SHAKER HEIGHTS -- For the second year in a row, five students at University School's Shaker Campus got their heads shaved Friday afternoon to raise money for St. Baldrick's, the world's largest volunteer-driven fundraising event for childhood cancer research.
It may look like a "typical" blood drive but there is much more going on here.
KANSAS CITY, MO -- Kansas City School Superintendent John Covington says the decision to close almost half the district's schools was difficult and painful but "unquestionably the right thing to do."
CLEVELAND -- Wednesday was the first day of a new era for the Cleveland Municipal schools.
WASHINGTON D.C. -- Ohio Congressman John Boccieri honored Jessica Stanley with the GREAT award.
CLEVELAND -- Many bemoan the lack of young people who vote. The Voting Rights Institute hopes to change that.
CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland School Board passed the proposed plan Tuesday night. There was only one 'no' vote. This plan involves the closure of 16 schools and the restructuring of at least 20 more.
SEATTLE -- Proposed national educational guidelines would move math and English instruction closer to standards that are uniform and more rigorous.
It is a dream come true for a local teenager, a chance to play with the renowned Cleveland Orchestra. She won the chance after winning a competition.
CLEVELAND -- A school board in Rhode Island decided to fire all the teachers at a local high school where test scores and graduation rates were very low. President Barack Obama even applauded the action.
LORAIN -- They have class rings, a June graduation date, and plans for college in the fall. Yet, they can't attend their senior prom because technically they're not "seniors" but rather "juniors graduating early."
SELMA, AL -- The Obama administration plans to toughen civil rights enforcement in the nation's schools with a broad review touching on everything from academics to discipline.
NORTON -- It was "Reality Day' at Norton Middle School where students had a chance to learn the financial facts of life.
WELLINGTON -- Wellington is a small town with a big ghost story. "It's built up a reputation over time," says Betty Hurst, a 4th grade teacher at McCormick Middle School.
MIAMI -- The U.S. Department of Education has named 16 finalists in the first round of its "Race to the Top" competition, which will deliver $4.35 billion in school reform grants.
PENINSULA -- Camp Ledgewood is under a blanket of snow right now, but volunteers are getting the cabins ready for another busy summer.
LAKEWOOD -- The pool was nice and warm for the 8th annual Lakewood High School Physics cardboard boat regatta today. More than 130 juniors and seniors took part in the wet and wild event.
AKRON -- There was a ribbon-cutting on the new nursing school simulator laboratory at the University of Akron School of Nursing on February 26.
CONCORD TOWNSHIP -- It's a lesson in world cultures that has come to life in vivid colors.
SEATTLE -- A new national survey says U.S. teachers are more interested in school reform and student achievement than their paychecks.
