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• News from around the state and the nation -- March 12, 2010:
• News from around the state and the nation -- March 15, 2010:
• News from around the state and the nation -- March 16, 2010:
• News from around the state and the nation -- March 11, 2010:
• Cleveland Board of Education approves district transformation plan
• Ohio chosen as one of 16 finalists in federal Race to the Top competition
• News from around the state and the nation -- March 8, 2010:
• News from around the state and the nation -- March 9, 2010:
• Obama's proposal to reform federal education act offers something for everyone
• Ohio education leaders compete for federal Race to the Top dollars
• News from around the state and the nation -- March 25, 2010:
• Updated: News from around the state and the nation -- March 26, 2010:
• News from around the state and the nation -- March 29, 2010:
• Commission designed to create improvement plan for Youngstown begins by collecting input from community
• Cleveland schools to announce student building assignments for 2010-2011 school year this weekend
• News from around the state and the nation -- March 22, 2010:
• News from around the state and the nation -- March 23, 2010:
• Former Cleveland superintendent Boyd says education reform 'just can't be done fast'
• Cincinnati's turnaround schools to be potential model for national program
• Cleveland's transformation plan by the numbers
• Ohio's Race to the Top application seeks money for proven programs, acceleration of reforms
• State, district begins work toward improving Youngstown's schools
• Cleveland plan: How does it stack up?
• Cleveland rolls out its plan to improve the district, close schools
• News from around the state and the nation -- March 30, 2010:
• Analysis: Why Ohio lost the first round of 'Race to the Top'
• News from around the state and the nation -- April 1, 2010:
• Community seeks details on Cleveland's transformation plan
• Teacher leader brings reform ideas to Ohio
• Cleveland adds safety, budget details to transformation plan
• Stimulus money worsened education inequities, study says
• State splits the difference on teacher evaluations in Race to the Top application
• Cleveland schools use stimulus money to help create continued, small-group training for teachers
• Cincinnati turnaround schools seeing gains on district tests
• Cleveland turnaround initiative sees signs of success in district's transformation plan
• In education, Strickland happy to rest on laurels
• Most Cleveland turnaround schools on track to raise report card ratings

• School district officials in Detroit announced a plan to close 45 of their 172 buildings at the end of this year, The New York Times reports. The district also announced a plan this week to improve the district’s academic performance.
• A global credit-rating agency’s negative outlook of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s ability to repay certain bonds is indicative of the district’s overall financial status, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. CEO Eugene Sanders told the paper he plans to fill the hole in the district’s budget with the savings from measures like school closures and non-union staff furloughs, but he will have to turn to the unions to fill part of the gap.

What do you think Cleveland needs to do to balance its budget? How does the city’s money-saving plan stack up to Detroit’s? Leave a comment below or e-mail us at editorial [at] catalyst-ohio.org.