Cleveland, Ohio

:For the Cleveland area, see Greater Cleveland.

Education

Public schools

See also: List of Cleveland Public Schools

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The Cleveland Municipal School District is an underperforming urban district, though test scores have recently improved under mayoral control of the system and school CEO Barbara Byrd Bennett. Bennett has announced her resignation as schools CEO, effective as soon as the district can find a replacement. She leaves with mixed results, as the schools improved in academics and attendance, passed a $1.2 billion school building construction/replacement issue, but failed to pass an operating levy during her tenure and currently faces large budget shortfalls, as well as the district slipping back into "academic emergency" as rated by the Ohio Department of Education in 2005. These issues will face the next CEO as he/she attempts to rebuild the city's central school system and create success from the ground up.

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Colleges and universities

Cleveland is home to a number of colleges and universities. Most prominent among these is Case Western Reserve University, a world-renowned research and teaching institution based in University Circle, east of Downtown. Case is a private university, and its enrollment includes a higher percentage of graduate students than undergraduate, although Case has recently increased its freshman class enrollment in all areas. Cleveland State University, based in downtown Cleveland, is the city's public four-year university. Cleveland State has been generally considered an open-enrollment commuter school since its inception; however, the school has recently instituted new enrollment standards and a master plan to change both of these stigmas. University Circle is also home to the Cleveland Institute of Art, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine. In addition to CSU, downtown hosts the metropolitan campus of Cuyahoga Community College, the county's two-year higher education institution, as well as Myers University (formerly known as Dyke College).

Related Topics:
Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland State University - Cleveland Institute of Art - Cleveland Institute of Music - Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine - Cuyahoga Community College - Myers University

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