Editing Columbus, Ohio (section)

==Education==
[[File:University Hall, Ohio State University.jpg|thumb|[[University Hall (Ohio State University)|University Hall]] at the [[Ohio State University]]]]

===Colleges and universities===
Columbus is the home of two public [[College (US)|college]]s: the [[Ohio State University]], one of the [[List of United States public university campuses by enrollment|largest college campuses]] in the United States, and [[Columbus State Community College]]. In 2009, Ohio State University was ranked No. 19 in the country by ''U.S. News & World Report'' on its list of best public universities, and No. 56 overall, scoring in the first tier of schools nationally.<ref name=USNW>[http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/national-top-public U.S. News and Reports, Best Colleges] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826121616/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/national-top-public |date=August 26, 2009 }} Retrieved July 26, 2009.</ref> Some of Ohio State's graduate school programs placed in the top 5, including No. 5 for both best veterinary programs and best pharmacy programs. The specialty graduate programs of social psychology was ranked No. 2, dispute resolution was No. 5, vocational education was No. 2, and elementary education, secondary teacher education, administration/supervision was No. 5.<ref name="Ohio State University, News Release">[http://www.osu.edu/news/newsitem2393 Ohio State University, News Release] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729031149/http://www.osu.edu/news/newsitem2393|date=July 29, 2009 }} Retrieved July 26, 2009.</ref>

Private institutions in Columbus include [[Capital University Law School]], the [[Columbus College of Art and Design]], [[Fortis College]], [[DeVry University]], [[Ohio Business College]], Miami-Jacobs Career College, Ohio Institute of Health Careers, [[Bradford School (Columbus)|Bradford School]] and [[Franklin University]], as well as the religious schools [[Bexley Hall|Bexley Hall Episcopal Seminary]], Mount Carmel College of Nursing, [[Ohio Dominican University]], [[Pontifical College Josephinum]] and [[Trinity Lutheran Seminary]]. Three major suburban schools also have an influence on Columbus's educational landscape: Bexley's [[Capital University]], Westerville's [[Otterbein University]] and Delaware's [[Ohio Wesleyan University]].

===Primary and secondary schools===
[[File:IndianolaSchool.JPG|thumb|[[Graham Elementary and Middle School|Indianola Junior High School]] was the first middle school in the U.S.]]
[[Columbus City Schools]] (CCS) is the largest district in Ohio, with 55,000 pupils.<ref>{{cite web|title = Columbus City Schools – Employment Website|publisher = Columbus City Schools|url = http://www.columbus.k12.oh.us/applications/employment.nsf/pages/Main?opendocument|access-date = September 25, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071010025241/http://www.columbus.k12.oh.us/applications/employment.nsf/pages/Main?opendocument|archive-date = October 10, 2007|url-status = dead|df = mdy-all}}</ref> CCS operates 142 elementary, [[middle school|middle]] and high schools, including a number of [[magnet school]]s (which are referred to as [[alternative school]]s within the school system).

The suburbs operate their own districts, typically serving students in one or more townships, with districts sometimes crossing municipal boundaries. The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus]] also operates several [[parochial school|parochial elementary and high schools]]. The area's second-largest school district is [[South-Western City School District (Franklin County, Ohio)|South-Western City Schools]], which encompasses southwestern Franklin County, including a slice of Columbus itself. Other portions of Columbus are zoned to the [[Dublin City School District (Ohio)|Dublin]], [[Hilliard City School District|Hilliard]], [[New Albany-Plain Local School District|New Albany-Plain]], [[Westerville City School District|Westerville]] and [[Worthington City School District|Worthington]] school districts.

