by Russ Jones | Feb 3, 2017 | ESSA
Since the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in December of 2016, the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) has been busy preparing Ohio’s draft plan which must be submitted to and approved by the U.S. Department of Education. The draft plan must...
by Russ Jones | Dec 27, 2016 | Teachers
As a high school principal for over twelve years, I continually promoted the virtues of writing. Additionally, I constantly encouraged teachers to engage their students purposefully in writing during class on a daily basis. Only, I didn’t have to grade all those...
by Russ Jones | Dec 16, 2016 | Guidance, Superintendent, Teachers
Educators today are continuously bombarded with data about their schools, classrooms, and individual students. State assessment data is reported for up to 32 tests. Vendor assessments such as M.A.P., DIBELS, TerraNova, AIMSWEB and the suite of tests from ACT are just...
by Russ Jones | Nov 11, 2016 | Administration, Guidance, Teachers
The Ohio State Board of Education has been discussing changing new state graduation requirements…that have not gone into effect yet! After a 30 plus year career in education as a teacher, principal and superintendent it seems the educational targets from the Ohio...
by Russ Jones | Oct 20, 2016 | Accolades
Congratulations to the 329 schools nationwide that have been recognized as “Blue Ribbon Schools” by the U. S Department of Education. The recognition was announced recently by U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King. This is one of the most prestigious...
