| 00:00:00 | >> SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE
BROADCAST STATEWIDE "THE STATE |
| 00:00:06 | OF OHIO" COMES FROM LAW OFFICES
OF PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR |
| 00:00:11 | LLP.
AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION |
| 00:00:19 | ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING
131,000 TEACHERS WORKING FOR |
| 00:00:25 | GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR EVERY
CHILD. |
| 00:00:26 | ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS MADE
POSSIBLE BY ETECH OHIO. |
| 00:00:33 | >> JUST A FEW DAYS LEFT BEFORE
OHIOANS VOTE IN THE MARCH |
| 00:00:40 | PRIMARY.
AND WITH POLLS SHOWING MANY |
| 00:00:42 | UNDECIDED VOTERS, THE FOUR GOP
PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS MAKE |
| 00:00:43 | THEIR FINAL PITCHES.
AND GOV. KASICH TOOK HIS STATE |
| 00:00:47 | OF THE STATE SPEECH 150 MILES
AWAY FROM THE STATE CAPITAL TO |
| 00:00:48 | A SMALL SCHOOL THAT STATS SHOW
IS THE BEST ELEMENTARY IN THE |
| 00:00:52 | STATE.
BUT HE DIDN'T OFFER TOO MANY |
| 00:00:54 | SPECIFICS ON WHAT HE WANTED
OHIOANS TO LEARN FROM IT. |
| 00:00:55 | THE STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
FILLS IN THE BLANKS. |
| 00:00:58 | ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
OHIO." |
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>> IT'S A BIG WEEK FOR |
| 00:01:07 | REPUBLICANS IN OHIO.
THE LEADING CANDIDATE FOR THE |
| 00:01:11 | GOP NOMINATION FOR US SENATE
MADE NEWS BY ANNOUNCING HE IS A |
| 00:01:13 | CANDIDATE.
TREASURER JOSH MANDEL MADE THE |
| 00:01:15 | NOT-AT-ALL-SURPRISING
ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE AKRON PRESS |
| 00:01:18 | CLUB.
HE APPEARED THERE THIS WEEK |
| 00:01:20 | AFTER DECLINING AN INVITATION
TO ADDRESS THE CLUB IN |
| 00:01:23 | DECEMBER, SAYING HE WAS TOO
BUSY. |
| 00:01:25 | BUT MANDEL DID NOT JOIN THE
OTHER CANDIDATES FOR THE |
| 00:01:29 | NOMINATION AT THE CITY CLUB OF
CLEVELAND DEBATE TWO WEEKS AGO. |
| 00:01:30 | THE RACE FOR THE GOP NOMINATION
FOR PRESIDENT IN OHIO IS CLOSE |
| 00:01:37 | SO CLOSE THAT PEOPLE WHO SAY
THEY COULD STILL CHANGE THEIR |
| 00:01:39 | MINDS COULD CHANGE THE RESULTS.
THE LATEST QUINNIPIAC POLL, |
| 00:01:42 | RELEASED ON FRIDAY SHOWS RICK
SANTORUM IS AT THE TOP, BUT |
| 00:01:44 | MITT ROMNEY IS CLOSING THE GAP
SANTORUM HAS 35 PERCENT, ROMNEY |
| 00:01:49 | 31%.
AND A THIRD OF OHIO VOTERS SAY |
| 00:01:53 | THEY COULD STILL CHANGE THEIR
MINDS BEFORE TUESDAY. |
| 00:01:55 | >> RICK SANTORUM HAS BEEN
LEADING IN OHIO IN RECENT |
| 00:02:02 | POLLS, AND HAS BEEN MAKING
CAMPAIGN STOPS THROUGHOUT THE |
| 00:02:03 | STATE, INCLUDING ONE FEATURING
ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE DEWINE |
| 00:02:06 | SWITCHING HIS ALLEGIANCE TO
SANTORUM AND AWAY FROM AN |
| 00:02:08 | EARLIER COMMITMENT TO MITT
ROMNEY. |
| 00:02:09 | >> THE BOTTOM LINE.
A TRUE CONSERVATIVE, PROVEN |
| 00:02:19 | RECORD, SOMEONE YOU CAN BELIEVE
IN AND TRUST AND HAS THE BEST |
| 00:02:24 | CHANCE OF BEATING BARACK OBAMA
IN THE FALL. |
| 00:02:26 | >> YOU SWITCH FROM MITT ROMNEY
TO RICK SANTORUM. |
| 00:02:31 | >> I WAS WRONG.
I GOT ON EARLY FOR GOVERNOR |
| 00:02:38 | ROMNEY.
IT WAS A MISTAKE. |
| 00:02:39 | I HAVE WATCHED THIS CAMPAIGN OF
HIS. |
| 00:02:42 | I'D THINK HE IS A GOOD GUY.
THERE IS NO ENERGY. |
| 00:02:46 | THERE IS NO FIRE IN THAT
CAMPAIGN. |
| 00:02:48 | THERE IS NO ENTHUSIASM.
ALL OF THE ENERGY IS ON THE |
| 00:02:53 | OTHER SIDE.
IT IS ON RICK SANTORUM'S SIDE. |
| 00:02:56 | BECAUSE OF HIS ABILITY TO
CONNECT WITH BLUE-COLLAR |
| 00:03:01 | WORKERS AND REAGAN DEMOCRATS, HE
HAS BY FAR THE BEST CHANCE OF |
| 00:03:05 | WINNING THIS CAMPAIGN IN THE
FALL AGAINST BARACK OBAMA. |
| 00:03:07 | >> YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH
CRITICISM OF RICK SANTORUM THAT |
| 00:03:13 | HE IS TOO EXTREME.
