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Vol 73: May 2022
Secretary of Transportation visits CMSD, Learning Lab, 23rd Rock Your World with Steam
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Vol. 54: October 2020
State Report Card, State of the Schools and Your Voice Matters Summit overview
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Vol 53: Welcome Back!
September 2020 - To help our families, we've created a Back-to-School Checklist
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Vol 52: COVID 19 Relief Funding and HB 123
August 2020 - Congress and the White House negotiate details of a second-round of COVID-19 relief funding
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Vol 51: CMSD Releases Start Dates and Levy Update
July 2020 - Determined that we will need to operate our schools in a fully remote learning environment for the first nine weeks of this school year
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Vol 50: Graduation Information and Remembering George Floyd
June 2020 - Graduation Dates and an open letter to the Cleveland community on the killing of George Floyd
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Vol 49: CGCS Advocacy and Ohio 8 Press Release
May 2020 - CMSD and the Council of Great City Schools member districts are requesting stabilization funds for K-12 education
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Vol 48: Cares Act and House Bill 197
April 2020 - On March 26th, Congress passed H.R. 748 – the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act.
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Vol 47: CMSD Coronavirus Update
March 2020 - CMSD will offer a meal pick-up program at 22 PreK - 8 sites across the city
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Vol 46: The Cleveland Scholarship and CMSD 2020 Census Campaign
February 2020 - The Cleveland Scholarship Program was enacted in 1995 (121st GA, HB 117) and launched in 1996
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Vol 45: We All Count in Cuyahoga County
January 2020 - The U.S. Constitution requires that each decade we take a count— or a census—of America’s population
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Vol 44: Pending Title I and IDEA Appropriations
December 2019 - Federal funding for Title I and IDEA has not kept pace with inflation
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Vol 43: The Decisions - What's Next?
November 2019 - We will continue to work with educators, community members, and families to successfully implement our long-term plan
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Vol. 42: The State of Our Schools
CEO Eric Gordon delivered his annual State of the Schools addresses on Thursday, Sept. 26 at Renaissance Cleveland.
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Vol. 41: District shows more progress on State Report Card
Last week Ohio released the 2018‐19 school year report cards, and CMSD has again made progress on several key measures that CMSD educators have individually and collectively have worked on.
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Vol. 40: What's on the horizon
Funding to support teachers to earn credentialing to teach College Credit Plus and computer science.
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Vol. 39: The State budget has finally passed
After a 17 day extension, Ohio’s $69 billion two-year state operating budget has finally passed both chambers and the conference committee and was signed by Governor DeWine yesterday.
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Vol. 34: New Federal Budget Bill Includes Increases for Education Spending
Fingers crossed it passes
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Vol. 32: Use Increased Funding for Education!
Extra funding should be used for education.
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Vol. 30: Government Shutdown Ends
CHIP recieves funding for 6 years, fate of DACA dreamers still in question.
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Vol. 29: Ohio's ESSA Plan Approved
The U.S. Department of Education approves the state's plan
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Vol. 28: Graduation Requirements Extended
Options given to the class of 2018 are also given to the classes of 2019 and 2020
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Vol. 27: New Program Cuts in the New Year
Funding for several essential programs are hanging in the balance
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Vol. 26: Ohio House Bill 176
Proposed changes to consistent standards will hurt students
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Vol. 25: Ohio Senate Bill 216
State Senate proposes legislation that deregulates the hiring of educators
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Vol. 24: Urgent Action Needed on Federal Tax Bill
Contact your Senators now and tell them to oppose the new tax bill
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Vol. 23: Midpoint Update for Statehouse Legislature
Terms are halfway over so we look at what's happening at the state level for education policy
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Vol. 22: State Report Card
CMSD received feedback from the state on what's going well and what areas need improvement
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Vol. 21: Urgent Action Needed on Healthcare
Contact your Senators now to tell them to vote against repealing ACA
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Vol. 17: Third Grade Reading Guarantee
Students have to be able to read before entering fourth grade
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Vol. 16: Final State Budget Comments
Even though the budget was signed by the governor, there are still looming problems.
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Vol. 15: Medicaid in Schools Part II
Necessary action is needed to protect Medicaid reimbursements to schools.
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Vol. 14: Medicaid in Schools
Medicaid in Schools could be impacted by proposed Affordable Care Act replacement.
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Vol. 13: State Budget Recommendations
Good news from the state but looming problems from the federal government
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Vol. 12: Federal Education Budget, Its Coming Cuts And Impact
What the White House Proposal Means to Us
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Vol. 10 Latest Updates: Delayed Submission of Ohio's ESSA Plan and Federal Budget
A Timely Delay and Much Uncertainty
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Vol. 9: Cleveland Metropolitan School District's Comment on ESSA
Our Comment on Recent Ohio State Plan
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Vol. 6: 2016 Presidential Election and Its Impact on ESSA
What Is Likely to Remain Constant
