Education News for 08-09-2012

State Education News

  • Use of 'seclusion rooms' divides educators (Cincinnati Enquirer)
  • Little-known “seclusion rooms” in Ohio schools are a vital tool for helping special needs students...Read more...

  • Appointee running for education board (Columbus Dispatch)
  • 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...

  • Party held to bid Heffner farewell (Columbus Dispatch)
  • 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...

  • Ohio schools swing, miss on most levies (Columbus Dispatch)
  • 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)
  • Ten of Summit County’s 17 school districts will have tax issues...Read more...

  • $1.6M cost-savings expected from schools sharing subs (Journal-News)
  • 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...

  • Mom of boy who died sues Mansfield City Schools (Mansfield News Journal)
  • 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...

  • OSU-M to help Mansfield schools raise test scores (Mansfield News Journal)
  • 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...

  • 2 local schools placed on state noncompliance list (Springfield News-Sun)
  • 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...

  • Suit filed against Warren school district, board over furlough (Youngstown Vindicator)
  • 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...

  • School board reinstates bus route (Youngstown Vindicator)
  • 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...