>> I THINK HE WILL BRING IN |
| 00:03:18 | DEMOCRATIC BOLSTERS -- VOTERS.
>> BUT FRESH OFF A FEW RECENT |
| 00:03:25 | WINS FOR THEIR CANDIDATE, ROMNEY
SUPPORTERS ARE FEELING POSITIVE. |
| 00:03:26 | REP. JAY HOTTINGER OF NEWARK WAS
AT ROMNEY'S TOWN HALL STYLE |
| 00:03:29 | EVENT AT CAPITAL UNIVERSITY JUST
EAST OF DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, ONE |
| 00:03:30 | STOP AMONG MANY IN THE FINAL
DAYS BEFORE THE PRIMARY. |
| 00:03:32 | >> I AM AN EVANGELICAL
CHRISTIAN. |
| 00:03:39 | I AGREE WITH RICK SANTORUM ON A
NUMBER OF SOCIAL ISSUES. |
| 00:03:43 | MITT ROMNEY HAS THE PACKAGE.
HE IS TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT |
| 00:03:49 | ARE IMPORTANT TO OHIOAN.
S. |
| 00:03:52 | THAT IS JOB CREATION AND TURNING
AROUND THE NATION'S ECONOMIC. |
| 00:03:59 | THINGS ARE IMPROVING HERE IN THE
STATE OF OHIO. |
| 00:04:01 | BUT I DO NOT THINK THE PRESIDENT
SHOULD GET ALL OF THE CREDIT FOR |
| 00:04:07 | THE FACT THAT THINGS ARE TURNING
AROUND. |
| 00:04:09 | HE SHOULD GET THE BLAME THAT IT
IS TAKING THIS LONG. |
| 00:04:11 | THE WAY TO ACCELERATE THE
ECONOMY IS TO GET MITT ROMNEY |
| 00:04:17 | ELECTED PRESIDENT.
>> GINGRICH IS COMING BACK TO |
| 00:04:21 | OHIO THIS WEEKEND AFTER SEVERAL
WEEKS AWAY, AND IS SAID TO BE |
| 00:04:22 | CONCENTRATING MORE ON THE
SOUTHERN STATES. |
| 00:04:23 | BUT THAT'S NOT STOPPING HIS
OHIO BACKERS, INCLUDING DOUG |
| 00:04:27 | PREISSE IS THE CHAIR OF THE
FRANKLIN COUNTY REPUBLICAN |
| 00:04:29 | PARTY.
>> THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT NEWT |
| 00:04:35 | GINGRICH THAT EVERYBODY DOES NOT
ALREADY KNOW. |
| 00:04:37 | EVERY CANDIDATE ON BOTH SIDES OF
THE AISLE HAS THEIR OWN PERSONAL |
| 00:04:42 | BACKGROUND.
HE IS A REAL GUY. |
| 00:04:44 | HE HAS BEEN IN THE PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE SECTORS. |
| 00:04:47 | HE IS STILL STANDING.
HE IS TOUGH AND EVERYBODY THINKS |
| 00:04:51 | HE IS THE SMARTEST GUY OUT
THERE. |
| 00:04:53 | WE NEED THAT BATTLE HARDENED
KIND OF WASHINGTON EXPERIENCE TO |
| 00:04:58 | PUT US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
>> SOME PEOPLE SAY GINGRICH IS A |
| 00:05:05 | LOOK CONFRONTATIONAL AND CAN SAY
THINGS THAT CONTRADICT HIMSELF |
| 00:05:09 | AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT HIM A LITTLE |
| 00:05:11 | BIT.
>> HE IS AN IDEAS GUY. |
| 00:05:17 | HE HAS TWO OR THREE GOOD IDEA AS
A WEEK. |
| 00:05:23 | HE IS TESTING THEM OUT.
HE HAS CRITICIZED A- -- |
| 00:05:30 | CRITICIZED FOLKS WHO SPEAK UP ON
IDEAS. |
| 00:05:32 | >>
AND THOUGH RON PAUL HAS TRAILED |
| 00:05:39 | IN ALMOST EVERY POLL IN OHIO,
HIS SUPPORTERS ARE STAYING |
| 00:05:40 | STRONG.
THEY INCLUDE SEN. KRIS JORDAN OF |
| 00:05:42 | POWELL IN DELAWARE COUNTY, WHO
SAYS A VOTE FOR PAUL ISN'T A |
| 00:05:44 | WASTED OPPORTUNITY.
>> I VOTE MY CONSCIENCE. |
| 00:05:49 | WHETHER PEOPLE DOWN THE ROAD
AGREE WITH ME OR NOT. |
| 00:05:53 | I BELIEVE EVERYONE SHOULD VOTED
THEIR OWN CONSCIENCE AND DO WHAT |
| 00:05:57 | THEY BELIEVE IS THE RIGHT THING.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN TIED TO |
| 00:06:02 | CHRISTIAN CANDIDATES IN THE
PAST. |
| 00:06:03 | WHY RON PAUL OVER RICK SANTORUM?
>> I WILL NOT SPEAK ILL OF ANY |
| 00:06:13 | OTHER CANDIDATE.
