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Hoop dreams: CMSD players show skills at basketball combine (Video)
6/16/2022 -- Students who participated in the recent CMSD HBCU Basketball Combine learned that their talent alone will not earn them a basketball scholarship.
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Board declines to let teachers be armed at school
6/16/2022 -- The school board could have simply declined to exercise its right of approval but decided to make its position known in a resolution.
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Civics students tell how they made a difference (Video)
6/16/2022 -- The students part of Civics 2.0, a new program in which students not only learned about civics and the importance of having a voice when it comes to politics and other civic matters, they also took action.
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First esports champions crowned (Video, Photo Gallery)
6/8/2022 -- District esports teams recently competed in championship matches over the course of three days, playing for a title in a different game each day at the Cavs Legion Lair Gaming Center.
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Young artists' work displayed in New York
6/7/2022 -- Students at Mary B. Martin and Clara E. Westropp Schools are still new at art, but their work is already going on display and being made available for sale at Christie’s Auction House.
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Report details impact of pandemic on education in Cleveland
5/27/2022 -- The report, titled “Education Forward” lays out the disruption the pandemic caused after a decade of impressive gains made under The Cleveland Plan, a customized blueprint for education reform in the city.
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Top students net $14 million for first year of college (Video)
5/25/2022 -- The largest portion of the students – 14 – will attend Cleveland State University, while nine are going to Case Western Reserve University. Others are bound for institutions such as Oberlin College, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Tuskegee University, Morehouse College, Ohio State University and the Cleveland Institute of Art.
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Martha Holden Jennings Foundation recognizes 6 CMSD teachers
5/24/2022 -- The annual Educator Awards honor excellence in the categories of master teacher, science, math and team teaching.

National News
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‘Adults Have Power. Students Don’t’: Cleveland Schools Aim Bias Lessons at Staff
May 15, 2022 - The 74million.org - The massive Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 drew calls for revamping what students are taught about racism, with demands for more Black history classes and for schools to ditch textbooks that gloss over uncomfortable historical events.
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NEW CAMPAIGN IS ENCOURAGING BLACK MEN TO BECOME EDUCATORS IN CLEVELAND
Feb. 14, 2022 BOTWC Staff - A new campaign is encouraging Black men to become educators in Cleveland, News 5 Cleveland reports.
Local News
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Cavs and Goodyear Unveil Renovated Innovation Lab at Orchard STEM School
May 12, 2022 nba.com - Students at Orchard STEM School have a new Innovation Lab to learn and work in, thanks to the continued partnership between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.
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New learning lab puts CMSD students on a 'level-playing field' with students from the 'burbs
May 11, 2022 News5Cleveland.com - Computers and equipment you'd once only find at high-tech companies are now landing in the hands of students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. On Wednesday, the Almira K-8 School on the city's west side officially dedicated its new 5G learning lab.
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Jesse Owens uniforms unveiled for East Tech and Rhodes in time for Tuesday’s city track championships
May 11, 2022 Cleveland.com - The Rhodes and East Tech track and field teams got some new gear just in time for Tuesday’s city track championships.
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Inspirational teen surprised with internship at Cleveland Clinic's IBM Discovery Accelerator
May 4, 2022 News5Cleveland.com - We love it when good things happen to good people. Especially, when it’s the result of hard work. The Cleveland Clinic and IBM just surprised Cleveland high school student, Mussa Wisoba, 17, with an opportunity that'll help shape a future he's been working hard to create.