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00:00:00>> SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE
BROADCAST STATEWIDE "THE STATE
00:00:06OF OHIO" COMES FROM LAW OFFICES
OF PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR
00:00:11LLP.
AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
00:00:19ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING
131,000 TEACHERS WORKING FOR
00:00:25GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR EVERY
CHILD.
00:00:26ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS MADE
POSSIBLE BY ETECH OHIO.
00:00:33>> JUST A FEW DAYS LEFT BEFORE
OHIOANS VOTE IN THE MARCH
00:00:40PRIMARY.
AND WITH POLLS SHOWING MANY
00:00:42UNDECIDED VOTERS, THE FOUR GOP
PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS MAKE
00:00:43THEIR FINAL PITCHES.
AND GOV. KASICH TOOK HIS STATE
00:00:47OF THE STATE SPEECH 150 MILES
AWAY FROM THE STATE CAPITAL TO
00:00:48A SMALL SCHOOL THAT STATS SHOW
IS THE BEST ELEMENTARY IN THE
00:00:52STATE.
BUT HE DIDN'T OFFER TOO MANY
00:00:54SPECIFICS ON WHAT HE WANTED
OHIOANS TO LEARN FROM IT.
00:00:55THE STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
FILLS IN THE BLANKS.
00:00:58ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
OHIO."
00:01:01CAPTIONED BY THE
NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE
00:01:04--WWW.NCICAP.ORG--
>> IT'S A BIG WEEK FOR
00:01:07REPUBLICANS IN OHIO.
THE LEADING CANDIDATE FOR THE
00:01:11GOP NOMINATION FOR US SENATE
MADE NEWS BY ANNOUNCING HE IS A
00:01:13CANDIDATE.
TREASURER JOSH MANDEL MADE THE
00:01:15NOT-AT-ALL-SURPRISING
ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE AKRON PRESS
00:01:18CLUB.
HE APPEARED THERE THIS WEEK
00:01:20AFTER DECLINING AN INVITATION
TO ADDRESS THE CLUB IN
00:01:23DECEMBER, SAYING HE WAS TOO
BUSY.
00:01:25BUT MANDEL DID NOT JOIN THE
OTHER CANDIDATES FOR THE
00:01:29NOMINATION AT THE CITY CLUB OF
CLEVELAND DEBATE TWO WEEKS AGO.
00:01:30THE RACE FOR THE GOP NOMINATION
FOR PRESIDENT IN OHIO IS CLOSE
00:01:37SO CLOSE THAT PEOPLE WHO SAY
THEY COULD STILL CHANGE THEIR
00:01:39MINDS COULD CHANGE THE RESULTS.
THE LATEST QUINNIPIAC POLL,
00:01:42RELEASED ON FRIDAY SHOWS RICK
SANTORUM IS AT THE TOP, BUT
00:01:44MITT ROMNEY IS CLOSING THE GAP
SANTORUM HAS 35 PERCENT, ROMNEY
00:01:4931%.
AND A THIRD OF OHIO VOTERS SAY
00:01:53THEY COULD STILL CHANGE THEIR
MINDS BEFORE TUESDAY.
00:01:55>> RICK SANTORUM HAS BEEN
LEADING IN OHIO IN RECENT
00:02:02POLLS, AND HAS BEEN MAKING
CAMPAIGN STOPS THROUGHOUT THE
00:02:03STATE, INCLUDING ONE FEATURING
ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE DEWINE
00:02:06SWITCHING HIS ALLEGIANCE TO
SANTORUM AND AWAY FROM AN
00:02:08EARLIER COMMITMENT TO MITT
ROMNEY.
00:02:09>> THE BOTTOM LINE.
A TRUE CONSERVATIVE, PROVEN
00:02:19RECORD, SOMEONE YOU CAN BELIEVE
IN AND TRUST AND HAS THE BEST
00:02:24CHANCE OF BEATING BARACK OBAMA
IN THE FALL.
00:02:26>> YOU SWITCH FROM MITT ROMNEY
TO RICK SANTORUM.
00:02:31>> I WAS WRONG.
I GOT ON EARLY FOR GOVERNOR
00:02:38ROMNEY.
IT WAS A MISTAKE.
00:02:39I HAVE WATCHED THIS CAMPAIGN OF
HIS.
00:02:42I'D THINK HE IS A GOOD GUY.
THERE IS NO ENERGY.
00:02:46THERE IS NO FIRE IN THAT
CAMPAIGN.
00:02:48THERE IS NO ENTHUSIASM.
ALL OF THE ENERGY IS ON THE
00:02:53OTHER SIDE.
IT IS ON RICK SANTORUM'S SIDE.