RON PAUL STANDS FOR LIMITED |
| 00:06:16 | GOVERNMENT.
HE PUTS MORE CONFIDENCE IN THE |
| 00:06:19 | AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT HE DOES IN
GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS TO THEIR |
| 00:06:22 | PROBLEMS.
THERE ARE MANY WITHIN CONGRESS |
| 00:06:26 | AND WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT WHO
THINK THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO |
| 00:06:28 | KNOW WHAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU AND
ME. |
| 00:06:30 | I DO NOT BELIEVE GOVERNMENT
SHOULD BE OUR NANNY. |
| 00:06:34 | I DO NOT BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE
THE POLICEMEN AROUND THE WORLD. |
| 00:06:37 | >> THERE ARE 140 JUDICIAL RACES.
>> AND WHILE THE BALLOT ISN'T |
| 00:06:49 | NEARLY AS EXCITING FOR
DEMOCRATS, THERE ARE STILL |
| 00:06:51 | PLENTY OF LOCAL RACES AND DOZENS
OF MONEY ISSUES TO BE DECIDED, |
| 00:06:53 | AS WELL AS 140 JUDICIAL RACES.
AND THERE IS A STATEWIDE PRIMARY |
| 00:06:55 | FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE,
BETWEEN WILLIAM O'NEILL AND |
| 00:06:56 | FANON RUCKER.
THE WINNER WILL TAKE ON |
| 00:06:58 | INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN JUSTICE
ROBERT CUPP IN THE FALL. |
| 00:06:59 | THERE ARE ALSO FOUR REPUBLICAN
STATE SENATE PRIMARIES -- NONE |
| 00:07:03 | ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE -- AND
18 REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES AND 15 |
| 00:07:05 | DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES FOR THE
OHIO HOUSE. |
| 00:07:06 | AMONG THE LONG-SERVING LAWMAKERS
FACING CHALLENGES IN THE |
| 00:07:09 | PRIMARY ARE DEMOCRATS VERNON
SYKES, SANDRA WILLIAMS, BARBARA |
| 00:07:12 | BOYD AND MINORITY LEADER ARMOND
BUDISH. |
| 00:07:14 | VETERAN LAWMAKER LOU BLESSING
HAS A REPUBLICAN OPPONENT, AND |
| 00:07:20 | ALSO IN THE CINCINNATI AREA,
FORMER REPRESENTATIVE TOM |
| 00:07:23 | BRINKMAN IS CHALLENGING
INCUMBENT PETER STAUTBERG. |
| 00:07:24 | AND OF COURSE THERE ARE THE
CONGRESSIONAL RACES. SOME |
| 00:07:35 | POLITICAL EXPERTS HAVE
SUGGESTED THAT IN AS MANY AS 15 |
| 00:07:38 | OF OHIO'S 16 DISTRICTS, THE
VICTOR ON PRIMARY NIGHT WILL BE |
| 00:07:42 | THE WINNER IN THE FALL.
AND THERE ARE SOME TOUGH PRIMARY |
| 00:07:46 | BATTLES GOING ON-- ESPECIALLY IN
THE 9TH, BETWEEN INCUMBENTS |
| 00:07:48 | DENNIS KUCINICH AND MARCY
KAPTUR, ALONG WITH NEWCOMER |
| 00:07:50 | GRAHAM VEYSEY, AND THE
DEMOCRATIC FOUR-WAY CONTEST IN |
| 00:07:53 | THE NEWLY DRAWN 3RD, FEATURING
FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN MARY JO |
| 00:07:55 | KILROY AGAINST FORMER OHIO
HOUSE MINORITY LEADER JOYCE |
| 00:07:57 | BEATTY, CURRENT STATE REP TED
CELESTE, AND COLUMBUS CITY |
| 00:08:00 | COUNCILMEMBER PRISCILLA TYSON.
EACH WEEK WE'RE DIGGING INTO A |
| 00:08:06 | PART OF GOV. KASICH'S SECOND
STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH. |
| 00:08:07 | THIS WEEK, EDUCATION.
IT WAS THOUGHT THAT EDUCATION |
| 00:08:11 | WOULD BE THE TOP ISSUE IN THE
GOVERNOR'S SPEECH, SINCE HE |
| 00:08:13 | DECIDED TO MOVE IT AWAY FROM
CAPITOL SQUARE FOR THE FIRST |
| 00:08:16 | TIME IN NEARLY A CENTURY AND TO
A PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN |
| 00:08:19 | STEUBENVILLE.
AND IT WASN'T JUST A TYPICAL |
| 00:08:24 | ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WELLS ACADEMY IS THE HIGHEST- |
| 00:08:26 | PERFORMING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL IN OHIO, WITH 100 |
| 00:08:31 | PERCENT OF ITS 300 K-4TH GRADE
STUDENTS ALL PASSING THE STATE'S |
| 00:08:32 | 3RD AND 4TH GRADE READING AND
MATH PROFICIENCY TESTS. |
| 00:08:34 | AND HE SAID OHIO NEEDS TO FIND
OUT WHY KIDS ARE DOING SO WELL |
| 00:08:41 | AT WELLS ACADEMY AND WHAT HE
CALLED "THE FINE CHARTER SCHOOLS |
| 00:08:43 | IN CLEVELAND."
