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2008
Ohio's First Lady Attends School-Funding Brainstorming Session in Perry
The Repository (December 12, 2008) – The Stark Education Partnership will celebrate the accomplishments of President Adrienne O'Neill and Kim Ross, graphics designer, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. today at the...
Partnership to Honor Educators Tonight
The Repository (December 10, 2008) – The Stark Education Partnership will celebrate the accomplishments of President Adrienne O'Neill and Kim Ross, graphics designer, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. today at the...
Got math? Program Helps Students Prepare for College Before They Get There
The Repository (September 27, 2008) – Fairless Schools math teacher Gina Stanford knows nowadays it's about more than getting your students into college — it's about keeping them there. And it starts in...
Commitment to Quality Education Will Continue in Massillon Schools
The Repository (August 13, 2008) – I have served the children and parents of Massillon proudly for nine years. I have placed my priorities and efforts towards placing the students of Massillon in the best position...
Doors Opening for Ohio Students
The Independent (June 18, 2008) – Walls are coming down and Western Stark County students can be among those to take the first steps over the rubble and pave the way for Ohio's future. That’s the plan anyway...
Reform for Real
The Repository (June 17, 2008) – Gov. Ted Strickland is open to exploring alternatives to the Ohio Graduation Test. This is good news in Stark County, and new evidence that Strickland is determined to take more...
Stark's Challenge to Fingerhut
The Repository (June 3, 2008) – When Eric Fingerhut, chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, came to Stark State College on Friday, he heard an outburst of local passion about an issue—the Ohio Graduation...
Stark Hailed as Education Pioneer
The Repository (June 1, 2008) – It's a good thing Eric Fingerhut's plan to make Ohio a more educated state spans 10 years. These things take time, and Ohio is starting very far back in the pack. But as he and other...
Ohio College Access Network to help communities keep disadvantaged kids in college (PDF)
Ohio College Access Network (March 17, 2008) - This month, the Ohio College Access Network (OCAN) launched a new phase of college retention grants to help low-income oft... Download the 5MB PDF »
OGT: We Hardly Knew You (PDF)
Catalyst Ohio (February/March 2008) - State considers end-of-course exams to replace cumulative test that derailed thousands of students from graduation. New tests are likely to be... Download the 34k PDF »
2007
Group Seeks Better Educated Population
The Repository (January 19,2007) - Education is the fastest way to improve life for Stark County residents, say local business and education professionals. But how can that be achieved? Richard Stoff, president of...
Seamless Education
The Repository (January 24, 2007) - Gov. Ted Strickland spent a day this week with the presidents of dozens of Ohio colleges and universities. The day was spent discussing ways to deal with some of the biggest..
Massillon Schools Raise Bar
The Independent (March 28,2007) - Football has always been Massillon’s defining program. That, according to Massillon City School officials, is going to quickly change. In the next five years, the district...
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City Schools are Right to Set Lofty Goals
The Independent (March 29,2007) - There’s no arguing the fact that, in many ways, athletics put Massillon on the map – and there’s not a thing wrong with that. The rich history of Washington High’s football program...
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Not for the Timid: Creating Breakthrough High Schools in Ohio (PDF)
Center on Reinventing Public Education (March 2007) - A national publication funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through the Center for Reinventing (see page 66)... Download the 558k PDF »
Action Now (PDF)
Crain's Cleveland Business (April 2, 2007) - The consortium of philanthropic organizations known as The Fund for Our Economic Future last week unveiled Advance Northeast... Download the 52k PDF »
Two Projects Selected to Compete for Federal Regional Economic Development Grants
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (April 17,2007) - The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) today announced that two regional partnership projects have been selected to...
Goal of Competition: Aid Region's Economy
The Repository (April 24, 2007) - Here is a great opportunity to lay more groundwork for economic growth in this region of Ohio. There is a competition for federal funds that we want to tell you a little about...
On Course for Success at KSU/Stark (PDF)
Ohio College Access Network (Spring 2007) - Access Newsletter - The school newspaper article carried the headline “The whereabouts of the mysterious Mr. G.” Students at Canton... Download the 125k PDF »
TG Awards More Than $5.2 million in Competitive Grants to Advance College Access and Student Retention
TG (September 19, 2007) - TG has awarded more than $5.2 million in grants to 42 institutions and non-profit organizations to advance access to college, student retention and educational research. This is the third...
Grant Helps Teachers Gain Adjunct Status
The Repository (September 23, 2007) - A grant awarded to the Stark Education Partnership will help high school teachers take the graduate-level courses needed to qualify for adjunct college and university....
Six in Stark Named "Schools of Promise"
The Repository (October 9, 2007) - The Ohio Department of Education has recognized six schools in Stark County as "Schools of Promise." "At a time when schools are being held more accountable for all groups of...