00:02:56BECAUSE OF HIS ABILITY TO
CONNECT WITH BLUE-COLLAR
00:03:01WORKERS AND REAGAN DEMOCRATS, HE
HAS BY FAR THE BEST CHANCE OF
00:03:05WINNING THIS CAMPAIGN IN THE
FALL AGAINST BARACK OBAMA.
00:03:07>> YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH
CRITICISM OF RICK SANTORUM THAT
00:03:13HE IS TOO EXTREME.
>> I THINK HE WILL BRING IN
00:03:18DEMOCRATIC BOLSTERS -- VOTERS.
>> BUT FRESH OFF A FEW RECENT
00:03:25WINS FOR THEIR CANDIDATE, ROMNEY
SUPPORTERS ARE FEELING POSITIVE.
00:03:26REP. JAY HOTTINGER OF NEWARK WAS
AT ROMNEY'S TOWN HALL STYLE
00:03:29EVENT AT CAPITAL UNIVERSITY JUST
EAST OF DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, ONE
00:03:30STOP AMONG MANY IN THE FINAL
DAYS BEFORE THE PRIMARY.
00:03:32>> I AM AN EVANGELICAL
CHRISTIAN.
00:03:39I AGREE WITH RICK SANTORUM ON A
NUMBER OF SOCIAL ISSUES.
00:03:43MITT ROMNEY HAS THE PACKAGE.
HE IS TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT
00:03:49ARE IMPORTANT TO OHIOAN.
S.
00:03:52THAT IS JOB CREATION AND TURNING
AROUND THE NATION'S ECONOMIC.
00:03:59THINGS ARE IMPROVING HERE IN THE
STATE OF OHIO.
00:04:01BUT I DO NOT THINK THE PRESIDENT
SHOULD GET ALL OF THE CREDIT FOR
00:04:07THE FACT THAT THINGS ARE TURNING
AROUND.
00:04:09HE SHOULD GET THE BLAME THAT IT
IS TAKING THIS LONG.
00:04:11THE WAY TO ACCELERATE THE
ECONOMY IS TO GET MITT ROMNEY
00:04:17ELECTED PRESIDENT.
>> GINGRICH IS COMING BACK TO
00:04:21OHIO THIS WEEKEND AFTER SEVERAL
WEEKS AWAY, AND IS SAID TO BE
00:04:22CONCENTRATING MORE ON THE
SOUTHERN STATES.
00:04:23BUT THAT'S NOT STOPPING HIS
OHIO BACKERS, INCLUDING DOUG
00:04:27PREISSE IS THE CHAIR OF THE
FRANKLIN COUNTY REPUBLICAN
00:04:29PARTY.
>> THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT NEWT
00:04:35GINGRICH THAT EVERYBODY DOES NOT
ALREADY KNOW.
00:04:37EVERY CANDIDATE ON BOTH SIDES OF
THE AISLE HAS THEIR OWN PERSONAL
00:04:42BACKGROUND.
HE IS A REAL GUY.
00:04:44HE HAS BEEN IN THE PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE SECTORS.
00:04:47HE IS STILL STANDING.
HE IS TOUGH AND EVERYBODY THINKS
00:04:51HE IS THE SMARTEST GUY OUT
THERE.
00:04:53WE NEED THAT BATTLE HARDENED
KIND OF WASHINGTON EXPERIENCE TO
00:04:58PUT US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
>> SOME PEOPLE SAY GINGRICH IS A
00:05:05LOOK CONFRONTATIONAL AND CAN SAY
THINGS THAT CONTRADICT HIMSELF
00:05:09AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT HIM A LITTLE
00:05:11BIT.
>> HE IS AN IDEAS GUY.
00:05:17HE HAS TWO OR THREE GOOD IDEA AS
A WEEK.
00:05:23HE IS TESTING THEM OUT.
HE HAS CRITICIZED A- --
00:05:30CRITICIZED FOLKS WHO SPEAK UP ON
IDEAS.
00:05:32>>
AND THOUGH RON PAUL HAS TRAILED
00:05:39IN ALMOST EVERY POLL IN OHIO,
HIS SUPPORTERS ARE STAYING
00:05:40STRONG.
THEY INCLUDE SEN. KRIS JORDAN OF
00:05:42POWELL IN DELAWARE COUNTY, WHO
SAYS A VOTE FOR PAUL ISN'T A
00:05:44WASTED OPPORTUNITY.
>> I VOTE MY CONSCIENCE.
00:05:49WHETHER PEOPLE DOWN THE ROAD
AGREE WITH ME OR NOT.
00:05:53I BELIEVE EVERYONE SHOULD VOTED
THEIR OWN CONSCIENCE AND DO WHAT
00:05:57THEY BELIEVE IS THE RIGHT THING.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN TIED TO
00:06:02CHRISTIAN CANDIDATES IN THE
PAST.
00:06:03WHY RON PAUL OVER RICK SANTORUM?
