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Dayton Public Schools

February 18, 2009

• Well, I guess that didn't work

January 30, 2009

• Three Dayton schools to close

January 29, 2009

• Dayton schools budget may suddenly look MUCH better

January 12, 2009

• Why does DPS need PR advice?

January 8, 2009

• Your new Dayton school board president, Jeff Mims

January 7, 2009

• Not a great start for the new Dunbar

October 29, 2008

• A bit more on hospital support for Dayton levy

October 26, 2008

• Levy campaign targets east Dayton

October 23, 2008

• Dayton levy campaign brings in record haul

October 9, 2008

• Firm downgrades city schools' debt rating

October 8, 2008

• Dayton schools making promises with" contract"

October 5, 2008

• Editorial: Dayton must pass school levy

September 14, 2008

• Does the Dayton levy need some urgency?

September 6, 2008

• Reconsidering the former school board

September 4, 2008

• I'm trying to check this out

September 1, 2008

• Supporters launch drive to save Stivers art teachers (again)

August 30, 2008

• On average, charters went up and DPS went down

August 27, 2008

• Pat Lynch wins do-over election

August 26, 2008

• Report cards out, Dayton last in Ohio again

August 20, 2008

• This time the big guns are on board early

August 17, 2008

• In search of a "data driven" school district

August 12, 2008

• Dayton schools to seek 4.9 mills

August 11, 2008

• DPS attendance very low at some high schools
• School begins smoothly in Dayton

August 7, 2008

• Dayton teachers approve contract, raise

August 6, 2008

• Stanic: It's about learning and the levy this year

August 5, 2008

• Dayton schools name new deputy superintendent

August 3, 2008

• Will they arm wrestle over math and science teachers?

July 27, 2008

• Stanic: Dayton levy won't exceed 6 mills

July 22, 2008

• Brathwaite follows Mack to Columbia

July 21, 2008

• Lowry a candidate for top jobs

July 6, 2008

• The issues surrounding privatized busing

July 4, 2008

• Meet Kurt Stanic, interim superintendent

June 30, 2008

• Companies: City kids should ride private bus service

June 26, 2008

• How important is high school busing?

June 24, 2008

• Dayton grad rate still going up

June 20, 2008

• High school busing on the chopping block again

June 19, 2008

• Board to name Stanic superintendent for 2008-09

June 18, 2008

• Two more candidates for interim superintendent

June 10, 2008

• Jane Rafal, Norris Brown seek interim post

June 9, 2008

• Is a national search worth the cost for Dayton?

June 5, 2008

• Teacher performance pay: Costly and complicated

June 3, 2008

• Debra Brathwaite and the superintendent search

June 2, 2008

• Renting out Ludlow II part of district savings plan
• Researcher paints gloomy picture of Dayton's economy

May 31, 2008

• Brathwaite: I won't be an interim superintendent

May 30, 2008

• Princeton passes on Brathwaite
• Domineck's injunction denied again

May 29, 2008

• Appeals court to decide graduation issue Friday

May 28, 2008

• Appeals court will hear OGT case
• Luckie: This is how charters should work
• High School busing: Here we go again

May 27, 2008

• Judge: Graduation goes on without OGT flunkers

May 26, 2008

• Wanted: Super man or woman for super job

May 25, 2008

• What makes a real high school graduate?

May 22, 2008

• Thurgood Marshall parents get their day in court

May 21, 2008

• Roosevelt, Patterson to be razed over the next month
• Replacing Percy Mack may take time

May 20, 2008

• Ruskin to house former charter school

May 19, 2008

• Brathwaite: I might be interested if they are
• A smart-aleck defense of Percy Mack

May 18, 2008

• The big question: Inside or outside

May 17, 2008

• The pressure builds fast to replace Mack

May 16, 2008

• Mack: Best thing about Dayton was how it "embraced me"
• Percy Mack leaves; board to start search process
• Report: Mack takes South Carolina job

May 12, 2008

• The superintendent shuffle

May 5, 2008

• Latest on the top educator job front

May 4, 2008

• Who will sing the alma mater?

May 2, 2008

• Give the people what they want?

