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by Karen Leventhal is the founder of Verdant Trade At the “Building Blockland What’s Next”? Forum, Charles Stack of Flashstarts made the case that Cleveland is the perfect place for Blockchain because Blockchain is like Cleveland: it’s focused on collaboration and cooperation. In short, it’s based on community. According to a panelist, of the many cities...

by Piet van Lier, Executive Director, Cleveland Transformation Alliance In her talk at the City Club last week, Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond focused on the need to educate the whole child, address students’ social and emotional needs, and dramatically change assessment. On testing: We must assess competency, critical thinking, and even compassion, not just an ability to pick the...

by Margie Glick, Manager of Partnerships and Programs, Higher Education Compact of Greater Cleveland A prevalent theme in Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond’s City Club speech, Redesigning Public Education Systems for Today’s (and Tomorrow’s) World was the disconnect between policymakers, researchers and practitioners within the field of education. Her nonprofit, the Learning Policy Institute specifically aims to bridge...

As the Citadel of Free Speech here in Cleveland, we work to protect and promote the basis of our democracy by sharing related stories, commentary, and opinions on free speech in the 21st century. Here's what's making the news – and what you should know about – in the past week. 1.) Alabama appeals Confederate monument...