State Education News
- Ohio school board member appointed by gov resigns (Associated Press)
- Kasich appointee off state board (Columbus Dispatch)
- State auditors examining attendance records from Cleveland schools (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
- School funding issue in Ohio (Marietta Times)
- Consolidating districts may not save schools money (Middletown Journal)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A member of the Ohio Board of Education is resigning for what he describes as "personal reasons."…Read more…
Dennis Shelton, an at-large member from Delaware who has advised the Republican governor on education matters, cited “personal reasons” for his departure in an email to the governor’s office following the board’s monthly meeting in Columbus this week.…Read more…
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Ohio auditor's office is looking into attendance data at 15 Cleveland district schools as part of a statewide investigation.…Read more…
With a new school funding model expected to be unveiled next year, Ohio is one of 35 states a report says are giving less money to public education now than before the recession.…Read more…
In 1915, there were 2,674 school districts in Ohio.
Several rounds of consolidations, beginning in the 1930s when school buses became…Read more…
Local Education News
- Financial state of Caldwell schools on public's mind (Cambridge Daily)
- Prep school accepting special needs applications (Chillicothe Gazette)
- Rosters longer at city's schools (Cincinnati Enquirer)
- Cleveland schools hoping pay cuts will resolve $13 million budget gap (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
- Architect sues Columbus school board (Columbus Dispatch)
- Now this is early intervention (Columbus Dispatch)
- Are charter schools really making the grade? (Dayton Daily News)
- Seniors act as school amabassadors (Hamilton Journal-News)
- Technology turns the classroom upside down (Hamilton Journal-News)
- A closer look at the school data scandal (Mansfield News Journal)
- Licking County schools feeling pressure of new state reading program (Newark Advocate)
- Electric buses under study for schools in area (Toledo Blade)
- Message to Mathews board: You need to address this (Youngstown Vindicator)
CALDWELL -- The Ohio Department of Education has placed Caldwell Exempted Village School District in a state of "fiscal caution," Treasurer Jeff Croucher told members of the audience at the school board's meeting on Thursday night.…Read more…
CHILLICOTHE -- Wesley Taylor Preparatory School is accepting students who are eligible for a special needs scholarship for the 2012-2013 school year.…Read more…
Cincinnati Public Schools has about 3,000 more students enrolled – at least on paper – than it predicted back in the spring.…Read more…
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland schools have a $13 million budget hole this year that will have to be closed with cuts in teacher pay or programs, or by voters passing a proposed tax increase in November.…Read more…
The architect on a now-shelved renovation of the historic Indianola Middle School has sued the Columbus school board in federal court for more than $41 million.…Read more…
Some teens had iPod earbuds stuffed in their ears, drowning out the wild cheering. Hoodies up. Others stared straight ahead or at the ground.…Read more…
In the past 15 years, some public charter schools have shined as examples of what they were intended to be — incubators in educational innovation that could be replicated elsewhere.…Read more…
Four Faifield High School seniors are gaining real-world experience this school year while sharing news from their school district with the community.…Read more…
Paper is optional, on the way to becoming obsolete in Mollie Marot’s biology classroom at Badin High School.…Read more…
Government inspectors have been poring over student attendance records across Ohio, looking for evidence of impropriety that could affect the way communities view the success of their schools.…Read more…
NEWARK -- For Licking County third graders struggling with reading, their scores on next year's Ohio Achievement Assessment could mean the difference between moving to fourth grade and being held back when Ohio's Third Grade Guarantee takes full affect.…Read more…
FINDLAY — School officials from Hancock County and the surrounding area are taking a look at adding buses to their fleets that will require a plug-in rather than a fill-up.…Read more…
Representatives of the Ohio Department of Education say they will be quite clear about the severity of the deficit facing the Mathews schools when they address the board of education at its next regular meeting Wednesday.…Read more…
Editorial
- Memo to students: Change is on the way (again) (Cincinnati Enquirer)
- Under a cloud (Columbus Dispatch)
- Editorial: Third Grade Guarantee -- Read or flunk (Lima News)
- Long-distance busing just a few students a waste of resources (Newark Advocate)
To:Ohio and Kentucky Public School Students
From:The Cincinnati Enquirer Editorial Board
Subject:The Common Core Standards, Your Education and Your Life…Read more…
Debate over how much, if any, school-performance data the Ohio Department of Education should release this year is understandable.…Read more…
While there are few guarantees in life, folks in Ohio can take this one to the bank. Starting next school year, every third-grader must read at a proficient level or they'll be held back.…Read more…
The legal struggle regarding the Northridge school district's sensible decision to stop busing private school students to schools near Columbus raises a host of questions.…Read more…