Mr. Butler is particularly proud of the MAIA ‘Student Life Organization’….a society run by students to achieve leadership skills with specific goals:

SABIS is an global educational provider managing 75 schools with a total enrollment of over 65,000 students.  Their schools in the USA have been recognized by both Newsweek and U.S. News and World Report.

 OCQE is proud to represent

 MAIA is a wonderful public charter school in the community of Mt. Auburn located on the north edge of downtown Cincinnati.  They are in the process of adding a grade level each year means that next year they will be serving students K-11.

Since leaving office, he has maintained his passion for reform as Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Florida’s Future and the Foundation for Excellence in Education. Jeb Bush is principal of Jeb Bush and Associates, LLC. 

Bush earned a bachelor’s degree in Latin American Affairs from the University of Texas at Austin. Bush and his wife, Columba, live in Miami and have three grown children. 

 “Cincinnati Public Schools Violated State Law” 

For years, some urban school districts have gone to great lengths to prevent charter schools from acquiring their abandoned schools buildings that were originally built with public dollars.  Last year, Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) auctioned nine closed school buildings and attached a

‘deed restriction that would prevent any purchaser from using those buildings as a school’.

 

Maurice Thompson, attorney for the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law, took CPS to court and OCQE joined their action as one of the plaintiffs.  Yesterday, Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Ruehlman ruled against CPS. 

 

Thompson said, “It was akin to selling your home and putting a clause in the deed noting that it can’t be sold to a person of a specific race.”

 

He went on to say, “This ruling is ominous for school districts across the state, especially those in major metropolitan areas which can no longer use similar deed restrictions to try to keep charter schools from opening.”

All parents of charter school students and every Ohio taxpayer should join OCQE in thanking Mr. Thompson and the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law for protecting our public dollars and school choice.

Ron F. Adler
OCQE President

 

 

 

Ron F. Adler, OCQE President 

The Award of Excellence is for Toledo School for the Arts 2008-2009 State Report Card.  This makes four consecutive years of Excellent ratings. 

 ’Excellent’ State Report Card ‘

 

Mr. Disli is the Concept Schools superintendent of all   Horizon Science Academies and Noble Academy in southern Ohio.

OCQE President Ron Adler and Mr. Zen, Director of Horizon Science Academy, Cincinnati

“We are pleased with the academic progress of the Cincinnati Horizon Science Academy.  All Concept Schools are highly focused on math and science and this Horizon Academy performed very well at the 2010 CONSEF Science Fair.  The students won 3-Gold, 7-Silver and 3-Bronze Awards.”

“Horizon Science Academy in Cincinnati operates like all Concept Schools.  They are well organized and challenge all of their academies to reach greater heights.  And of course, they always follow their business and educational plan perfectly.”

Horizon Science Academy, Cincinnati 

Jim George is the Executive Director of Lucas County Educational Service Center. 

Mr. Zen recently ‘took the helm’ of the Cincinnati Horizon Science Academy and like all Concept Schools, he set high expectations for the staff and students.  Located in an underprivileged part of Cincinnati, the student population is 97% minority with a 93% poverty rate.  When asked about his goal for his school, Mr. Zen said without hesitation, “being Excellent — of course!”

  

 Mr. Efe is the Concept Schools superintendent of Noble Academy, Euclid and all of their schools in northern Ohio. 

N.J. Governor Chris Christie unveiled his budget and called   reforms to address an $11 billion state deficit. While proposing a $820 million reduction in K-12 education, he renewed support for charter schools.

“You can expect to see more charter schools next year despite the state’s fiscal woes. In fact, I’ve held charter schools harmless in this budget because they already pay enough”.

He also spoke of education reform, “education dollars belong in the classroom and should be spent on instruction, not on more administrators and additional compliance costs to address onerous requirements that have questionable value”.

March 18, 2010, N.J. Real-Time News

VA. Governor Robert McDonnell presented an ambitious proposal to expand the number of charter schools in Virginia. He also said that he wants to create virtual schools in which students can learn outside traditional classrooms and laboratory schools that would benefit from partnerships with Virginia colleges and universities.

“Charter schools aren’t a silver bullet, but they are an important option for parents and children seeking new choices in a public education system.”

February 11, 2010, The Washington Post

LA. Governor Bobby Jindal clearly isn’t trying to make friends with Louisiana’s teacher unions. The governor describes his education agenda as a way to improve school, teacher and student performance.

Two bills would promote charter schools and make traditional schools function more like charter schools by letting them get waivers from state law and education policies….and another would rate teachers, in part, on student test scores and make it easier to dismiss them if they fail repeated reviews.

“So often we’ve heard from schools that complain that we give flexibility to charter schools or we’ve heard from public schools that the state only helps them through the recovery district when it’s time for a state takeover,” the governor said.

April 19, 2010, The News Star

N.Y. Mayor Michael Bloomberg controls New York’s vast education system.

During a recent panel discussion on education reform called ‘Great Expectations’ the mayor was asked for his ideas to solve problems in public schools.

Without hesitation he said, “it all begins with great teachers. We cannot continue to value teachers solely based on seniority. While we consider organized labor as a partner to help resolve this problem, we have to change the way we do business in our public schools. If the economy requires that teachers be furloughed or terminated, it has to be based on keeping the great teachers. That may mean keeping a great first year teacher and regretfully terminating a 30 year teacher if they are failing to educate children in their classroom. Our children deserve no less.”

March 25, 2010, MSNBC Joe Scarborough show

Summary from OCQE President Ron F. Adler

It’s been said that the core structure of traditional public schools has not changed a great deal over the last 50 years. For that reason, more and more public leaders across the county are calling for education reform and recognize that charter schools are a critical component.

Every year thousands of parents search for alternatives to the ‘one-size-fits-all’ form of traditional public education. They are seeking a new kind of education to address the individual needs of their children.

And policymakers, facing unsustainable debt, are beginning to recognize that charter schools, by necessity, have learned how to operate innovative public schools while managing their limited dollars far more effectively than traditional district schools.

Public Charter Schools ~ An Important Component of
Ohio’s Public Education System