There are also several private schools in the area, such as St. Paul's Lutheran School, a K-8 Christian school of the [[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod]] in Columbus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stpaulcares.org/page/140002424/140048061/Get-to-Know-St-Pauls|title=Get to Know St. Paul's|access-date=October 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002165519/http://www.stpaulcares.org/page/140002424/140048061/Get-to-Know-St-Pauls|archive-date=October 2, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Some sources determine that the first kindergarten in the United States was established here by Louisa Frankenberg, a former student of [[Friedrich Fröbel]].<ref name="zuahxa"/> Frankenberg immigrated to the city in 1838 and opened her kindergarten in the German Village neighborhood in that year. The school did not work out, so she returned to Germany in 1840. In 1858, Frankenberg returned to Columbus and established another early kindergarten in the city. Frankenberg is often overlooked, with [[Margarethe Schurz]] instead given credit for her "[[First Kindergarten]]" she operated for two years.<ref name="kindergarten">{{cite book|last1=Lascarides|first1=V. Celia|last2=Hinitz|first2=Blythe F.|title=History of Early Childhood Education|publisher=Routledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BfA4Hd18cgEC|date=2011|isbn=978-1136705533|access-date=May 3, 2020|archive-date=September 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920170449/https://books.google.com/books?id=BfA4Hd18cgEC|url-status=live}}</ref>

In addition, Indianola Junior High School (now the [[Graham Elementary and Middle School]]) became the nation's first [[junior high school]] in 1909, helping to bridge the difficult transition from elementary to high school at a time when only 48% of students continued their education after the [[ninth grade]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2691 |title=Ohio History Central |publisher=Ohio History Central |access-date=March 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120134930/http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2691 |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Libraries===
[[File:CML Main Library 01.jpg|thumb|[[Main Library (Columbus, Ohio)|Main Library]] of the [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]] system]]
The [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]] (CML) has served central Ohio residents since 1873. The system has 23 locations throughout Central Ohio, with a total collection of 3 million items. This library is one of the country's most-used library systems and is consistently among the top-ranked large city libraries according to [[Hennen's American Public Library Ratings]]. CML was rated the No. 1 library system in the nation in 1999, 2005 and 2008. It has been in the top four every year since 1999, when the rankings were first published in the ''[[American Libraries]]'' magazine, often challenging upstate neighbor [[Cuyahoga County Public Library]] for the top spot.<ref>{{cite news|last=Phillips|first=Jeb|title=Check it out: Columbus Library notches no. 1 rating|page=01B|newspaper=The Columbus Dispatch|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/10D100A4419A37A0|date=October 5, 2005|access-date=August 16, 2020|archive-date=September 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920170442/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/user/login?destination=document-view%3Fp%3DWORLDNEWS%26docref%3Dnews/10D100A4419A37A0|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=HAPLR 100 for 1999 to 2006|publisher=Hennen's American Public Library Ratings|date=1999–2006|url=http://www.haplr-index.com/HAPLR100.htm|access-date=May 3, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323192759/http://www.haplr-index.com/HAPLR100.htm|archive-date=March 23, 2009|url-status =dead}}</ref>

===Weekend education===
The classes of the [[Columbus Japanese Language School]], a [[hoshuko|weekend Japanese school]], are held in a facility from the school district in [[Marysville, Ohio|Marysville]], while the school office is in [[Worthington, Ohio|Worthington]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://columbushoshuko.com/wordpress1/about-us/|title=About Us|language=ja|publisher=Columbus Japanese Language School|accessdate=February 11, 2022|quote=(3) 借用校 * Marysville市教育委員会(貸主)|archive-date=February 11, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220211162946/http://columbushoshuko.com/wordpress1/about-us/|url-status=live}}</ref> Previously it held classes at facilities in the city of Columbus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://columbushoshuko.com/wordpress1/about-us/%E8%A3%9C%E7%BF%92%E6%A0%A1%E3%81%AE%E6%AD%A9%E3%81%BF/|title=補習校の歩み|publisher=Columbus Japanese Language School|accessdate=February 11, 2022|quote=2003年4月から2019年3月まで、[...]の移転が必要となった.|archive-date=February 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211203841/http://columbushoshuko.com/wordpress1/about-us/%e8%a3%9c%e7%bf%92%e6%a0%a1%e3%81%ae%e6%ad%a9%e3%81%bf/|url-status=dead}} - Granby Elementary (グランビー小) and McCord Middle (マッコード中) [http://columbushoshuko.com/wordpress1/wp-content/uploads/worlthingtondist.pdf are in the city of Columbus and in the Worthington school district] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211195106/http://columbushoshuko.com/wordpress1/wp-content/uploads/worlthingtondist.pdf |date=February 11, 2022 }}.</ref>