Educators' Conference: Dialogue with Business Leaders is Crucial (PDF)
Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce (October 2007) - Action Newsletter - Stark County needs educators and businesses to work together to create a skilled workforce... Download the 301K PDF »
Education and Economic Development (PDF)
Stark Development Board (October 31,2007) - Stark County Live. Work. Play. E-Newsletter - Stark County is fortunate to have the Stark Education Partnership which is nationally... Download the 1.73MB PDF »
Education Notes
The Repository (December 9, 2007) - TG, a public, nonprofit corporation that serves as an administrator of the Federal Family Education Loan Program, has awarded a $113,100 grant to Stark Education Partnership...
2006
Ohio Should Abandon Graduation Test, Use ACT Instead
The Repository (January 1, 2006) - In The Repository of Dec. 13, there was an article about errors in grading the Ohio Graduation Tests affecting 1,599 students, including some in Stark County. The errors were made...
Judge Has Idea Worth Pursuing
The Repository (January 3, 2006) - Once again, Stark County offers leadership in public education. We'll see if anyone in the state capital pays attention to the gesture. In a commentary published Sunday, retired...
Celebrating Leadership in Stark County: Stark Education Partnership Awards $70,000 for Exceptional Education Leadership in Stark County, Ohio (PDF)
Stark Education Partnership (January 25, 2006) - The Stark Education Partnership is pleased to announce that that it will recognize two outstanding instructional leaders in Stark... Download the 85k PDF »
Taft Promotes Education Reform Agenda in Canton
Office of the Governor (January 26, 2006) - Governor Bob Taft today discussed his education reform agenda during a roundtable discussion with education and community leaders at Timken High...
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Taft Visits Canton Timken High to Push Academic Standards Plan
Beacon Journal (January 27, 2006) - Gov. Bob Taft went to Canton Timken High School a day after his state-of-the-state speech seeking support of his plan to raise the academic standards for getting into...
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Taft Seeks Support for Education Plan
WKSU (January 27, 2006) -Gov. Bob Taft has taken his call for tougher educational standards for high school students on the road. One of the first stops was Thursday at Timken High School...
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Dr. O'Neill's speech from the KnowledgeWorks Foundation Conference Thinking P-16 and Beyond Conference (PDF)
Stark Education Partnership (January 31, 2006) - Thank you Terry Seery for that wonderful introduction. I am humbled by what Governor Taft and Stephen Portch have said about our local... Download the 244k PDF »
Teams Across the State Come Together to Plan Local P-16 Councils (PDF)
KnowledgeWorks Foundation (January 31, 2006) - KnowledgeWorks Foundation is convening for the first time local and regional P-16 Planning Teams, with representatives from across the... Download the 61k PDF »
Ohio's Test to Graduate Debated
The Repository (March 12, 2006) - Ohio spends more than $20 million each year on tests seniors must pass to graduate from high school. Some neighboring states spend a fifth of that. Others don’t give the tests at...
College Access and P-16: A Winning Combination (PDF)
OCAN (Spring 2006, Volume 5, Issue 1) - College access in Stark County is a result of multiple pathways with converging strategies and broad-based community support. How did that happen? The answer is the... Download the 52k PDF »
More Canton City Graduates are College-Bound
The Repository (June 13, 2006) - At one time, Charlene Jackson didn’t think college was an option. She struggled with low self-esteem, and she was dealing with too much at home — “more than any 11-year-old...
21st Century Teachers will Need New Vocabularies, Resources
The Repository (August 23, 2006) -Intel’s chairman, Craig Barrett, in an address to the Education Writers Association on June 2, said, “The blunt truth is: The new global economy is technology-based...
Grants Will Give High School Students Exposure to College
The Repository (November 2, 2006) - Students in three counties will have the opportunity to experience college - for free - without leaving the high school classroom. It's all because of a $225,000 grant awarded to the...
Compton School Students Get a 'Taste of College'
The Repository (November 25, 2006) - College isn't far off for fifth-grader Iniah Dunbar. She got a "taste" of what it's like to be on campus recently, and that has Iniah and her fellow Compton School classmates looking...
2005
Holiday Issue VII - National Bank Supports Economic Development Through Education (PDF)
Stark Styles (Holiday Issue VII) - A fundamental premise is if you are going to have economic development, you must have educated people to attract businesses and industries to this...Download the 365k PDF »
Students Eager for Early College
The Repository (March 31, 2005) - Eighth-grader Geoffrey McLendon wanted to be a McKinley Bulldog. His dad went to McKinley High School. His brother is a sophomore there. And the Lehman Middle School...
Early College Offers Amazing Opportunity
The Repository (June 1, 2005) - Imagine finishing four years of high school with a diploma and an associate degree from Stark State College of Technology. It is an amazing opportunity, and it is open to Timken...