May 1, 2008

• Here's what the consultant said about Dayton
• Mack: Columbia job enticing, close to home
• Percy Mack a finalist in Columbia, S.C.
• Report cites busing, food service for cost savings

April 23, 2008

• More perspective on sick days

April 22, 2008

• Shook: Prevailing wage might increase bidders

April 21, 2008

• Marc Dann's in a tough spot on charter suit

April 19, 2008

• DPS teachers: Getting sicker every year

April 15, 2008

• Charter funding lawsuit headed to Supreme Court

April 14, 2008

• School tear down update

April 10, 2008

• Survey results: What do they mean?

April 9, 2008

• Satisfaction with DPS at nine-year high

March 31, 2008

• Grad rates: simple question, complicated answer

March 26, 2008

• Making business sense

March 25, 2008

• Curran: UD has no interest in buying Welcome Stadium

March 24, 2008

• Deal will bring $3 million in Welcome Stadium upgrades

March 18, 2008

• Dayton teachers = M.A.S.H. unit?

February 28, 2008

• Brathwaite not picked in Akron

February 15, 2008

• Dayton expected to shorten spring break

February 12, 2008

• Braithwaite in the final three in Akron

February 11, 2008

• A good day for Stivers

February 8, 2008

• What they're saying about Roosevelt

February 7, 2008

• Roosevelt's a goner

February 5, 2008

• They won't like this at Stivers

February 1, 2008

• Spelling Bee: A sign of something good happening?

January 29, 2008

• Breaking News: Lucas a candidate in Lakota

January 27, 2008

• Bonaparte: Support to save Roosevelt not there

January 24, 2008

• Is it too late to revive the Roosevelt debate?

January 23, 2008

• NAACP disavows plan to save Roosevelt

January 22, 2008

• Has the clock struck midnight on Roosevelt HS?
• Tonight is your chance to see a new school

January 10, 2008

• New board keeps Isaacs at helm

December 17, 2007

• Income, school readiness, test scores strongly linked
• Data shows many kindergarteners start school behind

December 14, 2007

• The $41,000 school board defeat

December 11, 2007

• The tricky game of getting kids to walk
• A good (and overdue) idea

December 10, 2007

• Education issues abound

December 4, 2007

• Dayton schools: No levy until next November

November 28, 2007

• Schools a front in construction trade war

November 27, 2007

• Look through the eyes of a DPS kid

November 20, 2007

• Buildings, levies and Ohio teachers for Hillary

November 15, 2007

• Board's pick: Ronald Lee

November 12, 2007

• Surprise! One more applicant emerges for city school board

November 11, 2007

• Does the school board need to be fixed?

November 8, 2007

• Bohardt back as school board applicant
• Grappling with election fall out

November 7, 2007

• Who will be the new Gail Littlejohn?
• School board faces a new reality

November 6, 2007

• It's over: Mims, Thompson, Taylor, Nerny win
• Two challengers poised to win
• Incumbents in trouble in Dayton school board race
• Absentee ballots: Two challengers lead
• Dayton's school board race -- what's your prediction?
• Kids vs. Bricks, Round 2

November 3, 2007

• Nice to see local blogs getting in the education game

November 1, 2007

• Did charters drive up graduation rate?

October 31, 2007

• Joe Lacey: This is what I'm about

October 30, 2007

• Stivers re-opens: The reporter's cut

October 29, 2007

• Five board candidates make their cases

October 25, 2007

• One candidate is blowing the doors off the field

October 24, 2007

• Postcards from Macedonia (Church)

October 23, 2007

• Cutting it close budget-wise
• Incumbents trumpet successes at forum

October 22, 2007

• Challengers are no shows at candidates night

October 21, 2007

• Lots of school board talk (must be an election coming up)

October 18, 2007

• Belcher: Democrats risking school board "debacle"

October 16, 2007

• Breaking News: Littlejohn leaving Dayton

October 14, 2007

• DDN Edit board picks incumbents

October 5, 2007

• School board candidates: Out of touch?

September 27, 2007

• Thompson and Crisp face off

September 19, 2007

• Building project gets new manager, rules

September 18, 2007

• Fireworks at Dayton school board tonight

September 16, 2007

• Stivers on Court House Square

September 12, 2007

• Nobody has any money

September 11, 2007

• Stivers fundraising kicks off Wednesday

September 7, 2007

• The saddest story of the week

September 5, 2007

• Dayton's plan for school improvement

August 31, 2007

• Mobile passes on Percy Mack
• Mack looking like a finalist

August 30, 2007

• Mack and Mobile: We'll know more Friday
• Stivers to kick off fundraising drive

August 28, 2007

• Proposal: Lower minority target for building projects
• Lots going on with Dayton schools

August 27, 2007

• Percy Mack a finalist in Mobile, Ala.

August 23, 2007

• Seven running for Dayton school board
• School canceled for heat on Friday

August 22, 2007

• Heat closes Dayton schools again

August 18, 2007

• Union fires another shot; schools back at it

August 16, 2007

• The changing Dayton school board

August 14, 2007

• Dayton slips back into "academic watch"
• Jeff Mims picked for school board

August 12, 2007

• Isaacs: Heat won't change calendar

August 10, 2007

• No new board member yet

August 9, 2007

• Make it four straight: DPS cancels Friday classes
• Dayton should get new board member today

August 8, 2007

• No school Thursday either

August 7, 2007

• DPS calls off school for Wednesday, too

August 6, 2007

• When silence speaks volumes
• Heat closes school in Dayton Tuesday
• Patterson-Kennedy: World's hottest school?
• Dayton Public Schools: Off to a hot start
• Believe it or not, school's back in

August 5, 2007

• Budget cuts reached beyond layoffs
• Students will feel district's cutbacks
• How we got here: Timeline of DPS financial crunch

August 4, 2007

• Chemicals, schools and safety

August 1, 2007

• Mack: Dayton stays out of academic emergency
• Mack to speak to staff

July 31, 2007

• Six vie for open school board seat

July 30, 2007

• School to move after chemical spill

July 24, 2007

• Busing: Consolidate the city and suburbs?

July 22, 2007

• Ronald Jackson stepping down

July 20, 2007

• DPS gets busing at no extra cost

July 19, 2007

• DPS bus fix to be announced

July 12, 2007

• Teachers file complaint over DECA
• Big donation helps save Stivers adjuncts
• No high school busing: What happens downtown?

July 10, 2007

• No Dayton school levy until 2008

July 8, 2007

• Local contractor out of Dayton's project

July 2, 2007

• Lacey sues Dayton school board

June 22, 2007

• Dayton's story: Enrollment, income, taxes

June 19, 2007

• These teachers and aides won't be back
• Here's what Dayton schools will cut tonight

June 16, 2007

• Kettering's cuts and campaign cash

June 13, 2007

• NY Times notes DECA charter change
• Editorial: Education summit failed kids

June 11, 2007

• Summit addresses education in Dayton
• Dayton school summit underway

June 8, 2007

• Dayton Public loses DECA

June 5, 2007

• DPS books to be reviewed, teachers get discount

May 31, 2007

• Dayton's school crisis a national story

May 30, 2007

• Allen, Edison schools to close
• Waiting for more on DPS cuts

May 29, 2007

• Goff stays; schools and teachers go
• Lots of school news today

May 27, 2007

• All schools on the editorial page

May 25, 2007

• The Husted Summit: What will they talk about?

May 24, 2007

• DECA experiment to graduate first class

May 22, 2007

• Husted, DPS to convene summit

May 20, 2007

• Elections show Dayton's racial split

May 19, 2007

• No, really, it's not racism

May 16, 2007

• Ministers: City's racial divide must be closed

May 14, 2007

• Urgency lacking in Dayton school crisis?

May 12, 2007

• The school vote divide -- right down the middle

May 11, 2007

• Yeah, but the kids really are the losers

May 10, 2007

• What the kids lost Tuesday

May 9, 2007

• Prediction wins T-shirt

May 8, 2007

• Now what? Dayton's next steps
• School levies: The final numbers
• Dayton levy defeated
• Numbers not getting better for Dayton
• Levy in trouble: margin grows
• Levy losing narrowly with half the precincts in
• Absentee ballots at 50-50
• Waiting for the first report ...
• Today's the day: How will you vote?