>> I WILL NOT SPEAK ILL OF ANY
00:06:13OTHER CANDIDATE.
RON PAUL STANDS FOR LIMITED
00:06:16GOVERNMENT.
HE PUTS MORE CONFIDENCE IN THE
00:06:19AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT HE DOES IN
GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS TO THEIR
00:06:22PROBLEMS.
THERE ARE MANY WITHIN CONGRESS
00:06:26AND WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT WHO
THINK THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO
00:06:28KNOW WHAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU AND
ME.
00:06:30I DO NOT BELIEVE GOVERNMENT
SHOULD BE OUR NANNY.
00:06:34I DO NOT BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE
THE POLICEMEN AROUND THE WORLD.
00:06:37>> THERE ARE 140 JUDICIAL RACES.
>> AND WHILE THE BALLOT ISN'T
00:06:49NEARLY AS EXCITING FOR
DEMOCRATS, THERE ARE STILL
00:06:51PLENTY OF LOCAL RACES AND DOZENS
OF MONEY ISSUES TO BE DECIDED,
00:06:53AS WELL AS 140 JUDICIAL RACES.
AND THERE IS A STATEWIDE PRIMARY
00:06:55FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE,
BETWEEN WILLIAM O'NEILL AND
00:06:56FANON RUCKER.
THE WINNER WILL TAKE ON
00:06:58INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN JUSTICE
ROBERT CUPP IN THE FALL.
00:06:59THERE ARE ALSO FOUR REPUBLICAN
STATE SENATE PRIMARIES -- NONE
00:07:03ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE -- AND
18 REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES AND 15
00:07:05DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES FOR THE
OHIO HOUSE.
00:07:06AMONG THE LONG-SERVING LAWMAKERS
FACING CHALLENGES IN THE
00:07:09PRIMARY ARE DEMOCRATS VERNON
SYKES, SANDRA WILLIAMS, BARBARA
00:07:12BOYD AND MINORITY LEADER ARMOND
BUDISH.
00:07:14VETERAN LAWMAKER LOU BLESSING
HAS A REPUBLICAN OPPONENT, AND
00:07:20ALSO IN THE CINCINNATI AREA,
FORMER REPRESENTATIVE TOM
00:07:23BRINKMAN IS CHALLENGING
INCUMBENT PETER STAUTBERG.
00:07:24AND OF COURSE THERE ARE THE
CONGRESSIONAL RACES. SOME
00:07:35POLITICAL EXPERTS HAVE
SUGGESTED THAT IN AS MANY AS 15
00:07:38OF OHIO'S 16 DISTRICTS, THE
VICTOR ON PRIMARY NIGHT WILL BE
00:07:42THE WINNER IN THE FALL.
AND THERE ARE SOME TOUGH PRIMARY
00:07:46BATTLES GOING ON-- ESPECIALLY IN
THE 9TH, BETWEEN INCUMBENTS
00:07:48DENNIS KUCINICH AND MARCY
KAPTUR, ALONG WITH NEWCOMER
00:07:50GRAHAM VEYSEY, AND THE
DEMOCRATIC FOUR-WAY CONTEST IN
00:07:53THE NEWLY DRAWN 3RD, FEATURING
FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN MARY JO
00:07:55KILROY AGAINST FORMER OHIO
HOUSE MINORITY LEADER JOYCE
00:07:57BEATTY, CURRENT STATE REP TED
CELESTE, AND COLUMBUS CITY
00:08:00COUNCILMEMBER PRISCILLA TYSON.
EACH WEEK WE'RE DIGGING INTO A
00:08:06PART OF GOV. KASICH'S SECOND
STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH.
00:08:07THIS WEEK, EDUCATION.
IT WAS THOUGHT THAT EDUCATION
00:08:11WOULD BE THE TOP ISSUE IN THE
GOVERNOR'S SPEECH, SINCE HE
00:08:13DECIDED TO MOVE IT AWAY FROM
CAPITOL SQUARE FOR THE FIRST
00:08:16TIME IN NEARLY A CENTURY AND TO
A PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN
00:08:19STEUBENVILLE.
AND IT WASN'T JUST A TYPICAL
00:08:24ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WELLS ACADEMY IS THE HIGHEST-
00:08:26PERFORMING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL IN OHIO, WITH 100
00:08:31PERCENT OF ITS 300 K-4TH GRADE
STUDENTS ALL PASSING THE STATE'S
00:08:323RD AND 4TH GRADE READING AND
MATH PROFICIENCY TESTS.
00:08:34AND HE SAID OHIO NEEDS TO FIND
OUT WHY KIDS ARE DOING SO WELL
00:08:41AT WELLS ACADEMY AND WHAT HE
CALLED "THE FINE CHARTER SCHOOLS
00:08:43IN CLEVELAND."
>> WE NEED TO STUDY THEM, FIND
00:08:47OUT WHAT WORKS, BE DATA DRIVEN
AND DO IT.
00:08:49IT DOESN'T MEAN WE SHORTCHANGE
OUR TEACHERS. YOU KNOW, IF
00:08:52WE'RE NOT DOING WELL, THEN LET'S
HELP.
00:08:54IF THEY'RE DOING GREAT, PAY
THEM.
00:08:56>> BUT THE GOVERNOR DIDN'T OFFER
MANY SPECIFICS ABOUT WHAT HE
00:09:00WANTS OUT OF K-12 EDUCATION IN
OHIO, ABOUT WHAT HE EXPECTS OF
00:09:03TEACHERS, AND HOW HE WANTS
OHIO'S KIDS TO ACHIEVE.
00:09:05SO TO GET SOME, WE TURN TO
STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
00:09:08STAN HEFFNER.
WELLS IS UNIQUE.
00:09:18IT IS KINDERGARTEN THROUGH
FOURTH GRADE SCHOOL.
00:09:21YOU MISSED THE FIFTH GRADE.
THAT TRANSITION SEEMS TO BE
00:09:26HITTING A LOT OF STUDENTS HEART.
THESE KIDS ALSO WEAR UNIFORMS,
00:09:31WHICH IS UNIQUE FOR PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
00:09:33IT IS A MEDIUM HIGH POVERTY RATE
SCHOOL.
00:09:3750% OF THE KIDS ARE CONSIDERED
ECONOMICALLY DEVELOPED --
00:09:43DISADVANTAGE.
HOW IS THE SCHOOL DOING WHAT
00:09:47IT IS DOING?
>> WE HAVE A CATEGORY OF
00:09:52RESEARCH THAT WE ENGAGE IN ON AN
ANNUAL BASIS.
00:09:54SCHOOLS THAT HAVE HIGH
PROPORTIONS OF POVERTY AND HAVE
00:09:58A LARGE NUMBER OF DISABLED
STUDENTS AND HAVE
00:10:02CHARACTERISTICS THAT PEOPLE USE
AS THEIR EXCUSE OR THE REASON
00:10:04WHY THEIR SCHOOLS CANNOT PERFORM
AS WELL AS THEY SHOULD, WELLS
00:10:11ACADEMY OVERCOMES ALL THAT.
THEY HAVE A CARING FACULTY.
00:10:21THE FACULTY GOES BEYOND CARING.
WHAT THEY BASICALLY SAY IS, WE
00:10:26CARE ABOUT YOU.
WHILE YOU ARE HERE, YOU ARE OUR
00:10:30STUDENT.
YOU ARE GOING TO SUCCEED.
00:10:31THAT IS OUR MISSION.
THEY DO NOT LET ANYBODY FAIL.
00:10:34>> HOW DO THEY DO THAT?
IS THERE A SMALLER TEACHER-
00:10:40STUDENT RATIO?
MOST TEACHERS CARE ABOUT THE
00:10:44STUDENTS IN THEIR CLASSES.
>> THEY WENT BEYOND CARING.
00:10:48IT IS NOT JUST THEY BELIEVE THAT
ALL KIDS CAN SUCCEED.
00:10:52THEY BELIEVE ALL KIDS WILL
SUCCEED.
00:10:54THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE MONEY
THAN ANYONE ELSE.
00:10:57HERE IS HOW THEY USE TECHNOLOGY
AND HOW THEY BUILD A SENSE OF
00:11:04WORK IN EACH CHILD SO THAT THE
CHILDREN ARE CHALLENGED TO PICK
00:11:07UP AND LEARN.
THEY DO NOT BECOME RELUCTANT
00:11:11LEARNERS.
THEY ARE HAPPY PARTICIPANTS IN
00:11:14THE CLASS.
THERE IS A STRONG NURTURING
00:11:18SCHOOL CULTURE.
THERE IS FREQUENT MONITORING OF
00:11:21PROGRESS THAT GOES ON IN THE
SCHOOLS.
00:11:23SCHOOLS DO NOT LOOK AT TESTS AS
SOMETHING AWFUL THAT THEY HAVE
00:11:27TO DO.
THEY'D LOOK AT FEEDBACK THAT
00:11:30THEY GET FROM THE TESTS SO THEY
CAN PLAN EXTRACTION -- PLAN
00:11:36INSTRUCTION.
>> SUCCESS OR ALL IS A PROGRAM
00:11:41THEY WERE WORKING WITH.
IT HAS BEEN TRIED IN OTHER
00:11:44SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
>> IT HAS.
00:11:47IT IS PROVEN.
IT HAS A GOOD TRACK RECORD.
00:11:50IF YOU HAVE FIDELITY TO THE
PLAN, THE PLAN WILL GIVE YOU
00:11:55RESULTS.
DISTRICTS HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE
00:11:57PLAN AND HAVE NOT FOLLOWED ITS
AND HAVE NOT BEEN AS SUCCESSFUL.
00:12:01YKp
>> THE GOVERvI2
00:12:04CHARTER SCHOOLS IN CLEVELAND.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING THAT CAN BE
00:12:10APPLICABLE TO OTHER SCHOOLS IN
CLEVELAND?
00:12:13IS IT FAIR TO COMPARE WHAT A
CHARTER SCHOOL IS DOING BURSAS A
00:12:19SCHOOL IN AN URBAN AREA?
>> A SCHOOL IS A SCHOOL.
00:12:23IT IS A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN
COME TO LEARN.
00:12:26A COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ARE NOT
FREED FROM THE MINIMAL OPERATING
00:12:32STANDARDS.
THEY HAVE FREEDOM TO ENGAGE IN
00:12:35DIFFERENT FORMS OF INSTRUCTION.
THE IDEA BEHIND THIS EXPERIMENT
00:12:39WAS TO MAKE SURE WE GAVE
DIFFERENT STYLES OF INSTRUCTION
00:12:43A CHANCE.
IF WE COULD LEARN THAT SOME
00:12:46APPROACHES WERE BETTER THAN THE
STATUS QUO, WE SHOULD BE
00:12:49CHANGING THE LAW TO GARNERED THE
MOST WE COULD PICK UP FROM THE
00:12:54COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.
LIKE ALL SCHOOLS, SOME TARTAR
00:12:57SCHOOLS ARE SUCCESSFUL.
THEY HAVE HIT THE RIGHT FORMULA
00:13:00-- CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE
SUCCESSFUL.
00:13:04THEY HAVE HIT THE RIGHT FORMULA.
SOME ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL.
00:13:08IF WE FIND THAT IT WORKS, WE
NEED TO STUDY IT MORE CLOSELY.
00:13:12WHERE IT WORKS CAN BE APPLIED TO
ALL SCHOOLS.
00:13:16WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IS
HAPPENING.
00:13:17>> YOU ARE HOLDING CHARTER TO
THE SAME STANDARDS AS PUBLIC
00:13:26SCHOOLS OR NOT REALLY?
>> THE CHARTER SCHOOLS STILL
00:13:31NEED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
STATES.
00:13:34THEY HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT
THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT THE KIDS
00:13:37ARE LEARNING.
THEY ARE HELD TO THE SAME LEVELS
00:13:40OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WAY.
>> IS THAT TRUE FOR E-SCHOOLS?
00:13:46>> UES -- YES.
>> YOU HEAR ABOUT PEOPLE SAYING
00:13:55THEIR KIDS WERE FAILING IN
CHARTER SCHOOLS AND THEN THEY'D
00:13:59GO TO E-SCHOOLS AND THEY BECOME
SUCCESSFUL.
00:14:07HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?
>> A CHANGE OF SCENERY MATTERS.
00:14:11FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE KIDS
FEEL SAFER OR THE PARENTS FEEL
00:14:20THEIR CHILDREN ARE SAFER IN
THOSE SCHOOLS.
00:14:22OTHER REASONS INCLUDE THINGS
LIKE, MY CHILD GETS MORE
00:14:27PERSONALIZED ATTENTION.
THERE IS A GREATER VARIETY OF
00:14:29LEARNING OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR
MY CHILD.
00:14:32THE FOURTH AREA IS, I FEEL LIKE
A MORE VALUE PERSON WHEN I WALK
00:14:39INTO THOSE SCHOOLS AS OPPOSED TO
THE OTHER ONES WHERE I FELT LIKE
00:14:42I WAS THE ENEMY.
THERE IS A BELIEF STUDENT -- A
00:14:47BELIEF SYSTEM.
THE ATTITUDE CHANGES CAN IMPROVE
00:14:49ACHIEVEMENT.
BECAUSE THE KIDS COME THERE AND
00:14:56IT IS CATER TO THEIR LEARNING
STYLES, THEY WILL DO BETTER.
00:14:58THEY GO THINKING THAT IS GOING
TO HAPPEN AND IT DOES NOT.
00:15:03YOU NEED TO NEED -- SEPARATE
THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF./
00:15:14>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
DISTRICT THAT ARE DEALING WITH
00:15:20BIG NUMBERS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE
DISABLED AND SPEAKING ENGLISH AS
00:15:23A SECOND LANGUAGE.
A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE DEALING
00:15:27WITH THESE POPULATIONS THAT ARE
GROWING.
00:15:28IT IS WAGING -- WEIGHING HEAVILY
ON THEIR BUDGETS.
00:15:35THE DISTRICTS HAVE HELPED THE
HUGE NUMBERS OF CHILDREN WHO ARE
00:15:41ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE OR
ARE DISABLED?
00:15:42>> THERE WAS AN ACT PASSED IN
1976 FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE
00:15:51DISABLED.
IT MANDATES AND ALL OF THESE
00:15:54SERVICES BE PROVIDED AND THEN
TURNED AROUND AND NEVER FUNDED
00:15:56IT.
OHIO GETS 11% OR 12% OF THE TRUE
00:16:03COSTS.
THEIR SHARE OF THE BUDGET COST
00:16:11IS OVER 25%.
IT IS A GROWING AND COSTLY
00:16:15PROPOSAL.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE TAKING
00:16:20A STRONG LOOK AT AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS --
00:16:24WITH FILED A WAIVER REQUEST TO
GET OUT FROM UNDER CERTAIN
00:16:28PROVISIONS OF THE NO CHILD LEFT
BEHIND LAW.
00:16:30THERE ARE OTHER PROVISIONS WE
ARE TAKING A STRONG LOOK AT.
00:16:36FOR OUR MOST SEVERELY DISABLED
KIDS, THESE ARE THE KIDS WITH
00:16:43TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY OR WHO
ARE SEVERELY ARE -- SEVERELY
00:16:47AUTISTIC OR MEDICALLY FRAGILE.
DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO
00:16:52PROVIDE THE SAME TESTING FOR
THEM THAT THEY DO FOR ALL KIDS.
00:16:55ONE OF THE PROVISIONS OF
NCLB IS THAT EVERYBODY IS
00:17:03MEASURED.
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE KIDS
00:17:05THAT ARE SO DISABLED THERE IS
NO MEANINGFUL MEASURE?
00:17:09WE ARE ASKING FOR A WAIVER THAT
WILL ALLOW US TO COME TO A REAL
00:17:14NUMBER OR THE STUDENTS.
QUIT TRYING TO WRITE FEDERAL
00:17:20RULES AS IF EVERYBODY CAME FROM
A WONDERFULLY SUPPORTIVE HOME.
00:17:25IT DOES NOT WORK LIKE THAT.
WE WANT TO HAVE THE RULES
00:17:29REFLECT THE REALITY THE SCHOOLS
ARE DEALING WITH.
00:17:31THE SECOND WAIVER WE ARE LOOKING
AT IS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
00:17:37LARGER POPULATION.
YOU ARE RIGHT TO SAY THERE ARE A
00:17:39LOT OF KIDS FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS
NOT THE FIRST LANGUAGE.
00:17:43WE WANT ALL KIDS TO BE ABLE TO
SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF OUR
00:17:47COUNTRY.
IT NEEDS TO BE ENGLISH.
00:17:49THE CURRENT LAW SAYS THEY HAVE
TWO YEARS IN THESE PROGRAMS AND
00:17:53THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE READY TO
ROLL AND GET OUT.
00:17:57OTHERWISE HE GET DINGED FOR
IT.
00:18:03WE HAVE HAD KIDS COME TO
COLUMBUS WHO HAVE NOT SEEN
00:18:07INDOOR PLUMBING.
THEY HAD NO CONCEPT OF WHAT LIFE
00:18:09IS LIKE HERE.
THEY HAD NO LITERACY IN THEIR
00:18:13OWN LANGUAGE LET ALONE IN
ENGLISH.
00:18:15THOSE KIDS ARE GOING TO TAKE A
LITTLE BIT LONGER.
00:18:19THE FEDERAL RULES ASSUME ALL
KIDS COME IN EQUAL.
00:18:22WE WANT TO HAVE A CLASSIFICATION
SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS US TO SORT
00:18:27AND SELECT THESE KIDS AND
PROVIDES TARGETED SERVICES
00:18:30DEPENDING ON THE DEGREE TO --
THE DEGREE OF THEIR DISABILITY.
00:18:34WE ARE TRYING TO GET SOME COMMON
SENSE AND SUPPORT EDUCATORS.
00:18:38IF WE ARE GOING TO HOLD PEOPLE
ACCOUNTABLE, GIVE THEM THE TOOLS
00:18:42THEY NEED TO DO THE JOB.
>> ON THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
00:18:47WAIVER YOU FILED FOR THE -- WITH
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, YOU SAY
00:18:51--
THIS WAIVER IS A MAJOR STEP IN
00:18:57THAT DIRECTION THAT WILL GIVE US
FLEXIBILITY WITH FEDERAL LAW TO
00:19:02MEET HIGHER EXPECTATIONS.
IT SEEMS LIKE ONE OF THE
00:19:05CHANGES IN OHIO IS TO MOVE KIDS
FROM THE GOAL OF 100% PASSING
00:19:10READING AND MATH AND TO HAVE
MORE KIDS PASS EVERY YEAR.