>> WE NEED TO STUDY THEM, FIND |
| 00:08:47 | OUT WHAT WORKS, BE DATA DRIVEN
AND DO IT. |
| 00:08:49 | IT DOESN'T MEAN WE SHORTCHANGE
OUR TEACHERS. YOU KNOW, IF |
| 00:08:52 | WE'RE NOT DOING WELL, THEN LET'S
HELP. |
| 00:08:54 | IF THEY'RE DOING GREAT, PAY
THEM. |
| 00:08:56 | >> BUT THE GOVERNOR DIDN'T OFFER
MANY SPECIFICS ABOUT WHAT HE |
| 00:09:00 | WANTS OUT OF K-12 EDUCATION IN
OHIO, ABOUT WHAT HE EXPECTS OF |
| 00:09:03 | TEACHERS, AND HOW HE WANTS
OHIO'S KIDS TO ACHIEVE. |
| 00:09:05 | SO TO GET SOME, WE TURN TO
STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT |
| 00:09:08 | STAN HEFFNER.
WELLS IS UNIQUE. |
| 00:09:18 | IT IS KINDERGARTEN THROUGH
FOURTH GRADE SCHOOL. |
| 00:09:21 | YOU MISSED THE FIFTH GRADE.
THAT TRANSITION SEEMS TO BE |
| 00:09:26 | HITTING A LOT OF STUDENTS HEART.
THESE KIDS ALSO WEAR UNIFORMS, |
| 00:09:31 | WHICH IS UNIQUE FOR PUBLIC
SCHOOLS. |
| 00:09:33 | IT IS A MEDIUM HIGH POVERTY RATE
SCHOOL. |
| 00:09:37 | 50% OF THE KIDS ARE CONSIDERED
ECONOMICALLY DEVELOPED -- |
| 00:09:43 | DISADVANTAGE.
HOW IS THE SCHOOL DOING WHAT |
| 00:09:47 | IT IS DOING?
>> WE HAVE A CATEGORY OF |
| 00:09:52 | RESEARCH THAT WE ENGAGE IN ON AN
ANNUAL BASIS. |
| 00:09:54 | SCHOOLS THAT HAVE HIGH
PROPORTIONS OF POVERTY AND HAVE |
| 00:09:58 | A LARGE NUMBER OF DISABLED
STUDENTS AND HAVE |
| 00:10:02 | CHARACTERISTICS THAT PEOPLE USE
AS THEIR EXCUSE OR THE REASON |
| 00:10:04 | WHY THEIR SCHOOLS CANNOT PERFORM
AS WELL AS THEY SHOULD, WELLS |
| 00:10:11 | ACADEMY OVERCOMES ALL THAT.
THEY HAVE A CARING FACULTY. |
| 00:10:21 | THE FACULTY GOES BEYOND CARING.
WHAT THEY BASICALLY SAY IS, WE |
| 00:10:26 | CARE ABOUT YOU.
WHILE YOU ARE HERE, YOU ARE OUR |
| 00:10:30 | STUDENT.
YOU ARE GOING TO SUCCEED. |
| 00:10:31 | THAT IS OUR MISSION.
THEY DO NOT LET ANYBODY FAIL. |
| 00:10:34 | >> HOW DO THEY DO THAT?
IS THERE A SMALLER TEACHER- |
| 00:10:40 | STUDENT RATIO?
MOST TEACHERS CARE ABOUT THE |
| 00:10:44 | STUDENTS IN THEIR CLASSES.
>> THEY WENT BEYOND CARING. |
| 00:10:48 | IT IS NOT JUST THEY BELIEVE THAT
ALL KIDS CAN SUCCEED. |
| 00:10:52 | THEY BELIEVE ALL KIDS WILL
SUCCEED. |
| 00:10:54 | THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE MONEY
THAN ANYONE ELSE. |
| 00:10:57 | HERE IS HOW THEY USE TECHNOLOGY
AND HOW THEY BUILD A SENSE OF |
| 00:11:04 | WORK IN EACH CHILD SO THAT THE
CHILDREN ARE CHALLENGED TO PICK |
| 00:11:07 | UP AND LEARN.
THEY DO NOT BECOME RELUCTANT |
| 00:11:11 | LEARNERS.
THEY ARE HAPPY PARTICIPANTS IN |
| 00:11:14 | THE CLASS.
THERE IS A STRONG NURTURING |
| 00:11:18 | SCHOOL CULTURE.
THERE IS FREQUENT MONITORING OF |
| 00:11:21 | PROGRESS THAT GOES ON IN THE
SCHOOLS. |
| 00:11:23 | SCHOOLS DO NOT LOOK AT TESTS AS
SOMETHING AWFUL THAT THEY HAVE |
| 00:11:27 | TO DO.
THEY'D LOOK AT FEEDBACK THAT |
| 00:11:30 | THEY GET FROM THE TESTS SO THEY
CAN PLAN EXTRACTION -- PLAN |
| 00:11:36 | INSTRUCTION.
>> SUCCESS OR ALL IS A PROGRAM |
| 00:11:41 | THEY WERE WORKING WITH.
IT HAS BEEN TRIED IN OTHER |
| 00:11:44 | SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
>> IT HAS. |
| 00:11:47 | IT IS PROVEN.
IT HAS A GOOD TRACK RECORD. |
| 00:11:50 | IF YOU HAVE FIDELITY TO THE
PLAN, THE PLAN WILL GIVE YOU |
| 00:11:55 | RESULTS.