P-16 Plans to Bring Bredesen to Morristown (PDF)
Citizen Tribune (September 8, 2005) - ...The council also learned Wednesday that it will be featured in a Web-published book on the P-16 movement as an example of how to establish... Download the 136k PDF »
Governor Taft Announces Launch of Major Education Initiative
Office of the Governor (September 12, 2005) - Governor Bob Taft today announced the members of the newly formed Partnership for Continued Learning, which will meet for the first time on Wednesday, September... (sorry, no longer available)
Cantonians Named to State Education Partnership Board
The Repository (September 13, 2005) - Two community leaders have been named members of a state board that aims to strengthen the bridge between education and the workplace. Gov. Bob Taft called for the...
Governor Taft Chairs Partnership for Continued Learning Inaugural Meeting
Office of the Governor (September 14, 2005) - Governor Bob Taft today chaired the inaugural meeting of the Partnership for Continued Learning, the Governor’s new education initiative to strengthen and integrate... (sorry, no longer available)
League of Women Voters Hosts Education Forum
The Repository (November 16, 2005) - The tie between education and the economy is something Stark County residents can't afford to ignore. Jobs are often won or lost by the sheer muscle power of a community’s...
2004
Stark County Woman Testifies at Congressional Education Hearing
The Repository (March 4, 2004) - Using teachers to push poor students toward college could make a big difference in furthering educational accomplishment without costing the government a lot of...
Download Dr. Adrienne O'Neill's testimony (214K PDF)»
Canton Students Get Jump-Start on College Opportunities
The Repository (July 17, 2004) - Not going to college wasn't an option for Ellen Brace. “It was kind of expected,” said Brace, an East Canton resident. But Brace knows not all students in her son’s high school are...
Forum Assesses Status of Public Education
The Repository (September 20, 2004) - Rallying in support of public schools, Stark County teachers, administrators and school board members explained why “Public Education Matters” on Wednesday. As...
College Education Seen as Key to Boosting Ohio Economy
The Repository (October 5, 2004) - Ohio has been losing ground since the 1970s. No, the state isn't getting any smaller. But too few people have college degrees. And that's a problem, said Adrienne O’Neill of the...
Honorable W. Don Reader is Announced as 2004 Child Advocate of the Year (PDF)
Stark Education Partnership (October 6, 2004) - CASA/GAL Press Release -The Honorable W. Don Reader, Canton, was announced as the 2004 Ohio Court Appointed Special Advocate/Guardian... Download the 52k PDF »
Judge Reader Honored as Advocate for Children
The Repository (October 7, 2004) - Judge W. Don Reader was recognized as an advocate for children with an Ohio award. The retired Stark County Family Court judge received the Volunteer of the Year Award from the...
Dedication Scheduled for Canton School
The Repository (October 8, 2004) - The Canton City School District Board of Education and administration will host a formal dedication of Paralee Watkins Compton School at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 16 at soon-to-be-renamed...
Educators, Businesses Learn How Arts Can Add Up to Knowledge
The Repository (October 8, 2004) - Music, dance, drama and art can help connect students to their academic studies, educators say. The National Overture of Education and the Arts in Ohio hopes to use the arts to help...
KnowledgeWorks Foundation Awards Fourth Annual Conlan Awards (PDF)
KnowledgeWorks Foundation (October 12, 2004) - KnowledgeWorks Foundation has awarded the fourth annual Thomas L. Conlan Awards for Excellence in College Access. The awards... Download the 286k PDF »
KnowledgeWorks Honors Adrienne O'Neill
The Repository (October 18, 2004) - A Stark County educator was honored recently for her efforts to make college more accessible to students. Adrienne O’Neill, president of the Stark Education Partnership...
Pilot Program would Replace Ohio Graduation Test with ACT Test (PDF)
The Review (November 9, 2004) - The jobs have already blended: math and language skills are required not only for engineers and researchers, but for the person on the assembly line and... Download the 97k PDF »
2003
Gov. Taft Announces Three New Ohio College Access Network Programs
OCAN (March 10, 2003) - Making progress toward his goal of doubling college access programs for Ohio's youth by this fall, Governor Bob Taft recently announced the establishment of...
Compton Receives Honor from Kent State
The Repository(April 11, 2003) - Canton community activist and retired educator Paralee Compton recently received Kent State University’s 2003 President’s Award for Social Responsibility at the college’s 15th Annual...
Author Tells Students About Horrors of Cambodia
The Repository(May 6, 2003) - Loung Ung was 5 years old when the Khmer Rouge regime stormed into her hometown in Cambodia. It was April 17, 1975. Ung’s life changed forever...
