and beverages will be provided and you will be encouraged to speak up and voice your opinions. For more information, visit http://schoolceosearch.net

Location

Sagrada Familia - 7719 Detroit Ave.

CMSD School CEO Search Advisory Committee Community Meeting: Murtis Taylor Center - 13422 Kinsman

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Tue, 11/15/2005 - 15:41.
11/16/2005 - 17:30

Please attend this Cleveland Municipal School District CEO Search Advisory Committee Community Meeting and provide your feedback on what is important to you in the selection of the Chief Executive Officer to lead our municipal school district forward into the future.

Location

Murtis Taylor Center - 13422 Kinsman

Express your opinions on the CMSD School CEO Search

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Tue, 11/15/2005 - 15:22.

Few people will disagree the most important decision for planning the future of Northeast Ohio will be that of the Search Advisory Committee selecting the next CEO for the Cleveland Municipal School District. The Committee has selected nationally respected search firm Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates to handle the selection process, and has scheduled eight public forums to invite citizen feedback. The committee has also established a hotline citizens can call to leave their feedback by phone - 216-858-6978 - and has arranged with REALNEO.US is provide a social network where citizens may sign-up for a mailing list and submit a survey response expressing your view-points. We strongly suggest everyone sincerely interested in seeing Cleveland choose a great CEO for our schools become involved in the selection process - see the realneo.us events calendar and visit http://schoolceosearch.net to find the schedule of upcoming public forums, and submit a "search survey" response to communicate your opinions.

VIDEO: very little guidance for students in schools - need businesses and non-profits to get involved

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 11/10/2005 - 16:59.

This "Storm the Palace" participant in an "Education" world cafe discusses the lack of guidance for students making long term learning and work plans - suggests people from business and non-profits come to the schools to help students understand opportunities in the real world ahead.

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VIDEO: teach kids and let them apply what they learn to real world situations, like robotics competition

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 11/10/2005 - 16:55.

This "Storm the Palace" participant in an "Education" world cafe discusses students need to engage in active, participatory learning - apply what they learn to real world situations - gives example of the robotics competition.

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Nonprofits supplementing the education system

Submitted by More Better on Tue, 11/08/2005 - 10:45.

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Funding For Public Education

Submitted by More Better on Tue, 11/08/2005 - 10:44.

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Using Appreciative Inquiry to foster positive change in NEO public schools

Submitted by More Better on Tue, 11/08/2005 - 10:43.

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Decision making on programming to keep and cut

Submitted by More Better on Tue, 11/08/2005 - 10:41.

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Parenting Education

Submitted by More Better on Tue, 11/08/2005 - 10:39.

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Education ideas generated from brainstorming at the Palace - Nov. 1, 2005

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 11/03/2005 - 18:52.

Over a period of roundtable "world cafe" discussions, participants at the Storm the Palace table wrote the following summary ideas on a flip chart or post-it to the idea wall - each idea is being posted to the "Community Forums: Education" on REALNEO focused on this category... read on:

Education

DIKE 14 NATURE PRESERVE COMMITTEE MEETING

Submitted by Ed Hauser on Thu, 11/03/2005 - 18:34.
11/29/2005 - 17:00
Announcement
DIKE 14 NATURE
PRESERVE COMMITTEE MEETING

Location

Metroparks Garfield Park Reservation Nature Center- 11350 Broadway Ave, Garfield Hts.

The Future of Ohio’s Lake Erie Basin: Balancing Land Use and Water Quality

Submitted by Ed Hauser on Thu, 11/03/2005 - 18:25.
12/01/2005 - 08:00

Dear Friends of Lake
Erie ~

Location

Spitzer Conference Center- Lorain County Community College- 1005 Abbe Road North-Elyria, OH 44035

Educate kids in a system that does not depend on parents

Submitted by Sudhir Kade on Thu, 11/03/2005 - 17:58.

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How to strengthen long-term planning, long term investment in schools

Submitted by Sudhir Kade on Thu, 11/03/2005 - 17:56.

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Inculcating School curriculum with innovative subjects : sustainability, arts appreciation, ethics

Submitted by More Better on Thu, 11/03/2005 - 17:47.

Post your comments and ideas regarding innovation in school curriculum

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ODNR Seeks Comments on Lake Erie Coastal, Estuarine Land Conservation Plan

Submitted by Ed Hauser on Thu, 11/03/2005 - 17:46.
11/18/2005 - 11:00

Public comments are being accepted by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) on a draft plan for conserving the remaining open spaces and natural areas in the Lake Erie Region. In addition, as part of the state's efforts to meet eligibility on the federal Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Ohio will hold two public meetings in November to solicit feedback on the draft plan.

Location

Cleveland Metroparks CanalWay Center, 4524 East 49th Street, Cuyahoga Heights.

Regional cooperation is needed: we are all in the same boat

Submitted by More Better on Thu, 11/03/2005 - 17:44.

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Storming the Palace for a sustainable NEO - November 01, 2005

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 11/03/2005 - 12:33.

As dusk approached on a dreary, rainy Cleveland 1st of November, the skies suddenly cleared and around 80 diverse NEO Stakeholders gathered at the Palace Theater for a shared experience of insight from Mayor Campbell and Next Generation Consulting CEO Rebecca Ryan followed by "world cafe" collaboration. See the results linked below.

Children celebrating the life of Rosa Parks

Submitted by Ed Hauser on Thu, 11/03/2005 - 12:29.

"Rosa Parks, Rosa Parks" was the chant as about 300 school chidren from the Cleveland Arts and Social Sciences Academy marched through the streets of downtown Cleveland. They were celebrating the life of Rosa Parks. She started the Civil Rights movement in 1955 as a result of her refusal to move from her seat to go to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa Parks passed away on October 25, 2005 at the age of 92.