DISTRICTS HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE |
| 00:11:57 | PLAN AND HAVE NOT FOLLOWED ITS
AND HAVE NOT BEEN AS SUCCESSFUL. |
| 00:12:01 | YKp
>> THE GOVERvI2 |
| 00:12:04 | CHARTER SCHOOLS IN CLEVELAND.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING THAT CAN BE |
| 00:12:10 | APPLICABLE TO OTHER SCHOOLS IN
CLEVELAND? |
| 00:12:13 | IS IT FAIR TO COMPARE WHAT A
CHARTER SCHOOL IS DOING BURSAS A |
| 00:12:19 | SCHOOL IN AN URBAN AREA?
>> A SCHOOL IS A SCHOOL. |
| 00:12:23 | IT IS A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN
COME TO LEARN. |
| 00:12:26 | A COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ARE NOT
FREED FROM THE MINIMAL OPERATING |
| 00:12:32 | STANDARDS.
THEY HAVE FREEDOM TO ENGAGE IN |
| 00:12:35 | DIFFERENT FORMS OF INSTRUCTION.
THE IDEA BEHIND THIS EXPERIMENT |
| 00:12:39 | WAS TO MAKE SURE WE GAVE
DIFFERENT STYLES OF INSTRUCTION |
| 00:12:43 | A CHANCE.
IF WE COULD LEARN THAT SOME |
| 00:12:46 | APPROACHES WERE BETTER THAN THE
STATUS QUO, WE SHOULD BE |
| 00:12:49 | CHANGING THE LAW TO GARNERED THE
MOST WE COULD PICK UP FROM THE |
| 00:12:54 | COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.
LIKE ALL SCHOOLS, SOME TARTAR |
| 00:12:57 | SCHOOLS ARE SUCCESSFUL.
THEY HAVE HIT THE RIGHT FORMULA |
| 00:13:00 | -- CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE
SUCCESSFUL. |
| 00:13:04 | THEY HAVE HIT THE RIGHT FORMULA.
SOME ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL. |
| 00:13:08 | IF WE FIND THAT IT WORKS, WE
NEED TO STUDY IT MORE CLOSELY. |
| 00:13:12 | WHERE IT WORKS CAN BE APPLIED TO
ALL SCHOOLS. |
| 00:13:16 | WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IS
HAPPENING. |
| 00:13:17 | >> YOU ARE HOLDING CHARTER TO
THE SAME STANDARDS AS PUBLIC |
| 00:13:26 | SCHOOLS OR NOT REALLY?
>> THE CHARTER SCHOOLS STILL |
| 00:13:31 | NEED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
STATES. |
| 00:13:34 | THEY HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT
THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT THE KIDS |
| 00:13:37 | ARE LEARNING.
THEY ARE HELD TO THE SAME LEVELS |
| 00:13:40 | OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WAY.
>> IS THAT TRUE FOR E-SCHOOLS? |
| 00:13:46 | >> UES -- YES.
>> YOU HEAR ABOUT PEOPLE SAYING |
| 00:13:55 | THEIR KIDS WERE FAILING IN
CHARTER SCHOOLS AND THEN THEY'D |
| 00:13:59 | GO TO E-SCHOOLS AND THEY BECOME
SUCCESSFUL. |
| 00:14:07 | HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?
>> A CHANGE OF SCENERY MATTERS. |
| 00:14:11 | FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE KIDS
FEEL SAFER OR THE PARENTS FEEL |
| 00:14:20 | THEIR CHILDREN ARE SAFER IN
THOSE SCHOOLS. |
| 00:14:22 | OTHER REASONS INCLUDE THINGS
LIKE, MY CHILD GETS MORE |
| 00:14:27 | PERSONALIZED ATTENTION.
THERE IS A GREATER VARIETY OF |
| 00:14:29 | LEARNING OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR
MY CHILD. |
| 00:14:32 | THE FOURTH AREA IS, I FEEL LIKE
A MORE VALUE PERSON WHEN I WALK |
| 00:14:39 | INTO THOSE SCHOOLS AS OPPOSED TO
THE OTHER ONES WHERE I FELT LIKE |
| 00:14:42 | I WAS THE ENEMY.
THERE IS A BELIEF STUDENT -- A |
| 00:14:47 | BELIEF SYSTEM.
THE ATTITUDE CHANGES CAN IMPROVE |
| 00:14:49 | ACHIEVEMENT.
BECAUSE THE KIDS COME THERE AND |
| 00:14:56 | IT IS CATER TO THEIR LEARNING
STYLES, THEY WILL DO BETTER. |
| 00:14:58 | THEY GO THINKING THAT IS GOING
TO HAPPEN AND IT DOES NOT. |
| 00:15:03 | YOU NEED TO NEED -- SEPARATE
THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF./ |
| 00:15:14 | >> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
DISTRICT THAT ARE DEALING WITH |
| 00:15:20 | BIG NUMBERS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE
DISABLED AND SPEAKING ENGLISH AS |
| 00:15:23 | A SECOND LANGUAGE.
A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE DEALING |
| 00:15:27 | WITH THESE POPULATIONS THAT ARE
GROWING. |
| 00:15:28 | IT IS WAGING -- WEIGHING HEAVILY
ON THEIR BUDGETS. |
| 00:15:35 | THE DISTRICTS HAVE HELPED THE
HUGE NUMBERS OF CHILDREN WHO ARE |
| 00:15:41 | ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE OR
ARE DISABLED? |
| 00:15:42 | >> THERE WAS AN ACT PASSED IN
1976 FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE |
| 00:15:51 | DISABLED.