$2.6M Grant May Help McKinley Form 5 Small School
The Repository(August 14, 2003) - McKinley High School will essentially become five small high schools within the larger school next year if the district wins a $2.6 million grant from Cincinnati-based...
McKinley Aims High
The Repository(August 15, 2003) - The proposed restructuring of McKinley High School next year into five smaller schools will be an interesting experiment to watch. Each school...
KnowledgeWorks Foundation Selects 6 High Schools for Transformation
KnowledgeWorks Foundation (August 20, 2003) - Six large high schools from six urban districts in Ohio will have the financial resources they need to implement their plans for smaller, more personalized and effective...
McKinley Wins Grant for $1.52M
The Repository(August 21, 2003) - McKinley High School will become five smaller schools within a school next year, with the help of a $1.52 million grant from Cincinnati-based...
Readers Have Many Big Questions About Proposed Changes at McKinley
The Repository(August 24, 2003) - One of the big stories of last week was the plan by Canton City Schools to convert McKinley Senior High into the equivalent of five 400-student high schools within the...
Ohio Education Needs Reform to Keep Grads Here
The Repository(October 24, 2003) - Ohio has too few college graduates, experts say, and too few jobs for those who do finish college. As a result, despite fewer than average college grads, Ohio is an exporter of...
Group Seeks Answers to Why College Grads Exit State of Ohio
The Repository(December 18, 2003) - Through a regional partnership, the Canton Regional and Greater Akron chambers of commerce and the Stark Education Partnership are seeking solutions to the “brain drain” of...
Brain Drain
The Repository (December 21, 2003) - We applaud the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Stark Education Partnership and the Greater Akron Chamber of Commerce for attempting to tackle...
2002
School Renaissance Under Way
The Repository (January 13, 2002) - The word “renaissance” means rebirth or revival, and hopefully that just could be what the Canton City School District is experiencing...
Israeli Professors Speak on Causes of Terrorism
The Repository (February 28, 2002) - Frustration. Political power. Religious fervor. Terrorism encompasses all these facets, say those in the know. On Wednesday, a panel of Israeli professors from Western...
State School Chief Invites Parents to Talk
The Repository (February 28, 2002) - Parents and residents are invited to discuss their concerns about education when State Superintendent Susan Tave Zelman holds a...
SEEDS Receives Local Recognition
Stark Education Partnership (March 3, 2002) - At it’s February meeting, the Board of Directors of the Stark Education Partnership recognized Dr. Jane Hazen Dessecker, Director, Instructional Services at the Stark...
Canton City to Go After Share of $31M Grant
The Repository (March 12, 2002) - Superintendent Dianne Talarico says Canton City Schools will seek some of the $31.5 million in grant money three private foundations have awarded to Ohio to improve urban...
Former Fairless High School Principal Recognized
Stark Education Partnership (March 13, 2002) - At its March meeting the Board of Directors of the Stark Education Partnership recognized Mr. Richard Hull, Curriculum Director, Fairless Local Schools for his...
Crowd of 300 Offers Input on Improving Education
The Repository (April 12, 2002) - State Superintendent Susan Tave Zelman and Canton Superintendent Dianne Talarico say they're listening. The two school leaders say they'll take seriously suggestions made by...
Award Winners Have Ideas Worth Sharing
The Repository (September 8, 2002) - Two Stark County educators whose efforts are having measurable success were given exceptionally generous awards by the Timken Foundation last week. Just as exciting as this...
Educators Seek Boost in College-Grad Rates to Aid Stark Economy
The Repository (October 25, 2002) - Only 18 percent of Stark County residents hold a bachelor's degree. Ohio ranks 41st out of 50 states in education level. And the cost is high: The average annual income for...
Honored Educators are Extraordinary, But They Are Two Among Many
The Repository (October 27, 2002) - At Kent State University Stark Campus’ new conference center last Thursday, an absolutely uplifting event took place. Two public school educators, Brenda Neel of Canton...
Look to Schools for Leadership
The Repository (October 28, 2002) - Sometimes the communities of Stark County seem hopelessly obsessed with the differences that can divide them rather than the similarities...
Arrival of Education Standards Doesn't End Debate
The Repository (November 19, 2002) - Our educational history has been marked with debates about who should be educated, what those who are educated should learn, and how what has been...
2001
$56,000 Goes to Science Materials Center
Stark Education Partnership (July 16, 2001) - The Board of the Stark Education Partnership has approved a $56,000 grant to the Stark County Education Service Center for investigating the feasibility of developing...
Dr. John McGrath Joins Stark Education Partnership's Board of Directors
Stark Education Partnership (November 19, 2001) - The Board of Directors of Stark Education Partnership, Inc. is pleased to announce that Dr. John J. McGrath, President of Stark State College of Technology was...
