CE Hot topics

The TedxTalk included at the right does not come out of a school building.  Hot topics will often take a different view of one of the student achievement components and will hopefully promote some out of the box thinking.

In this talk, Sienna Wildfield discusses how parents can advance their children’s learning through community resources.  What is striking about this TedxTalk is the connection Wildfield makes to learning and the way you feel about the place in which you learn. 

CE discussion questions

  • Does our school district/ESC have a way to determine what the public expects of our schools? 
  • Does our district/ESC have a way to determine the public’s perception of and confidence in education? 
  • How extensively is the public currently involved in the development of our school improvement plan or strategic goals? 
  • How broad is that involvement? Should it be more extensive? 
  • If our board convenes the community, what benefits and outcomes do we see? 

Week of April 9, 2018

House activity

The House passed several bills, sending them to the Senate. Those bills include:

• House Bill (HB) 378, which creates the Ohio Broadband Development Grant Program, appropriates $100 million for the program and allows school districts, among others, to apply for grants under the program;

PDQ May 2018

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Engagement that supports student achievement

Effective boards use engagement processes to support school improvement

In effective districts, these processes for community engagement established by the board are the means through which boards: