Category: Schools
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The $300,000 Question: How Cleveland’s School Leaders Lost Touch with the Families They Serve
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Question – Why are we letting people who live above the struggle of financial hardship make decisions for those trapped inside it?” When a school district’s superintendent earns nearly seven times what the average family brings home, we’re not merely looking at numbers on a spreadsheet; we’re witnessing a fundamental…
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Why Cleveland’s Appointed School Board Model Demands Our Scrutiny
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In the landscape of American public education, few issues strike at the heart of democratic governance quite like the structure of school board authority. While most school districts have local school board members elected by the people they serve, Cleveland’s Metropolitan School District (CMSD) operates under a fundamentally different model…
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How CMSD’s External Affairs Team Can Use AI to Elevate Impact, Accuracy, and Engagement
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In a district as dynamic and complex as the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD), communication is not merely a function; it’s a mission-critical force. The External Affairs team stands at the center of that force, tasked with connecting families, students, partners, media, and the broader Cleveland community to the district’s…
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How Federal School Choice Reforms Will Require Districts To Redefine Their Marketing Strategies
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Two recent federal actions should serve as a wake-up call for public school leaders nationwide. First, the House passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which offers significant tax incentives for individuals and corporations to donate to nonprofit organizations that support school choice initiatives. Second, President Trump signed a series of…
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The Broken Model: Rethinking How We Fund Public Education in Ohio
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By any reasonable measure, public education should be a cornerstone of a functioning democracy. But in Ohio—particularly in Summit and Portage counties—we’re leaning on an outdated and inequitable funding model that places a disproportionate burden on local taxpayers. It’s time we talk honestly about the unsustainable cycle of levies, and…
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Why Schools Are Failing at Crisis Communications
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Let’s start with a hard truth: too many school districts are unprepared for the crises they’re almost guaranteed to face. We’ve all seen it—an incident occurs at a school, and the response is slow, vague, or confusing. Parents are left refreshing social media or texting each other for scraps of…
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Innovation Has Left the Building: Why CMSD Leadership Needs Visionaries, Not Administrators
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There’s a troubling truth I can’t ignore anymore: The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) is being steered by administrators when it desperately needs visionaries. We don’t suffer from a lack of plans, policies, or paperwork. We suffer from a leadership drought of boldness, creativity, and long-term thinking. Somewhere along the…