Statewide Education News
- Legislators fear reading mandate in Kasich proposal will cost schools too much (Dispatch)
- TPS board seeks delay of new state report card (Blade)
- Ohio wants to expand free online tutoring (Dayton Daily News)
State lawmakers raised concerns yesterday about Gov. John Kasich’s plan to help students who struggle with reading and hold back youngsters who aren’t reading at grade level by the end of third grade. While no one questioned the goal of ensuring that third-graders read proficiently before being advanced, many asked where cash-strapped school districts were supposed to come up with the money to pay for tutoring, summer school and other services that would be required. Read More…
The Toledo Board of Education Tuesday collectively blasted a proposed new state school report card system that would drop the grade for most districts and would especially hit Toledo Public Schools hard. The proposed system would do away with designations such as "academic emergency" and "excellent" that rate schools and districts, and would use an A through F scale instead. Had the new system been used last year, TPS would have been one of only two districts in the state to receive an F. Read More…
Free tutoring will soon be just a click away for more Ohio college students. The Ohio Board of Regents has invited all Ohio universities and colleges to join the Ohio eTutoring Collaborative. The goal is for all 107 institutions of higher learning in the state to join, making the service available to more than 600,000 students. About 2,400 students at 21 participating schools used the tutoring service in fall 2011. Central State University, Sinclair Community, Clark State Community and Edison Community colleges are among participants statewide. Read More…
Local Issues
- Youngstown schools Board eyes cost-cutting options (Vindicator)
- Job cuts likely if $450,000 budget trim gets OK at Paint Valley (Chillicothe Gazette)
- Hamilton board continues to shuffle administrators (Journal-News)
- T.J. Lane to undergo competency evaluation (News-Herald)
Youngstown - Closing buildings, cutting all overtime and instituting pay-to-play are among the options city school board members must consider as ways to save money. Lock P. Beachum Sr., school board president, said at a school board meeting Tuesday that the possibilities he listed aren’t his recommendations. “These are the things you’ve got to look at,” he said. “I probably won’t be here. This is my last term.” Beachum said he wants to leave office with the district in stable financial shape. Read More…
BAINBRIDGE - Five teachers and a secretary likely will lose their jobs if the Paint Valley Board of Education approves about $450,000 in proposed budget cuts at a special meeting Monday. Superintendent Gary Uhrig said the reduction in force, which also would eliminate two positions currently being filled by long-term substitute teachers, is necessary because the district stands to lose $363,000 in federal funding that was doled out in 2010 for schools to hire, re-hire and retain school employees. Read More…
HAMILTON — The Hamilton City School District continues to shuffle administrators as it has appointed five new principals and six elementary deans of students for the 2012-13 school year. The new principals include two elementary principals — Katherine Huber and Victoria Kowalk — two middle/freshman principals — Jeffrey Miller and Brandon Stanfill — and one secondary assistant principal — Robyn Jordan. Read More…
T.J. Lane, the suspect in the Chardon High School shooting, will undergo a competency evaluation to determine if he is fit to face charges. Geauga County Juvenile/Probate Judge Tim Grendell ordered the evaluation Tuesday. Due to the evaluation, the probable cause/bindover hearing set for next Tuesday will be held at a later date. The bindover hearing will decide if there is enough evidence to move the case to adult court. It is not known whether Lane’s defense requested the evaluation or if the prosecution opposed it. Read More…
Editorial
- Full speed ahead on Cleveland school reform (Plain Dealer)
Mayor Frank Jackson's school reform initiative is making clear progress toward a broad consensus -- welcome news to anyone concerned about the future of this community and an incentive to keep working, full speed ahead. Those efforts must continue even as Jackson and his allies aim to introduce their still-evolving legislation to the Ohio General Assembly this week. No significant bill ever emerges from the legislative process exactly as presented. But introducing legislation will compel all parties to keep searching for consensus. Read More…