Reason TV Documentary Brings Change to Cleveland Public Schools

Cleveland, Ohio, Mayor Frank Jackson and school CEO Eric Gordon
proposed changes to the school district in The
Cleveland Plan (Approved by the state legislature in HB525
in 2012.) Several of the proposals in The Cleveland Plan came from
a Reason Foundation policy brief called, Ten Ideas to
Fix Cleveland Schools and was influenced by the 2010
Reason TV documentary, Reason
Saves Cleveland, in which the film pushed for school
choice in Cleveland. The effects of HB525 will be implemented into
the 2014-2015 school year.

Watch the Fix
the Schools episode of Reason Saves Cleveland above
and read the original post below:

Cleveland’s public schools are failing to prepare students
for their futures and as a result, all parents who can afford to
have been fleeing to the suburbs for decades.

Yet some urban schools, like Think College Now in Oakland,
California are finding out that a combination of administrative
autonomy and accountability can lead to amazing results. Within
Cleveland’s own boundaries, charter schools are booming and
delivering quality education at a fraction of the cost of
traditional public schools.

Does Cleveland have what it takes to fundamentally reform
its K-12 education system and become a leader in 21st-century
education?

Reason Saves Cleveland with Drew Carey is written
and produced by Paul Feine; camera and editing by Roger Richards
and Alex Manning; narrated by Nick Gillespie; music by the
Cleveland band Cats on Holiday. This is the second of six
episodes that will air March 15-19, 2010.

Approximately 10 minutes long.

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