May 6, 2007

• Why Dayton's levy comes now
• Officials say House actions cost millions

May 3, 2007

• Jon Husted: Vote yes for Dayton schools

May 2, 2007

• Cuts would hit teachers, close schools, chop sports and arts

May 1, 2007

• A chance to have your say on the levy TONIGHT!
• Note: Correction for Sunday's story

April 29, 2007

• Dayton vs. Lakota: What we learned
• How Dayton spends its money
• Five years filled with change for Dayton
• Lakota built when Dayton bought

April 28, 2007

• Husted: This doesn't help DPS with charters

April 27, 2007

• Why endorsements (and money) matter

April 26, 2007

• Cuts could be 400 teachers

April 25, 2007

• DPS: Where are charter bids for schools?

April 22, 2007

• How voters actually decide

April 18, 2007

• Husted: I'll support Dayton's levy IF ...

April 15, 2007

• The pitfalls of school construction

April 13, 2007

• Chamber endorses levy

April 12, 2007

• How the chamber came around
• Levy endorsements coming today

April 11, 2007

• LEAD: First official levy endorsers

April 10, 2007

• Breaking News: Chamber to endorse Dayton levy

April 5, 2007

• Ten thousand parents not registered to vote!

March 29, 2007

• Lucas: Gov's budget good for Dayton

March 18, 2007

• Why we are better off (and worse off)

February 27, 2007

• Why an income tax won't work for Dayton

February 23, 2007

• New taxes: Dayton is not alone

February 22, 2007

• Will Joe go?

February 19, 2007

• Percy Mack fires back

February 16, 2007

• Gunlock: DPS has a long way to go

February 12, 2007

• Sandra Kidd's story in her own words
• Kidd: "Kiser needs a cattle-driver"

February 8, 2007

• Jon Husted: Terry Ryan's evil twin?

February 7, 2007

• Should DPS cuts go deeper on support staff?

February 6, 2007

• Fordham's Ryan: DPS did its part

February 1, 2007

• City wins spelling bee again
• The complete list of Dayton Spelling Bee participants

January 29, 2007

• School levy: Board goes all in

January 28, 2007

• Asking tough questions

January 25, 2007

• What you got for $44 million

January 24, 2007

• Breaking News: District to seek 16 mills

January 23, 2007

• A school in Triangle Park?

January 21, 2007

• Kidd out as Kiser principal

January 18, 2007

• No. 2 in Dayton or No. 1 in Toledo?

January 14, 2007

• DPS junkies: Read this story

January 13, 2007

• Meet Yvonne Isaacs

January 10, 2007

• The changing school board

January 9, 2007

• Littlejohn out as board president
• Dayton's school cuts

December 26, 2006

• Mario: Roosevelt decision sound

December 23, 2006

• Last minute school law changes

December 19, 2006

• No cuts until February

December 14, 2006

• Breaking News: Teachers approve deal
• Too late to save Roosevelt?
• Beth Duke: Block Roosevelt demolition

December 13, 2006

• Teachers: How will you vote Thursday?

December 12, 2006

• Fairview to anchor neighborhood project

December 11, 2006

• What about selling Ludlow II?

December 9, 2006

• Lucas: Reynolds deal paying off

December 8, 2006

• Coming Saturday: Your questions answered by DPS
• Breaking News: Another deal with teachers
• The board's choice
• Why they wanted the job

December 7, 2006

• Tax windfall means half as many job cuts
• Breaking News on school cuts, board member

December 5, 2006

• School board choice a no decision
• A new board member by tonight

November 28, 2006

• Mayor candidate vies for school board

November 21, 2006

• Cuts plan delayed again

November 18, 2006

• The fate of Patterson(s)

November 14, 2006

• Mack and Lucas answer your questions

November 13, 2006

• The Stivers dilemma

November 9, 2006

• Littlejohn and Lynch talk money
• Cuts, layoff details by Thanksgiving

November 8, 2006

• Dayton teachers vote down contract offer
• An omen of sorts?

