This State-specific summary report serves as an assessment of Ohio's Year 1 Race to the Top implementation, highlighting successes and accomplishments, identifying challenges, and providing lessons learned from implementation to date. Prior to the first year of its Race to the Top grant, Ohio revised some Ohio Department of Education (ODE) job…

This paper describes Ohio's progress in implementing a comprehensive and coherent approach to education reform from the time of application through June 30, 2011. The sections presented in this report highlight key accomplishments made by Ohio to implement a comprehensive and coherent approach to education reform over the reporting period in the…

A survey taken, in questionnaire form, of high school principals is discussed. The purpose of this survey was to take note of the state of the English curriculum in Ohio high schools. Findings include: (1) About 41 per cent of the English departments have released time made available for professional activities; (2) School libraries are supporting…