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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
My changing role at the DDN
I have some news to share with Get on the Bus readers. My role at the Dayton Daily News has changed. As of today, I am now a columnist and editorial writer for the newspaper and I no longer am a reporter covering the education beat after nine years in that role.
This means I have joined the editorial board, a group that together decides the newspaper’s position on local, state and national issues. My role will be to participate in deliberations about the issues, write editorials representing the newspaper’s views on the editorial page and write columns on the op-ed page. My writing will be more analytical and opinion-based in those venues.
I do not know who will replace me covering K-12 education and Dayton Public Schools, but I will introduce that person here as soon as he or she is named. My plan is to continue to write about education in the newspaper often, through editorials and in columns. I also plan to continue blogging about education here at Get on the Bus.
I remain highly interested in education issues facing Dayton, the state of Ohio and the nation. I will continue to pay close attention to everything from congressional actions to local school board decisions when it comes to teaching and learning.
So I hope you’ll stay with me here at Get on the Bus and help me keep the conversation going. Thanks.
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March of the penguins … in Ohio?
I took my eight-year-old to Saturday’s Ohio State football game for some quality father-daughter time. Kate is a big OSU fan and we had a blast. In the first quarter, red-shirted, buckeye-nut-necklace-wearing Kate looked up from under her new block-O, Woody Hayes-style Buckeye hat with a few questions:
Kate: What is Youngstown State’s nickname?
Me: The Penguins.
Kate The Penguins? Where is Youngstown State?
Me: It’s in Ohio. Sort of near Cleveland.
Kate: What does Ohio have to do with penguins?
Me: Good question. I don’t know.
Kate: I mean, penguins are cute and all, but penguins in Ohio?
Me: Yes it is pretty weird.
Kate: You know what? Instead of running onto the field like the Buckeyes do to start the game, they should all waddle out like penguins. That would be funny.
Me: That would be funny. Maybe they should come up with a penguin waddle touchdown dance.
Kate: That would be awesome. Maybe they have one already.
Me: We’re not going to find out today.
(Final Score: OSU 43, YSU 0)
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