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February 5, 2010

12 local schools on state's 'worst' list

Jennifer Smith Richards:

Twelve central Ohio schools are among the worst 5 percent statewide.

Their academic struggles mean they are eligible to receive federal money to help them transform or start over. A list of these schools was released yesterday by the Ohio Department of Education.

Six Columbus City Schools buildings are on the list of the worst-off, as are four in Cleveland and 16 in Cincinnati. Several charter schools -- six of them in central Ohio -- also made the "top" rung on the list.

"No one is going to like the fact that they're on this list," said Mark Real, who heads the Columbus-based nonprofit KidsOhio, which studies education issues. He's been monitoring stimulus-related spending and improvement programs. "But this is not just a 'label and leave it' approach. These schools are in for some pretty intensive care."

These schools all have a large number of poor students and have been mired in academic difficulties for several years.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 5, 2010 1:01 AM
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