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A SERVICE OF OHIO'S PUBLIC BROADCASTING STATIONS
A SERVICE OF OHIO'S PUBLIC BROADCASTING STATIONS
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Ohio's projected $8 billion deficit in 2011 means that districts across the state will soon face tough choices. While education was largely spared in the last round of budget cuts, closing the current shortfall will likely require dipping into the 41% of the state budget that accounts for education spending. While counter-intuitive, these budget challenges present opportunities for districts to rethink how we best educate children while dramatically improving results.
Fredrick (Rick) M. Hess's forthcoming book, A Penny Saved: How Schools and Districts Can Tighten Their Belts While Serving Students Better, chronicles how states and school districts might cut education spending while improving student performance. His most recent book, Education Unbound: The Promise and Practice of Greenfield Schooling, argues for a radical rethinking of our educational establishment. Mr. Hess will discuss the important lessons from both books and provide cautionary tales for Ohio and its leaders at The City Club of Cleveland.
Mr. Hess is a resident scholar and director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, serves on the review board for the Broad Prize in Urban Education, and is a member of the research advisory board for the National Center on Educational Accountability. He is a former high school social studies teacher and former professor of education and government at the University of Virginia. He holds his M.Ed. in teaching and curriculum and his M.A. and Ph.D. in government from Harvard University.
He is the author of many books including most recently, Education Unbound: The Promise and Practice of Greenfield Schooling, Common Sense School Reform, and Revolution at the Margins.
May 7, 2010