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Cincinnati Preschool Promise
11:39 am
Tue April 23, 2013

Effort underway to increase access to preschool education

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A preschool student works on an art project at Riverview East Academy.
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Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education President Eileen Cooper-Reed signs the Cincinnati Preschool Promise following a news conference at Riverview East Academy.
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Business and Community leaders are coming together to launch a city-wide initiative to get more - if not all- kids in pre-school.

Studies show children who attend pre-school do better in school and in life. Advocates point out nearly 90 percent of a child's brain is developed before age five but kids typically enter kindergarten at age six.

The Cincinnati Preschool Promise aims to be a public/private partnership.

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CPS
6:00 am
Mon April 22, 2013

CPS goes outside the box to sponsor a charter school at Aiken

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Carpe Diem opened its second school in Indianapolis last fall. It will open up another one in Cincinnati at Aiken High School this fall.
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The "Fish Bowl" is central to the start of the Carpe Diem day. Announcements are made here, including recognition of students who are very productive. Here is Principal Dr. Mark Forner, flanked by students.
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Students spend half their day in the classroom. Teacher Alyssa Starinsky.
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The other half of the day students spend in individualized computer learning. 8th Grader Jaylen Byard.
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Founder Rick Ogston inside Carpe Diem in Indianapolis.
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Aiken High School, under construction, in College Hill.
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Inside the new Aiken High School, still under construction.
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It's unusual for a public school district to partner with a charter school, but that will happen this fall when Carpe Diem opens inside the new Aiken High School in College Hill. It is one of two schools at Aiken. The other is New-Tech, focused on project-based learning.

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Education
5:13 pm
Mon February 11, 2013

Report finds school districts scrubbed data

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Auditor Dave Yost
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A new audit released by Ohio Auditor Dave Yost has identified more cases of school districts that are believed to have scrubbed data on state reports.

Four new school districts are identified in this audit: Canton City Schools, Cincinnati Public Schools, Northridge Local Schools, and Winton Woods City Schools.  Those districts, along with five previously named: Campbell, Cleveland, Marion, Toledo and Columbus, are thought to have fudged data to look better on state reports. 

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