00:19:14ISN'T THAT LOWERING YOUR
EXPECTATIONS?
00:19:16>> THE FEDERAL NO CHILD LAW SAYS
ALL KIDS WILL BE AVERAGE OR
00:19:23ABOVE.
TO ASSUME THAT ANYTHING LESS
00:19:28THAN A THAT IS THE GOAL IS A BAD
THING IS A MISTAKE.
00:19:31-- FANTASY GOAL IS A BAD THING
IS A MISTAKE.
00:19:39THE KIDS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET
BY WITH MINIMAL PASSAGE.
00:19:45THEY HAVE TO BE READY FOR A
CHOICE OF COLLEGE OR CAREERS BY
00:19:48THE TIME THEY GRADUATE.
THE CURRENT SYSTEM SAYS, WHEN
00:19:53YOU TAKE THE OHIO GRADUATION
TEST, THAT IS GOOD ENOUGH.
00:19:58GOOD ENOUGH IS NO LONGER GOOD
ENOUGH.
00:20:01STUDENTS HAVE TO HONESTLY BE
ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND MASTER
00:20:0612TH GRADE LEVEL MATERIAL IF
THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN THE 12TH
00:20:09GRADE.
WE HAVE MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT
00:20:12TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE
CURRICULUM BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE
00:20:16IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
IN THE 1980'S THE MINIMAL
00:20:20STANDARDS WERE GOOD ENOUGH.
THOSE DAYS ARE GONE.
00:20:23THIS SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED IN THE
EARLY DAYS OF CELL PHONES.
00:20:27IT HAS NOT KEPT UP WITH SOCIETY
AND IT IS NOT KEEPING UP WITH
00:20:32NEEDS.
WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS MUCH
00:20:34MORE DIFFICULT.
WE WILL GIVE DISTRICT TWO MORE
00:20:37YEARS OF TIME TO MAKE THE
TRANSITION TO THESE HIGHER
00:20:41PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
IN THE LONG RUN, THIS IS ASKING
00:20:45MORE NOT LESS OF KIDS.
>> NOT EXPECTING 100% BUT MOVING
00:20:50IN THIS OTHER DIRECTION -- YOU
THINK THAT IS RAISING
00:20:54EXPECTATIONS.
>> IT IS RAISING EXPECTATIONS.
00:20:58YOU HAVE TO GET KIDS
PARTICIPATING AT HIGHER LEVELS
00:21:02THAN THEY ARE NOW.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO SAY, WE WILL
00:21:07REPLACE ONE UNDER REALISTIC SET
OF TARGETS WITH ANOTHER ON
00:21:10REALISTIC SET.
-- UNREALISTIC SET OF TARGETS
00:21:18WITH ANOTHER UN REALISTIC SET.
THESE EXPECTATIONS ARE LIKE
00:21:25WATER.
THEY WILL SETTLE AT WHATEVER
00:21:28LOWER LEVEL THEY CAN GO TO.
IF YOU SET HIGH EXPECTATIONS,
00:21:32THAT IS WHEN PEOPLE GROW AND
DISCOVER THEY CAN DO THINGS THEY
00:21:35NEVER KNEW WERE POSSIBLE.
IF YOU SAY, HERE IS A MINIMUM
00:21:40TRIPWIRE FOR YOU TO GET PAST AND
ONCE YOU GET PAST THAT, I CAN
00:21:44COUNT YOU ON A REPORT CARD AND
THAT IS IT, THERE IS NO
00:21:47INCENTIVE FOR KIDS TO BE
CHALLENGE BEYOND THAT.
00:21:49>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
SCHOOL FUNDING.
00:21:5385 SCHOOL TAX ISSUES.
7 BY ISSUES.
00:22:00TAXPAYERS ARE SUGGESTING THEY
ARE FRUSTRATED WITH THIS AND
00:22:05WANT SOME OTHER SCHOOLS ON --
SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA.
00:22:08IS THERE A FUNDING FORMULA IN
THE WORKS?
00:22:13>> THE GOVERNOR IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR CRAFTING ANOTHER FUNDING
00:22:20FORMULA.
THOSE TALKS CONTINUE TO BE ON
00:22:22GOING.
THERE IS A LARGER PICTURE ABOUT
00:22:27HOW MUCH TAX BURDEN OHIOANS
SHOULD BE GETTING.
00:22:34STATE AID IS OVER 15% -- 50% OF
THE GENERAL REVENUE FUND.
00:22:44IT IS A HUGE AND COMPLICATED
TASK.
00:22:47IT IS TAKING LONGER THAN SOME
PEOPLE THOUGHT IT COULD.