November 6, 2006

• Teachers sound angry

November 2, 2006

• No raise (sort of) for Dayton teachers

November 1, 2006

• Teachers, Dayton schools reach accord

October 31, 2006

• Shoot for the moon (or Mars)

October 25, 2006

• What 9.75 mills will cost you
• Dayton schools move toward layoffs

October 24, 2006

• School cuts stay in place, with wiggle room

October 23, 2006

• Dayton school cuts will come early
• Details of Dayton schools' proposed cuts
• Dayton school cuts for 2007-08

October 21, 2006

• Deep cuts proposed for Dayton schools

October 17, 2006

• Mack is national superintendent of the year

October 5, 2006

• Dayton teacher talks: Huber all over again?

October 4, 2006

• Schools get cut, city gets a raise

October 3, 2006

• A rising star?

September 25, 2006

• Can Dayton pull off the "big promise?"

September 21, 2006

• A promise: Kids will get to college

August 21, 2006

• The valley's top 50 elementary schools
• Charters and the district — Siamese twins?

August 13, 2006

• Starting at the top -- a new breed of principals

August 12, 2006

• Hmmm. Will Dayton really move up?

August 9, 2006

• Eight years of upheaval

August 5, 2006

• Dayton Public Schools bell schedule

August 3, 2006

• Light at the end of the tunnel for Dayton?

August 2, 2006

• Big news on Dayton Public, Roosevelt HS

August 1, 2006

• Shocking news: Dayton out of "academic emergency"

July 28, 2006

• What if there was a "Dayton Promise?"
• Free tuition "promise" discussed as sprawl remedy

July 25, 2006

• Uniforms in the burbs and small towns

July 24, 2006

• The "School of Rock" approach to education
• Reading, writing and video games

July 21, 2006

• Dixie Allen, vouchers and politics

July 20, 2006

• Finally, new schools

July 13, 2006

• "An inspiration to all of us"

July 7, 2006

• Reverse discrimination?

July 6, 2006

• An opportunity to reshape high school

June 30, 2006

• Tough choices to tear down schools
• New schools in Dayton: The complete list

June 27, 2006

• In Dayton, whites lag in graduation rate
• Other data on Dayton, race and schools

June 26, 2006

• In Dayton, white kids lag behind black

June 19, 2006

• The back door out of "emergency"

June 14, 2006

• These schools are safe

May 31, 2006

• Charters, money and new taxes in Dayton

May 30, 2006

• Making school change from the top

May 19, 2006

• Saving old schools

May 18, 2006

• Breaking Roosevelt News
• Roosevelt HS: Tell me like I'm in kindergarten

May 16, 2006

• James Williams sighting

May 15, 2006

• A battle brewing over Roosevelt?

May 13, 2006

• The vision for Welcome Stadium

May 12, 2006

• Surprise ending -- wrecking ball for Roosevelt

May 11, 2006

• Dramatic turn of events on Roosevelt HS
• Roosevelt will be a school again
• A decision for Roosevelt HS

March 11, 2006

• Roosevelt's chances get better

March 1, 2006

• You play school board

February 16, 2006

• School names for sale?
• Naming schools can be tricky

January 11, 2006

• Politics and dividing lines

December 19, 2005

• The battle for Roosevelt HS

November 21, 2005

• Schools defend ad splurge
• Do ad dollars make sense?

November 9, 2005

• Kids First stumbles

November 8, 2005

• Breaking up the team?

November 1, 2005

• Welcome to Dayton, ed blogosphere!

October 31, 2005

• Pitching in for Katrina cleanup

October 19, 2005

• The people's stadium

October 8, 2005

• Can they bring the Bengals to Dayton?
• Can they bring the Bengals to Dayton?

October 4, 2005

• Private busing would cost schools more

August 29, 2005

• Public schools outdo charters

August 8, 2005

• Off to a good start

August 7, 2005

• School building boom not on target
• Too early for school?

July 18, 2005

• School restarts improve results

July 5, 2005

• Schools revisit names, history

June 6, 2004

• School "redesign" costs teachers jobs

May 31, 2004

• Dayton Early College Academy's first year impressive

May 16, 2004

• Integration receeding in Dayton

April 18, 2004

• Stilted gyms disappearing

April 21, 2002

• After desegregation: New challenges arise

April 16, 2002

• Desgregation busing ends

August 31, 2000

• Past forces candidate to withdraw
• Contractor defends job check

August 20, 2000

• Superintendent search secrecy questioned