Cleveland’s leaders are mired in a thirty year old Thing Theory of economic development. The Thing Theory directs cities to build one more thing — in our case a convention center — to create economic prosperity.

Smart regions are moving toward building brainpower…the core competitive advantage regions have left in a rapidly globalizing world.

Folks in Dayton have figured this out:

Susan Bodary, executive director of EDvention, which group sponsored the event, said the meeting today is the first step in forming a region-wide action plan and participants will be asked to make commitments to continue their involvement. EDvention was formerly known as the Miami Valley Math and Science Education Consortium.

Dayton leaders gather to increase student interest and success in math and sciences

In a fourteen county region in Indiana around Purdue, we have set the goal of having Project Lead the Way in every middle school and high school in our region.

And what, exactly, is Northeast Ohio’s regional strategy for science and math education?