00:22:51FINALLY, THERE IS SOME
DEPENDENCE ON THE ECONOMIC
00:22:55RECOVERY OF THE STATE.
THERE IS NO SENSE DESIGNING ALL
00:23:01OF US TO DISTRIBUTE IN ADEQUATE
AMOUNTS OF MONEY.
00:23:03>> THIS YEAR?
MAYBE NOT THIS YEAR?
00:23:06>> YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING GOING
INTO THE MILLENNIAL.
00:23:11I AM A CONTRIBUTOR.
>> I STUDENTS WERE SHOT BY A
00:23:20STUDENT FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL.
THREE VICTIMS HAVE DIED.
00:23:23THE ACCUSED GUNMAN IS IN CUSTODY
NOW.
00:23:27WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW
THIS HAPPENED AND HOW WE CAN
00:23:31PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING IN
THE FUTURE?
00:23:32>> FIRST OF ALL, MY HEART GOES
OUT TO THE FAMILIES OF THE
00:23:39VICTIMS.
15 YEARS BEFORE I CAME TO THE
00:23:42DEPARTMENT, I WAS THE ASSISTANT
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
00:23:47NEIGHBORING COUNTY.
I KNOW THERE BOARD OF EDUCATION
00:23:51PRESIDENT.
I KNOW THE HEAD OF THE FIRST
00:23:54RESPONDERS.
I KNOW THE PEOPLE.
00:23:58IT IS A GOOD COMMUNITY.
IT IS NOT A PLACE THAT COULD
00:24:03HAVE BEEN THE SITE OF SUCH A
TRAGEDY.
00:24:05I COMPLIMENT THE SCHOOL PEOPLE
BECAUSE THEY FOLLOW THE LAW.
00:24:12THE LAW SAYS ALL SCHOOL
DISTRICTS ARE TO HAVE A CRISIS
00:24:15PLAN IN PLACE FOR ALL KINDS OF
THINGS, WHICH CAN INCLUDE
00:24:20CHEMICAL SPILLS, INTRUDERS IN
THE BUILDING, AND THINGS LIKE
00:24:23THE TRAGEDY -- IF WEAPONS WERE
BROUGHT IN.
00:24:27THE PEOPLE JUST CONDUCTED A
DRILL ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
00:24:31NO ONE COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS
IN THE MIND OF THIS YOUNG MAN
00:24:35WHO DID THESE HORRIBLE THINGS.
I GET HIGH CREDIT TO LAW-
00:24:41ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST
RESPONDERS.
00:24:42THEY GOT ON THE SCENE
IMMEDIATELY AND DID THEIR JOBS.
00:24:45THERE WERE TWO HEROIC TEACHERS
WHO CONFRONTED THAT YOUNG MAN.
00:24:50THEY CHASED HIM OUT OF THE
BUILDING.
00:24:52THEY WORK ON ARMS.
-- UNARMED.
00:24:57THIS CALLS UPON ALL OF US TO GO
BACK AND REMEMBER.
00:25:02IT IS ONE THING TO HAVE A PLAN
AND ANOTHER TO LIVE IT.
00:25:05ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, ALL
ADULTS.
00:25:11KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE BEHAVIOR
OF CHILDREN.
00:25:14DO NOT TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT IF
SOMEBODY IS ACTING ODDLY, THAT
00:25:18IS WHO THAT PERSON IS.
YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO READ THE
00:25:22SIGNS THAT HAD GOOD
CONVERSATIONS AND MAKE SURE THE
00:25:24PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE HURTING
BECAUSE THEY FELT INTIMIDATED OR
00:25:27HARASS OR BULLIED HAVE A PAUSE
IN OUTCOME AND NOT JUST TURN
00:25:34INWARD WITH HATE OR WHATEVER
MIGHT DRIVE THEM TO COMMIT THESE
00:25:37KINDS OF ACTS.
>> SHOULD CONCEALED WEAPON
00:25:41PERMITS BE ALLOWED TO BRING GUNS
INTO SCHOOLS?
00:25:43>> I WILL BRING -- I WILL LEAVE
THAT TO THE LEGISLATURE.
00:25:49I DO NOT KNOW WHY A GUN IS TO BE
IN A SCHOOL.
00:25:52>>
AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
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00:26:37PROFESSIONAL, AND HIGHER
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00:26:47>> AFTER LAWMAKERS MERGED THE
TWO PRIMARIES THAT THEY HAD
00:27:00CREATED BACK INTO ONE PRIMARY IN
MARCH, REPUBLICANS HOPED THE GOP
00:27:01PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY IN OHIO
WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT ONE.
00:27:03AND IT'S TURNED OUT TO BE THAT
AND MORE.
00:27:04WE'LL HAVE THE RESULTS OF THE
PRIMARY AND ANALYSIS OF OHIO'S
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OUTCOME.
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