Vol 53: Welcome Back!

September 2020 - To help our families, we've created a Back-to-School Checklist

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

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

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

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

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.

Vol 47: CMSD Coronavirus Update

March 2020 - CMSD will offer a meal pick-up program at 22 PreK - 8 sites across the city

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

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

Vol 44: Pending Title I and IDEA Appropriations

December 2019 - Federal funding for Title I and IDEA has not kept pace with inflation

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

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.

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.

Vol. 40: What's on the horizon

Funding to support teachers to earn credentialing to teach College Credit Plus and computer science.

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.

Vol. 38: Changes to State Report Card

Representative Duffey's Report Card Bill

Vol. 37: Bullying and Suspension Policy Changes

Senate Bill 246 and House Bill 360

Vol. 36: House Bill 512

Should Governor Receive Increased Educational Power

Vol. 35: Government Shutdown Averted

Trump Signs $1.3 Trillion Spending Bill

Vol. 34: New Federal Budget Bill Includes Increases for Education Spending

Fingers crossed it passes

Vol. 33: Response to Parkland Tragedy

Legislation to prevent school shootings

Vol. 32: Use Increased Funding for Education!

Extra funding should be used for education.

Vol. 31: Budget Updates

Congress temporarily lifts budget caps.

Vol. 30: Government Shutdown Ends

CHIP recieves funding for 6 years, fate of DACA dreamers still in question.

Vol. 29: Ohio's ESSA Plan Approved

The U.S. Department of Education approves the state's plan

Vol. 28: Graduation Requirements Extended

Options given to the class of 2018 are also given to the classes of 2019 and 2020

Vol. 27: New Program Cuts in the New Year

Funding for several essential programs are hanging in the balance

Vol. 26: Ohio House Bill 176

Proposed changes to consistent standards will hurt students

Vol. 25: Ohio Senate Bill 216

State Senate proposes legislation that deregulates the hiring of educators

Vol. 24: Urgent Action Needed on Federal Tax Bill

Contact your Senators now and tell them to oppose the new tax bill

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

Vol. 22: State Report Card

CMSD received feedback from the state on what's going well and what areas need improvement

Vol. 21: Urgent Action Needed on Healthcare

Contact your Senators now to tell them to vote against repealing ACA

Vol. 20: ESSA Update

Governor Kasich approves the ESSA plan for the state of Ohio

Vol. 19: Zero Tolerance Policy

What is zero tolerance policy and why does it matter?

Vol. 18: Medicaid in Schools Part III

A health care victory - for now

Vol. 17: Third Grade Reading Guarantee

Students have to be able to read before entering fourth grade

Vol. 16: Final State Budget Comments

Even though the budget was signed by the governor, there are still looming problems.

Vol. 15: Medicaid in Schools Part II

Necessary action is needed to protect Medicaid reimbursements to schools.

Vol. 14: Medicaid in Schools

Medicaid in Schools could be impacted by proposed Affordable Care Act replacement.

Vol. 13: State Budget Recommendations

Good news from the state but looming problems from the federal government

Vol. 12: Federal Education Budget, Its Coming Cuts And Impact

What the White House Proposal Means to Us

Vol. 11: Progress and Promise of Cleveland Plan

Promising Progress Has Occurred

Vol. 10 Latest Updates: Delayed Submission of Ohio's ESSA Plan and Federal Budget

A Timely Delay and Much Uncertainty

Vol. 9: Cleveland Metropolitan School District's Comment on ESSA

Our Comment on Recent Ohio State Plan

Vol. 8: Ohio's ESSA Plan Released for Comment

What We Have Pursued Shall Continue

Vol. 7: Ohio Graduation Requirements

How to Better Current Requirements

Vol. 6: 2016 Presidential Election and Its Impact on ESSA

What Is Likely to Remain Constant

Vol. 5: ESSA and Ohio State School Report Card

How It Can Be Better for All Districts

Vol. 4: Ohio Department of Education Meetings on ESSA

What We Can Do At This Stage

Vol. 3: Every Student Succeeds Act: Guiding Principles

What We Want ESSA to Achieve

Vol. 2: Value Added Analysis and Assessment

Value-Added Modeling

Vol. 1: Every Student Succeeds Act

ESSA v. NCLB, What are the Differences?