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Middle School Kids Learn Team Work in Design Squad Challenge
NewsDepth: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Fifty kids from middle schools in northeast Ohio converged on Cleveland Saturday - right here at the home of Newsdepth - in the Edward P. Campbell Design Squad challenge. Design Squad is a PBS show where kids get to see engineering at work. These kids tackled three challenges throughout the day, learned a lot, and had a lot of fun.

Budget Challenges Force School Districts to Close Buildings, Lay Off Staff
NewsDepth: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
The challenges facing our schools are also in the headlines this week. Drastic measures are being taken in some of the nation's school districts where money is so tight that programs are being cut, teachers are losing their jobs, and schools are closing. The Kansas City, Missouri School District announced that it will close nearly half of the district’s 61 schools. Students and parents in Des Moines, Iowa protested a plan to cut hundreds of teaching jobs, many of them in the music and art departments. More cuts are expected this week in Detroit, where the school board is expected to announce 40 school closings. The problem extends further than Kansas City and Detroit. Here in Ohio, the school board for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District approved a plan last week that will close or move sixteen schools by this fall.

New Website Helps College Students Identify Voting Options
Regional News Stories: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
The Ohio secretary of State's office has created a new web resource for college students trying to figure out where and how to vote.

Inside Scoop on the Tennessee Scripps Regional Spelling Bee
NewsDepth: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Scripps Regional Spelling Bees have been going on all around the country and here in Ohio during the last few days. We travel to Nashville, Tennessee where a home schooled student by the name of Clark Hubbard walked away with the trophy. Vicki Yates has the s-t-o-r-y.

Former Spelling Bee Champ Publishes “Spelling” Book
NewsDepth: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
A student from Beachwood High School knows what it takes to succeed in spelling. When Scott Remer prepared for the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC, several years ago, he wished there were books with advice for kids like him, but he couldn't find any. So now he has written a book titled "Words of Wisdom: Keys to Success in the Scripps National Spelling Bee," to help other kids in their quest for success. The book has lots of advice, exercises and tips for kids preparing for the Bee.

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Funding

Funding for the coverage of education topics comes from The GAR Foundation; The George Gund Foundation; The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation; and The Cleveland Foundation.