Editing Cleveland (section)

== Education ==
{{See also|Education in Ohio}}
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=== Primary and secondary ===
Cleveland is served by the [[Cleveland Metropolitan School District]]. It is the only [[K–12 education|K–12]] district in Ohio under the direct control of the mayor, who appoints a [[board of education|school board]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Cleveland Public Schools |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/cleveland-public-schools |access-date=May 19, 2023 |date=November 11, 2020 }}</ref> Approximately {{convert|1|sqmi|km2}} of Cleveland's Buckeye–Shaker neighborhood is part of the [[Shaker Heights City School District]]. The area, which has been a part of the Shaker school district since the 1920s, permits these Cleveland residents to pay the same school taxes as the Shaker residents, as well as vote in the Shaker school board elections.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shaker Heights City School District |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |url=http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/04/shaker_heights_city_school_dis.html |date=April 25, 2010 |access-date=August 7, 2022 }}</ref>

There are several private and parochial schools in Cleveland.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Education |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/e/education |access-date=August 7, 2022 |date=May 11, 2018 }}</ref> These include [[Benedictine High School (Cleveland, Ohio)|Benedictine High School]], [[Cleveland Central Catholic High School]], [[Eleanor Gerson School]], [[Saint Ignatius High School (Cleveland)|St. Ignatius High School]], [[Saint Joseph Academy (Cleveland, Ohio)|St. Joseph Academy]], [[Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School]], and [[St. Martin de Porres High School (Cleveland)|St. Martin de Porres]].

=== Colleges and universities ===
Cleveland is home to a number of colleges and universities. Most prominent among them is [[Case Western Reserve University]] (CWRU), a widely recognized research and teaching institution based in [[University Circle]] with several major graduate programs.<ref name="higher-ed">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Higher Education |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/h/higher-education |access-date=May 16, 2024 |date=May 11, 2018 }}</ref>

University Circle also contains the [[Cleveland Institute of Art]] and the [[Cleveland Institute of Music]]. Downtown Cleveland is home to [[Cleveland State University]], a public research university with eight constituent colleges, and the metropolitan campus of [[Cuyahoga Community College]].<ref name="higher-ed" /> [[Ohio Technical College]] is also based in Cleveland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ohio Technical College School History |publisher=[[Ohio Technical College]] |url=https://ohiotech.edu/about |date=June 26, 2023 |access-date=July 31, 2023 }}</ref> Cleveland's suburban universities and colleges include [[Baldwin Wallace University]] in [[Berea, Ohio|Berea]], [[John Carroll University]] in [[University Heights, Ohio|University Heights]], and [[Ursuline College]] in [[Pepper Pike, Ohio|Pepper Pike]].<ref name="higher-ed" />

=== Public library system ===
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Established in 1869,{{sfn|Cramer|1972|pp=[https://archive.org/details/openshelvesopenm0000cram/page/14 14–15]}} the Cleveland Public Library is one of the [[List of the largest libraries in the United States|largest public libraries]] in the nation with a collection of over 13 million materials in 2023.<ref>{{cite report |title=2023 CPL Annual Report |publisher=[[Cleveland Public Library]] |url=https://cpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2023-annual_report.pdf |page=46 |date=2024 |access-date=February 9, 2025 }}</ref> It holds the Northeast Ohio Broadcast Archives,<ref>{{cite web |title=Northeast Ohio Broadcast Archives: Library Seeks a Sustainable Path Forward |publisher=Cleveland Public Library |url=https://cpl.org/northeast-ohio-broadcast-archives-library-seeks-a-sustainable-path-forward/ |access-date=February 9, 2025 |date=December 19, 2024 }}</ref> and the [[John Griswold White|John G. White]] Special Collection, with the largest [[chess libraries|chess library]] in the world and a rare collection of [[folklore]] and books on the Middle East and [[Eurasia]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Bash |first=Homa |title=Did you know? Cleveland is home to the world's largest chess collection |website=WEWS-TV |url=https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/did-you-know-cleveland-is-home-to-the-worlds-largest-chess-collection |date=June 12, 2019 |access-date=August 8, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=White, John Griswold |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/w/white-john-griswold |access-date=August 8, 2019 |date=May 12, 2018 }}</ref> The library's main building was designed by [[Walker and Weeks]] and dedicated in 1925,{{sfn|Johannesen|1999|pp=68–69}} under head librarian [[Linda Eastman]], the first woman to lead a major library system in the U.S.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Eastman, Linda Anne |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/e/eastman-linda-anne |access-date=January 5, 2024 |date=April 3, 2020 }}</ref> Between 1904 and 1920, 15 [[Carnegie library|libraries]] built with funds from [[Andrew Carnegie]] were opened in the city.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bamforth |first1=Emily |last2=Petkiewicz |first2=David |title=Cleveland had 15 Carnegie libraries: See them then and now |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |url=https://www.cleveland.com/news/g66l-2019/07/b1757ad91c2440/cleveland-had-15-carnegie-libraries-see-them-then-and-now-.html |date=July 8, 2019 |access-date=May 30, 2020 }}</ref> Known as the "People's University", the library presently maintains 27 branches.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Cleveland Public Library |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/cleveland-public-library |date=November 18, 2019 |access-date=January 5, 2024 }}</ref> It serves as the headquarters for the [[CLEVNET]] library consortium, which includes 47 public library systems in Northeast Ohio.<ref>{{cite web |title=What is CLEVNET? |publisher=[[CLEVNET]] |url=https://www.clevnet.org/what-is-clevnet/ |date=March 28, 2023 |access-date=July 31, 2023 }}</ref>