The latest Ohio school report cards are out, and at first glance, the news for Cleveland schools seems disappointing – a drop from 3 stars to 2.5 stars overall. But as the Today in Ohio podcast crew argues, that headline number is misleading at best and destructive at worst.

“The sad thing is, I think people are going to look at this overall and said, ‘Oh, they went from 3 to 2.5. They stink. Which isn’t fair because there’s a whole lot of good in what happened here,’” said Chris Quinn.

Cleveland schools didn’t actually lose ground in any of last year’s metrics. Instead, the Ohio Department of Education decided to add an entirely new category – college and military readiness – which counts for a whopping 12.5% of the overall grade. The addition tanked Cleveland’s overall rating despi

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