Over a period of roundtable "world cafe" discussions, participants at the Storm the Palace table wrote the following summary ideas on a flip chart or post-it to the idea wall - each idea is being posted to the "Community Forums: Education" on REALNEO focused on this category... read on:

Education

• Education through the arts Cleveland needs to work to be a leader in education to attract business and middle class
• Improve Cleveland with education and business growth simultaneously
• Shoudn’t allow poverty to be an excuse for the undereducated.
• Increase project-based learning for students
• Have all schools compete with each other academically: (academic sports)
• Help underprivileged parents become educated so they can be an example to their kids.
• Shouldn’t allow poverty to be an excuse to be uneducated
• Help underprivileged parents become educated so they can be an example to their kids
• Build a progressive school downtown K-8 , K-12? Small school, charter schools, innovative curriculum that explores traditional neighborhood development, sustainability, arts and culture, appreciating and cultivating talent.
• View Leadership change – as an opportunity to preserve the ‘best of what was’ don’t throw out the old campaigns/ successes, progress
• Overcoming self interest on the part of all stakeholders
• Teaching Leadership: ethics, servant leadership
• Whole systems thinking: 22 counties: divisive, feudal. ‘wards’ compete destructively: change this!
• Consider moving CIA downtown! Integrated and interactive