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Feb 29, 2024 · CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland Metropolitan School District announced Thursday that it would relaunch the shuttered “Get More Opportunities” program. The reversal comes days after City...
In March of 1998, Judge White declared that U.S. federal court oversight of the school district would end in July 2000. The voucher program also stirred heated opposition from the teachers union and civil libertarian organizations and faced repeated judicial challenges.
Aug 21, 2023 · During the era of desegregation busing, many families left the district and chose suburban or private schools. In the 1990s, state legislation allowed more Cleveland students to use public money to attend private and charter schools.
On August 31, 1976, Judge Battisti ruled that Cleveland Public Schools and the Ohio State Board of Education had violated plaintiffs’ Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection of the law by “intentionally fostering and maintaining a segregated school system within the Cleveland public schools.”
A 1976 landmark federal court ruling challenged Cleveland to take long-overdue action to desegregate its public school system. Although slowed by litigation and disputes, the school district implemented crosstown busing to try to offset longstanding residential segregation patterns rooted in discriminatory real estate and lending practices.
Sep 15, 2019 · A Cleveland-only voucher program offering state money to pay private-school tuition (mostly at religious schools) started in 1996, as busing was ending. Charter schools, privately run public ...
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Dec 12, 2022 · 2020/2021 School year. The 2020/2021 school year began with virtual school for all, phasing back to in-person instruction in March 2021. CEO Gordon quickly turned around a program to provide iPads and WiFi hotspots to every CMSD student so learning could continue remotely as much as possible.