IT MANDATES AND ALL OF THESE |
| 00:15:54 | SERVICES BE PROVIDED AND THEN
TURNED AROUND AND NEVER FUNDED |
| 00:15:56 | IT.
OHIO GETS 11% OR 12% OF THE TRUE |
| 00:16:03 | COSTS.
THEIR SHARE OF THE BUDGET COST |
| 00:16:11 | IS OVER 25%.
IT IS A GROWING AND COSTLY |
| 00:16:15 | PROPOSAL.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE TAKING |
| 00:16:20 | A STRONG LOOK AT AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS -- |
| 00:16:24 | WITH FILED A WAIVER REQUEST TO
GET OUT FROM UNDER CERTAIN |
| 00:16:28 | PROVISIONS OF THE NO CHILD LEFT
BEHIND LAW. |
| 00:16:30 | THERE ARE OTHER PROVISIONS WE
ARE TAKING A STRONG LOOK AT. |
| 00:16:36 | FOR OUR MOST SEVERELY DISABLED
KIDS, THESE ARE THE KIDS WITH |
| 00:16:43 | TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY OR WHO
ARE SEVERELY ARE -- SEVERELY |
| 00:16:47 | AUTISTIC OR MEDICALLY FRAGILE.
DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO |
| 00:16:52 | PROVIDE THE SAME TESTING FOR
THEM THAT THEY DO FOR ALL KIDS. |
| 00:16:55 | ONE OF THE PROVISIONS OF
NCLB IS THAT EVERYBODY IS |
| 00:17:03 | MEASURED.
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE KIDS |
| 00:17:05 | THAT ARE SO DISABLED THERE IS
NO MEANINGFUL MEASURE? |
| 00:17:09 | WE ARE ASKING FOR A WAIVER THAT
WILL ALLOW US TO COME TO A REAL |
| 00:17:14 | NUMBER OR THE STUDENTS.
QUIT TRYING TO WRITE FEDERAL |
| 00:17:20 | RULES AS IF EVERYBODY CAME FROM
A WONDERFULLY SUPPORTIVE HOME. |
| 00:17:25 | IT DOES NOT WORK LIKE THAT.
WE WANT TO HAVE THE RULES |
| 00:17:29 | REFLECT THE REALITY THE SCHOOLS
ARE DEALING WITH. |
| 00:17:31 | THE SECOND WAIVER WE ARE LOOKING
AT IS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE |
| 00:17:37 | LARGER POPULATION.
YOU ARE RIGHT TO SAY THERE ARE A |
| 00:17:39 | LOT OF KIDS FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS
NOT THE FIRST LANGUAGE. |
| 00:17:43 | WE WANT ALL KIDS TO BE ABLE TO
SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF OUR |
| 00:17:47 | COUNTRY.
IT NEEDS TO BE ENGLISH. |
| 00:17:49 | THE CURRENT LAW SAYS THEY HAVE
TWO YEARS IN THESE PROGRAMS AND |
| 00:17:53 | THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE READY TO
ROLL AND GET OUT. |
| 00:17:57 | OTHERWISE HE GET DINGED FOR
IT. |
| 00:18:03 | WE HAVE HAD KIDS COME TO
COLUMBUS WHO HAVE NOT SEEN |
| 00:18:07 | INDOOR PLUMBING.
THEY HAD NO CONCEPT OF WHAT LIFE |
| 00:18:09 | IS LIKE HERE.
THEY HAD NO LITERACY IN THEIR |
| 00:18:13 | OWN LANGUAGE LET ALONE IN
ENGLISH. |
| 00:18:15 | THOSE KIDS ARE GOING TO TAKE A
LITTLE BIT LONGER. |
| 00:18:19 | THE FEDERAL RULES ASSUME ALL
KIDS COME IN EQUAL. |
| 00:18:22 | WE WANT TO HAVE A CLASSIFICATION
SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS US TO SORT |
| 00:18:27 | AND SELECT THESE KIDS AND
PROVIDES TARGETED SERVICES |
| 00:18:30 | DEPENDING ON THE DEGREE TO --
THE DEGREE OF THEIR DISABILITY. |
| 00:18:34 | WE ARE TRYING TO GET SOME COMMON
SENSE AND SUPPORT EDUCATORS. |
| 00:18:38 | IF WE ARE GOING TO HOLD PEOPLE
ACCOUNTABLE, GIVE THEM THE TOOLS |
| 00:18:42 | THEY NEED TO DO THE JOB.
>> ON THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND |
| 00:18:47 | WAIVER YOU FILED FOR THE -- WITH
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, YOU SAY |
| 00:18:51 | --
THIS WAIVER IS A MAJOR STEP IN |
| 00:18:57 | THAT DIRECTION THAT WILL GIVE US
FLEXIBILITY WITH FEDERAL LAW TO |
| 00:19:02 | MEET HIGHER EXPECTATIONS.
IT SEEMS LIKE ONE OF THE |
| 00:19:05 | CHANGES IN OHIO IS TO MOVE KIDS
FROM THE GOAL OF 100% PASSING |
| 00:19:10 | READING AND MATH AND TO HAVE
MORE KIDS PASS EVERY YEAR. |
| 00:19:14 | ISN'T THAT LOWERING YOUR
EXPECTATIONS? |
| 00:19:16 | >> THE FEDERAL NO CHILD LAW SAYS
ALL KIDS WILL BE AVERAGE OR |
| 00:19:23 | ABOVE.
