http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Dayton Daily News education reporter Scott Elliott writes about schools, kids, teaching and learning. Quick news updates by e-mail Start your workday informed by signing up for our e-mail local news headlines and breaking news alerts. Sign up en-us selliott@coxohio.com 2008-07-06T08:05:28-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2008/07/06/theres_been_a_l.html There’s been a lot of conversation here at GOTB about this whole notion of privatized busing since a group of independent bus companies this week made their pitch that Dayton schools should outsource transportation. The private bus companies made some... 5061603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Dayton Public Schools 2008-07-06T08:05:28-05:00 selliott@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2008/07/05/special_ed_in_a.html I’m on vacation for a few days in northern Michigan (not the Upper Peninsula, which the locals call the UP). The Leelenau Peninsula, north of Traverse City, is a great lakefront getaway. But the local, year-round population is small... 5056503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Teaching and Learning 2008-07-05T10:50:01-05:00 selliott@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2008/07/04/meet_kurt_stani.html (Kurt Stanic is sworn in as interim superintendent Tuesday.) On Tuesday, the Dayton school formally introduce and swore in Kurt Stanic as interim superintendent. And for the first time, I got to speak with him face-to-face. It was an... 5050903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Dayton Public Schools 2008-07-04T12:12:36-05:00 selliott@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2008/07/01/finn_unloads_on.html Checker Finn Over at the opinion page’s blog, Editorial page editor Ellen Belcher noticed that Fordham Foundation President Checker Finn, a Dayton native, unloaded on his home state for its education policy under Gov. Ted Strickland in a column... 4992603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Charter Schools and School Choice 2008-07-01T21:57:55-05:00 selliott@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2008/06/30/compaines_city.html A coalition of bus companies are making a pitch that the city school district could save 40 percent of its $12 million annual transportation costs by turning its bus service at all grades over to an outside company. On... 4954503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Dayton Public Schools 2008-06-30T14:58:49-05:00 selliott@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2008/06/29/career_mentorsh.html Here’s my problem with “job shadowing” and other career experience programs that place young students with professionals to learn about their jobs — too often the kids are just checking a box on a form. In some cases, the kids... 4939303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Teaching and Learning 2008-06-29T22:29:56-05:00 selliott@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2008/06/26/how_important_i.html On today’s opinion page, the DDN’s editorial board asks if the school board is doing enough to save high school busing. The editorial notes that dropping the district’s RTA bus contract will have two big effects — it will almost... 4891803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Dayton Public Schools 2008-06-26T14:30:25-05:00 selliott@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2008/06/24/dayton_grad_rat.html The city schools’ graduation rate will rise again when the district’s state report card is released in August. This time Dayton will report 82.8 percent for its graduation rate for 2006-07, up from 79 percent on last year’s report card.... 4836803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Dayton Public Schools 2008-06-24T20:38:56-05:00 selliott@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2008/06/23/big_oops_helps.html A budget correction bill passed by the legislature will fix an error in school funding and also will cost two area districts a chunk of state cash. West Carrollton and Northridge schools each will have to pay back more than... 4807103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ School Funding 2008-06-23T16:25:45-05:00 selliott@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2008/06/20/high_school_bus_1.html With just seven weeks before Dayton schools resume classes there is no plan to maintain special bus service and routes for high school students, which could force up to 3,000 kids to get to school by paying their own... 4756203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Dayton Public Schools 2008-06-20T14:40:07-05:00 selliott@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2008/06/19/board_to_name_s.html The Dayton school board will name Kurt T. Stanic interim superintendent tonight, a transitional post that could last a full school year. Board President Yvonne Isaacs said Stanic, who last year retired as superintendent of North Olmsted schools near Cleveland,... 4731703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Dayton Public Schools 2008-06-19T15:53:21-05:00 selliott@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2008/06/18/two_more_candid.html The Dayton school board hopes to decide this week who will lead the city school district while it searches for a permanent replacement for departing Superintendent Percy Mack. Mack leaves after June 30 to become superintendent in Columbia, S.C. The... 4713103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Dayton Public Schools 2008-06-18T20:23:41-05:00 selliott@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2008/06/17/taking_language.html I’m just back from visiting western Canada, specifically British Columbia. This a beautiful area, which I highly recommend for your future vacations. But while I was there, you might not be surprised to learn, I was paying attention to... 4682903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Foreign Language and Study Abroad 2008-06-17T23:02:50-05:00 selliott@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2008/06/12/10000_reasons_t.html I’m traveling the rest of this week in Canada while still keeping an eye on the blog and education news. But the break from work gave me the chance to notice that last month this blog saw its 11,000th comment.... 4569103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Journalism 2008-06-12T15:17:03-05:00 selliott@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2008/06/10/jane_rafal_norr.html The Dayton school board interviewed two candidates Tuesday for interim superintendent and hopes to interview two more. Deputy Superintendent Debra Brathwaite will not be among them. Jane McGee Rafal, the district’s executive director of elementary education, and recently retired Jefferson... 4519403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Dayton Public Schools 2008-06-10T19:37:03-05:00 selliott@coxohio.com