State Education News
- Scandal mars view of school officers (Columbus Dispatch)
- State agency may request tighter reins on schools (Columbus Dispatch)
- Web class on a snow day? Only for some (Columbus Dispatch)
- Toledo Public Schools teachers face new evaluation (Toledo Blade
Instructors at the Ohio School Resource Officers Association expect a few bruised egos when they start talking about the ethics involved with working around children...Read more...
A statewide investigation into student-data tampering has prompted the Ohio Department of Education to consider becoming more of a watchdog. The department is likely to ask the legislature to give it the authority...Read more...
Snow days will be free days for most Ohio students this school year, despite a state law that could turn some of them into days of online class. Only a few central Ohio school districts submitted the paperwork...Read more...
Teacher measurement based in part on student performance will make a slow crawl into Toledo Public Schools this year. Through a mix of state law and the federal Race to the Top grant program...Read more...
Local Education News
- Cleveland schools getting help from consultants with timetable for major improvement plan (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
- District tried to buy silence of its auditor (Columbus Dispatch)
- Exchange students view area through a different lens (New Philadelphia Times)
- Local school districts adapt plans to keep students safe (Newark Advocate)
- What is failure, success? Schools don’t agree (Springfield News-Sun)
- Several Perry Schools administrators given raises (Willoughby News Herald)
A Seattle consulting company is helping the Cleveland school district map out a four-year schedule for rolling out the district's updated improvement plan...Read more...
The Columbus City Schools lost two pages of the personnel file on its former internal auditor, who said this month she was fired in 2005 for trying to investigate data rigging...Read more...
Four foreign exchange students from France and Spain recently spent a month exploring area attractions. The students, Caroline Bellande of Paris, Caroline Dupaigne of Marseille...Read more...
Tom Suriano will never forget the day of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting. Although the incident happened more than 1,000 miles from Licking County, it changed everything for educators, he said...Read more...
When it comes to grading scales, not all A’s and B’s are equal for students in Ohio. An examination by the Springfield News-Sun of area high schools found disparities in the percentage...Read more...
Three Perry School District administrators will earn higher pay after the school board approved raises at a recent board meeting. Superintendent Jack Thompson...Read more...