TO ASSUME THAT ANYTHING LESS |
| 00:19:28 | THAN A THAT IS THE GOAL IS A BAD
THING IS A MISTAKE. |
| 00:19:31 | -- FANTASY GOAL IS A BAD THING
IS A MISTAKE. |
| 00:19:39 | THE KIDS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET
BY WITH MINIMAL PASSAGE. |
| 00:19:45 | THEY HAVE TO BE READY FOR A
CHOICE OF COLLEGE OR CAREERS BY |
| 00:19:48 | THE TIME THEY GRADUATE.
THE CURRENT SYSTEM SAYS, WHEN |
| 00:19:53 | YOU TAKE THE OHIO GRADUATION
TEST, THAT IS GOOD ENOUGH. |
| 00:19:58 | GOOD ENOUGH IS NO LONGER GOOD
ENOUGH. |
| 00:20:01 | STUDENTS HAVE TO HONESTLY BE
ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND MASTER |
| 00:20:06 | 12TH GRADE LEVEL MATERIAL IF
THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN THE 12TH |
| 00:20:09 | GRADE.
WE HAVE MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT |
| 00:20:12 | TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE
CURRICULUM BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE |
| 00:20:16 | IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
IN THE 1980'S THE MINIMAL |
| 00:20:20 | STANDARDS WERE GOOD ENOUGH.
THOSE DAYS ARE GONE. |
| 00:20:23 | THIS SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED IN THE
EARLY DAYS OF CELL PHONES. |
| 00:20:27 | IT HAS NOT KEPT UP WITH SOCIETY
AND IT IS NOT KEEPING UP WITH |
| 00:20:32 | NEEDS.
WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS MUCH |
| 00:20:34 | MORE DIFFICULT.
WE WILL GIVE DISTRICT TWO MORE |
| 00:20:37 | YEARS OF TIME TO MAKE THE
TRANSITION TO THESE HIGHER |
| 00:20:41 | PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
IN THE LONG RUN, THIS IS ASKING |
| 00:20:45 | MORE NOT LESS OF KIDS.
>> NOT EXPECTING 100% BUT MOVING |
| 00:20:50 | IN THIS OTHER DIRECTION -- YOU
THINK THAT IS RAISING |
| 00:20:54 | EXPECTATIONS.
>> IT IS RAISING EXPECTATIONS. |
| 00:20:58 | YOU HAVE TO GET KIDS
PARTICIPATING AT HIGHER LEVELS |
| 00:21:02 | THAN THEY ARE NOW.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO SAY, WE WILL |
| 00:21:07 | REPLACE ONE UNDER REALISTIC SET
OF TARGETS WITH ANOTHER ON |
| 00:21:10 | REALISTIC SET.
-- UNREALISTIC SET OF TARGETS |
| 00:21:18 | WITH ANOTHER UN REALISTIC SET.
THESE EXPECTATIONS ARE LIKE |
| 00:21:25 | WATER.
THEY WILL SETTLE AT WHATEVER |
| 00:21:28 | LOWER LEVEL THEY CAN GO TO.
IF YOU SET HIGH EXPECTATIONS, |
| 00:21:32 | THAT IS WHEN PEOPLE GROW AND
DISCOVER THEY CAN DO THINGS THEY |
| 00:21:35 | NEVER KNEW WERE POSSIBLE.
IF YOU SAY, HERE IS A MINIMUM |
| 00:21:40 | TRIPWIRE FOR YOU TO GET PAST AND
ONCE YOU GET PAST THAT, I CAN |
| 00:21:44 | COUNT YOU ON A REPORT CARD AND
THAT IS IT, THERE IS NO |
| 00:21:47 | INCENTIVE FOR KIDS TO BE
CHALLENGE BEYOND THAT. |
| 00:21:49 | >> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
SCHOOL FUNDING. |
| 00:21:53 | 85 SCHOOL TAX ISSUES.
7 BY ISSUES. |
| 00:22:00 | TAXPAYERS ARE SUGGESTING THEY
ARE FRUSTRATED WITH THIS AND |
| 00:22:05 | WANT SOME OTHER SCHOOLS ON --
SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA. |
| 00:22:08 | IS THERE A FUNDING FORMULA IN
THE WORKS? |
| 00:22:13 | >> THE GOVERNOR IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR CRAFTING ANOTHER FUNDING |
| 00:22:20 | FORMULA.
THOSE TALKS CONTINUE TO BE ON |
| 00:22:22 | GOING.
THERE IS A LARGER PICTURE ABOUT |
| 00:22:27 | HOW MUCH TAX BURDEN OHIOANS
SHOULD BE GETTING. |
| 00:22:34 | STATE AID IS OVER 15% -- 50% OF
THE GENERAL REVENUE FUND. |
| 00:22:44 | IT IS A HUGE AND COMPLICATED
TASK. |
| 00:22:47 | IT IS TAKING LONGER THAN SOME
PEOPLE THOUGHT IT COULD. |
| 00:22:51 | FINALLY, THERE IS SOME
DEPENDENCE ON THE ECONOMIC |
| 00:22:55 | RECOVERY OF THE STATE.
