State Education News
- Use of 'seclusion rooms' divides educators (Cincinnati Enquirer)
- Appointee running for education board (Columbus Dispatch)
- Party held to bid Heffner farewell (Columbus Dispatch)
- Ohio schools swing, miss on most levies (Columbus Dispatch)
Little-known “seclusion rooms” in Ohio schools are a vital tool for helping special needs students...Read more...
Stanley Jackson’s newest opponent isn’t wearing a helmet and spikes. Jackson, the former Ohio State quarterback whom Gov. John Kasich appointed to the State Board of Education in June...Read more...
Hugs, cake and a lingering sense of shock marked a small going-away party for state Superintendent Stan W. Heffner yesterday inside the Department of Education...Read more...
Fewer than 1 in 5 school levies across Ohio passed in Tuesday’s special election, which had the most education issues of any August vote in seven years...Read more...
Local Education News
- Most Summit County school districts on November ballot (Akron Beacon Journal)
- $1.6M cost-savings expected from schools sharing subs (Journal-News)
- Mom of boy who died sues Mansfield City Schools (Mansfield News Journal)
- OSU-M to help Mansfield schools raise test scores (Mansfield News Journal)
- 2 local schools placed on state noncompliance list (Springfield News-Sun)
- Suit filed against Warren school district, board over furlough (Youngstown Vindicator)
- School board reinstates bus route (Youngstown Vindicator)
Ten of Summit County’s 17 school districts will have tax issues...Read more...
A new process to provide area districts with substitue teachers in the upcoming school year could save the school systems more than $1 million, officials said...Read more...
The mother of a Newman Elementary School third-grader who died after suffering an asthma attack at school has sued the Mansfield City School board and some of its employees...Read more...
Mansfield City Schools is looking to increase math literacy and raise standardized testing scores this year thanks to a partnership with The Ohio State University at Mansfield...Read more...
Two local schools were included on a list of 88 in Ohio that failed to comply with state safety requirements designed to help authorities...Read more...
Kristen Lewis, who was laid off from Warren City Schools after being romantically linked to then-Superintendent Bruce Thomas, has filed a lawsuit against the school district and its board...Read more...
The board of education Wednesday reinstated a second bus route for Roosevelt Elementary students for the new school year. The district cut to one bus while it was in state fiscal emergency at the advice of the state Finance and Planning Commission...Read more...