Education + Learning

CPS teacher wins $10K award

The Western & Southern Financial Group awarded a no-strings-attached $10,000 prize for excellence in education.  This is the third year Western & Southern has given out the award to a Cincinnati Public Schools educator who has "elevated education in the city through personal commitment, dedication and outstanding results."Angela Roddy is an 18-year teaching veteran with Cincinnati Public Schools and was one of eleven finalists for the award.  Finalists were not aware entering the award ceremony who had won.  Once announced, Roddy was presented with a plaque and check at the ceremony.Roddy is a consulting teacher and mentors other teachers within the Cincinnati Public School district.Read full article here.A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://ad.doubleclick.net/click%3Bh=v8/3827/3/0/%2a/r%3B213775530%3B0-0%3B0%3B35163375%3B4307-300/250%3B30959425/30977301/1%3Bu%3Dq1-42543375_1241743113%2C10f876bb1414db9%2Cnone%2Ccm.music_M-cm.biz1-cm.biz_M-cm.wii_L-cm.basketb_L%3B%7Eaopt%3D0/ff/46/ff%3B%7Efdr%3D213713502%3B0-0%3B0%3B31156269%3B4307-300/250%3B30924453/30942329/1%3Bu%3Dq1-42543375_1241743113%2C10f876bb1414db9%2Cnone%2Ccm.music_M-cm.biz1-cm.biz_M-cm.wii_L-cm.basketb_L%3B%7Eaopt%3D3/1/46/0%3B%7Efdr%3D213686142%3B0-0%3B0%3B35138487%3B4307-300/250%3B30906835/30924711/1%3Bu%3Dq1-42543375_1241743113%2C10f876bb1414db9%2Cnone%2Ccm.music_M-cm.biz1-cm.biz_M-cm.wii_L-cm.basketb_L%3B%7Eaopt%3D0/ff/46/ff%3B%7Esscs%3D%3fhttp://www.gm.com/total-confidence/?brandId=ch&src=ola&cmp=corp_ola">

Hebrew Union College to stay open

Financial pressures led the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the nation's oldest institution for training rabbis, cantors and educators of Reform Judaism, to consider the option of closing one or more of its three U.S. campuses. School officials have now announced that its board of governors adopted a move to overhaul operations with the help of technology and innovation that will save the New York, Los Angeles and Cincinnati campuses. "This is a big, big victory for Cincinnati and the state of Ohio," said Dick Weiland, a lobbyist and former member of the school's advisory board.  The Hebrew Union College was founded in Cincinnati in 1875 and was the first location.  The campus has roughly 100 students at its Clifton campus. Read full article here.

Strive Education model makes a giant leap into national spotlight

Strive is in the midst of its own learning period as it carries out the mission of a $750,00 investment that will make Strive a model for four other cities across the nation

Urban gardening taking root in Cincinnati