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1) Cleveland schools use stimulus money to help create continued, small-group training for teachers By: Rachel Abbey See More Stories by this author.
<p><span style="COLOR: #000000">The "professional learning community" at South High School is designed as a place where teachers can meet in small groups to learn more about how to analyze data and improve instruction.</span></p>
Published: January, 2010

2) Principals get summer training, stimulus money in hopes of improving Cleveland's lowest-performing schools By: Rachel Abbey See More Stories by this author.
<p><span style="COLOR: #000000">The principals in the district's turnaround schools spent some time at the University of Virginia's training session this summer, learning new techniques to help their teachers and students improve.</span></p>
Published: June, 2009

4) Cincy and Toledo advance with five-year federal grant By: Stephanie Klupinski and Piet van Lier See More Stories by this author.
Four Ohio school districts are getting a temporary boost in funding to experiment with pay-for-performance programs that require beefed up teacher evaluations and targeted professional development.
Published: September, 2007

5) What districts are doing to hold on to hard-won progress By: Piet van Lier See More Stories by this author.
Urban districts are struggling to sustain moderate academic upgrades made in recent years.
Published: September, 2007

6) Is the district moving too fast to open boys schools? By: Piet van Lier See More Stories by this author.
Posted July 15, 2007 -- With slightly more than six weeks to go before the district plans to open four single-gender schools, principals had not been hired for the two all-boys schools, no teachers were on board at any of the schools, and recruitment of students had yet to begin.
Published: July, 2007

8) Karrie Howard and Sheronda Dobson, Cleveland Marshall College of Law By: Stephanie Klupinski See More Stories by this author.
The 3Rs (Rights, Responsibilities and Realities) is a partnership between the Cleveland Bar Association and the Cleveland and East Cleveland districts that brings over 600 local attorneys, judges and law students to 10th-grade classrooms. Students learn about the U.S. Constitution and receive advice about post-secondary opportunities. Catalyst associate editor Stephanie Klupinski talked with Karrie Howard and Sheronda Dobson, volunteers from Cleveland Marshall College of Law.
Published: April, 2007

10) Dunbar principal gets creative By: Stephanie Klupinski See More Stories by this author.
While professional development gets little traction, flexible teaching assignments <br /> put the best teachers in front of students
Published: February, 2007

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