Chris Brown has been saying all along that Royalty brought about a Transformation in him.  And the courts seem to agree with Breezy. According to TMZ Chris Brown annihilated his baby mama in custody court … she lost so bad the judge ordered her to pay Chris back for the attorney fees he fronted her. Sources […]

By bridgetebloghouse Jazmine Sullivan is an amazing artist who has finally came back into the musical folds to grace us with a modern-day portrait of a “Mona Lisa”…

Thomas Ott, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland School District has admitted intimidating and threatening a school psychologist who criticized Chief Executive Officer Eugene Sanders’ new academic reform plan. Luigina DiNardo-Rose spoke at a school board meeting in March, criticizing a part of the plan that would force teachers at her high school, […]

    With enrollment shriveling to fewer than 50,000 students already, and a projection that it could slide to barely 35,000 by 2017, there’s no need for the more than 90 schools currently in the system, according to a draft proposal by Bill Prenosil, a school facilities commission planner. The district’s transformation plan, which is […]

More than 600 teachers at 22 Cleveland public schools will not have to reapply for their jobs. An arbitrator ruled Wednesday evening that the teacher contract prohibits schools Chief Executive Eugene Sanders from implementing that key part of his transformation plan, which will launch in August. The decision is final. “The Cleveland Teachers Union has […]

The closing of 16 Cleveland schools will begin long before the last person leaves and locks the door. A more gradual process starts Saturday when transition teams representing the 14 elementary buildings on the list meet at Harvey Rice Elementary School on East 116th Street. The closings are part of a “transformation plan” designed to use […]

Schools chief Eugene Sanders has begun reconfiguring a central office that he promises will get leaner and help schools improve, not hinder them.  The first step was to cut the number of cabinet-level officers from seven to five. Step 2 starts next week when the first of all-new job descriptions are posted and employees get […]

Cleveland school officials are staying true to their promise of transformation — at least when it comes to letting students know where they will attend classes in the fall. Assignments for all of the nearly 50,000 students will be available Saturday at the Convention Center, during a fair that showcases the city’s public schools. Notices […]

The Cleveland schools have picked up another $2 million to launch an academic “transformation” plan, but the district says it still needs many times that amount for takeoff. The Cleveland Foundation made the award Tuesday, adding to $750,000 that it pledged late last year. The money will go for start-up expenses, including curriculum packages, academic “coaches,” teacher training […]

After months of meetings, a lot of behind-the-scenes cobbling, bursts of community anguish and a couple of major revisions, the Cleveland school board has approved a district “transformation plan.” Now can district leaders tie up scores of loose ends in time to smoothly launch a multitude of changes this fall? Administrators insist they can, but […]

The George Gund Foundation will give $2.5 million to help launch a Cleveland schools “transformation plan” and will add another $4 million over the next two years if it likes what it sees.  The full commitment would give the struggling district a good jump on raising nearly $72 million that officials say they need for […]

Cleveland schools CEO Eugene Sanders will field questions at 11 a.m. about his transformation plan for the district.