Several organizations in Northeast Ohio have wrangled with the concept of educational reform for decades, yet we have only seen incremental improvements over the years. More recently, change efforts have been ramped up, with survey and dialog based initiatives such as Voices and Choices and By the People currently in full swing. RealNEO has advocated educational reform since inception and has hosted City Club roundtable forums over the past year to address this very issue. All of these efforts have centered upon core challenges to address and these are as follows:

Minutes for Net Impact Meeting - AJ Rocco's Nov 29     7-9 PM

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Akash Abraham

Katya Chistik

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MEDIA ADVISORY
Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2005

‘Emerging Cleveland’ to lead holiday tours for ex-pats

CLEVELAND -- The student chapter of the American Planning Association at CSU’s Levin College of Urban Affairs will present a holiday tour of new developments and off-the-beaten-track gems in the City of Cleveland.

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The Cleveland Schools are hosting a series of meetings to generate input from the community on what they want for a CEO. For a school system not always anxious for public input, this is a great way to start a search process.

Videographers Karen Kilroy and Jimmy Friend shot video of the Storm the Palace forum, November 1, 2005, and edited that down into short clips of great ideas surfaced during the world cafe portion of the event - visit the links below to see the action.

Please attend this Cleveland Municipal School District CEO Search Advisory Committee Community Meeting and provide your feedback on what is important to you in the selection of the Chief Executive Officer to lead our municipal school district forward into the future. Light food and beverages will be provided and you will be encouraged to speak up and voice your opinions. For more information, visit http://schoolceosearch.net

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Please attend this Cleveland Municipal School District CEO Search Advisory Committee Community Meeting and provide your feedback on what is important to you in the selection of the Chief Executive Officer to lead our municipal school district forward into the future.

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Few people will disagree the most important decision for planning the future of Northeast Ohio will be that of the Search Advisory Committee selecting the next CEO for the Cleveland Municipal School District. The Committee has selected nationally respected search firm Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates to handle the selection process, and has scheduled eight public forums to invite citizen feedback. The committee has also established a hotline citizens can call to leave their feedback by phone - 216-858-6978 - and has arranged with REALNEO.US is provide a social network where citizens may sign-up for a mailing list and submit a survey response expressing your view-points. We strongly suggest everyone sincerely interested in seeing Cleveland choose a great CEO for our schools become involved in the selection process - see the realneo.us events calendar and visit http://schoolceosearch.net to find the schedule of upcoming public forums, and submit a "search survey" response to communicate your opinions.

This "Storm the Palace" participant in an "Education" world cafe discusses the lack of guidance for students making long term learning and work plans - suggests people from business and non-profits come to the schools to help students understand opportunities in the real world ahead.

This "Storm the Palace" participant in an "Education" world cafe discusses students need to engage in active, participatory learning - apply what they learn to real world situations - gives example of the robotics competition.

Post thoughts and comments regarding the role of Nonprofits supplementing the public education system in NEO

Post comments and thoughts regarding educational funding

Post thoughts and comments regarding the use of Appreciative Inquiry to improve public schools in NEO

Post thoughts and comments on quality of decision making in cutting and retaining educational programs

Post thoughts and comments regarding Parenting Education

Over a period of roundtable "world cafe" discussions, participants at the Storm the Palace table wrote the following summary ideas on a flip chart or post-it to the idea wall - each idea is being posted to the "Community Forums: Education" on REALNEO focused on this category... read on:

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Dear Friends of Lake
Erie ~

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Post comments regarding educating kids in a system  that does not depend on parents

Post comments on strengthening long term planning and investment in schools 

Post your comments and ideas regarding innovation in school curriculum

Public comments are being accepted by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) on a draft plan for conserving the remaining open spaces and natural areas in the Lake Erie Region. In addition, as part of the state's efforts to meet eligibility on the federal Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Ohio will hold two public meetings in November to solicit feedback on the draft plan.

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Post thoughts and comments regarding regional cooperation toward educational improvement

As dusk approached on a dreary, rainy Cleveland 1st of November, the skies suddenly cleared and around 80 diverse NEO Stakeholders gathered at the Palace Theater for a shared experience of insight from Mayor Campbell and Next Generation Consulting CEO Rebecca Ryan followed by "world cafe" collaboration. See the results linked below.

"Rosa Parks, Rosa Parks" was the chant as about 300 school chidren from the Cleveland Arts and Social Sciences Academy marched through the streets of downtown Cleveland. They were celebrating the life of Rosa Parks. She started the Civil Rights movement in 1955 as a result of her refusal to move from her seat to go to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa Parks passed away on October 25, 2005 at the age of 92.