THERE IS NO SENSE DESIGNING ALL |
| 00:23:01 | OF US TO DISTRIBUTE IN ADEQUATE
AMOUNTS OF MONEY. |
| 00:23:03 | >> THIS YEAR?
MAYBE NOT THIS YEAR? |
| 00:23:06 | >> YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING GOING
INTO THE MILLENNIAL. |
| 00:23:11 | I AM A CONTRIBUTOR.
>> I STUDENTS WERE SHOT BY A |
| 00:23:20 | STUDENT FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL.
THREE VICTIMS HAVE DIED. |
| 00:23:23 | THE ACCUSED GUNMAN IS IN CUSTODY
NOW. |
| 00:23:27 | WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW
THIS HAPPENED AND HOW WE CAN |
| 00:23:31 | PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING IN
THE FUTURE? |
| 00:23:32 | >> FIRST OF ALL, MY HEART GOES
OUT TO THE FAMILIES OF THE |
| 00:23:39 | VICTIMS.
15 YEARS BEFORE I CAME TO THE |
| 00:23:42 | DEPARTMENT, I WAS THE ASSISTANT
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE |
| 00:23:47 | NEIGHBORING COUNTY.
I KNOW THERE BOARD OF EDUCATION |
| 00:23:51 | PRESIDENT.
I KNOW THE HEAD OF THE FIRST |
| 00:23:54 | RESPONDERS.
I KNOW THE PEOPLE. |
| 00:23:58 | IT IS A GOOD COMMUNITY.
IT IS NOT A PLACE THAT COULD |
| 00:24:03 | HAVE BEEN THE SITE OF SUCH A
TRAGEDY. |
| 00:24:05 | I COMPLIMENT THE SCHOOL PEOPLE
BECAUSE THEY FOLLOW THE LAW. |
| 00:24:12 | THE LAW SAYS ALL SCHOOL
DISTRICTS ARE TO HAVE A CRISIS |
| 00:24:15 | PLAN IN PLACE FOR ALL KINDS OF
THINGS, WHICH CAN INCLUDE |
| 00:24:20 | CHEMICAL SPILLS, INTRUDERS IN
THE BUILDING, AND THINGS LIKE |
| 00:24:23 | THE TRAGEDY -- IF WEAPONS WERE
BROUGHT IN. |
| 00:24:27 | THE PEOPLE JUST CONDUCTED A
DRILL ABOUT A YEAR AGO. |
| 00:24:31 | NO ONE COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS
IN THE MIND OF THIS YOUNG MAN |
| 00:24:35 | WHO DID THESE HORRIBLE THINGS.
I GET HIGH CREDIT TO LAW- |
| 00:24:41 | ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST
RESPONDERS. |
| 00:24:42 | THEY GOT ON THE SCENE
IMMEDIATELY AND DID THEIR JOBS. |
| 00:24:45 | THERE WERE TWO HEROIC TEACHERS
WHO CONFRONTED THAT YOUNG MAN. |
| 00:24:50 | THEY CHASED HIM OUT OF THE
BUILDING. |
| 00:24:52 | THEY WORK ON ARMS.
-- UNARMED. |
| 00:24:57 | THIS CALLS UPON ALL OF US TO GO
BACK AND REMEMBER. |
| 00:25:02 | IT IS ONE THING TO HAVE A PLAN
AND ANOTHER TO LIVE IT. |
| 00:25:05 | ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, ALL
ADULTS. |
| 00:25:11 | KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE BEHAVIOR
OF CHILDREN. |
| 00:25:14 | DO NOT TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT IF
SOMEBODY IS ACTING ODDLY, THAT |
| 00:25:18 | IS WHO THAT PERSON IS.
YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO READ THE |
| 00:25:22 | SIGNS THAT HAD GOOD
CONVERSATIONS AND MAKE SURE THE |
| 00:25:24 | PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE HURTING
BECAUSE THEY FELT INTIMIDATED OR |
| 00:25:27 | HARASS OR BULLIED HAVE A PAUSE
IN OUTCOME AND NOT JUST TURN |
| 00:25:34 | INWARD WITH HATE OR WHATEVER
MIGHT DRIVE THEM TO COMMIT THESE |
| 00:25:37 | KINDS OF ACTS.
>> SHOULD CONCEALED WEAPON |
| 00:25:41 | PERMITS BE ALLOWED TO BRING GUNS
INTO SCHOOLS? |
| 00:25:43 | >> I WILL BRING -- I WILL LEAVE
THAT TO THE LEGISLATURE. |
| 00:25:49 | I DO NOT KNOW WHY A GUN IS TO BE
IN A SCHOOL. |
| 00:25:52 | >>
AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK. |
| 00:25:57 | FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT OHIO PUBLIC
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| 00:26:47 | >> AFTER LAWMAKERS MERGED THE
TWO PRIMARIES THAT THEY HAD |
| 00:27:00 | CREATED BACK INTO ONE PRIMARY IN
MARCH, REPUBLICANS HOPED THE GOP |
| 00:27:01 | PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY IN OHIO
WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT ONE. |
| 00:27:03 | AND IT'S TURNED OUT TO BE THAT
AND MORE. |
| 00:27:04 | WE'LL HAVE THE RESULTS OF THE
PRIMARY AND ANALYSIS OF OHIO'S |
| 00:27:08 | ROLE IN THE SUPER TUESDAY
OUTCOME. |
| 00:27:09 | PLUS SOME LOOK AHEAD TO THE
FALL. |
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