POLITICOS BEWARE! Ohioans are 'Halfway Out The Door'  Nobody
doubts that the "powers that be" in Columbus have been busily
tinkering with the K-12 education system. Over the past half-
decade legislative changes have come on six fronts:    1. The
state launched a results-based accountability system that has
been modified and shaped by the federal No Child Left Behind
Act.   2. Ohio's school rating and school report-card systems
are yielding high-visibility and attention-getting annual
appraisals of every school and school system in the state.   3.
The state made changes in its teacher preparation and
certification processes.   4. Ohio developed a charter school
system of 250 schools serving upwards of 70,000 students.   5.
The state enacted the Ohio Education Choice Scholarship
Program—a voucher program for children in the state's most
troubled schools.   6. There has been nonstop revision of the
state's approach to school financing, partly dictated by the
courts, and partly led by the executive and legislativ