Education News for 10-01-2012

State Education News

  • Schools no longer are no-cellphone zones (Columbus Dispatch)
  • More schools are embracing what was once considered a disruptive force in the classroom…Read more...

  • Superintendents' benefits are best in class (Cincinnati Enquirer)
  • After Ohio cut nearly $2 billion from public-school budgets over the last two years, districts throughout the state cut hundreds of teaching jobs and froze teacher salaries…Read more...

  • Online schools get millions in public support (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  • Robert Mengerink didn't know how much an online school really costs to operate…Read more...

  • Boosters, PTOs must file reports (Columbus Dispatch)
  • The Ohio attorney general’s office will be keeping a closer eye on school booster clubs and parent-teacher…Read more...

  • Auditors checking first 100 schools (Columbus Dispatch)
  • At least 40 of the 100 schools the state auditor is investigating for student-data manipulation are from six large, urban school districts…Read more...

  • Many boards let school officers control access (Columbus Dispatch)
  • School-board members in the region say they need to know what’s going on in their districts…Read more...

  • Ohio to get $1.27M for disability education (Middletown Journal)
  • Ohio is one of 22 states the U.S. Department of Education said will receive a share of $24 million…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Federal Hocking, Rural Action partner to incorporate local foods (Athens Messenger)
  • As a line forms in the Federal Hocking Secondary School lunchroom…Read more...

  • Marlington students digging the oil field with technology class (Canton Repository)
  • Anyone who thinks video games are a waste of time should talk to Marlington High School senior Bronwen Price…Read more...

  • After-school option for CPS students (Cincinnati Enquirer)
  • In a sunny storefront on Hamilton Avenue in the heart of bustling Northside, Libby Hunter greeted her guests…Read more...

  • Districts fail reading standard (Hamilton Journal-News)
  • Eight public school districts out of the more than 70 in the Miami Valley did not meet the state proficiency standard for third-grade reading on the 2011-12 Ohio Achievement Assessments, according to preliminary report card data…Read more...

  • Vermilion schools drug testing results kept secret (Lorain Morning Journal)
  • Vermilion Local Schools have done two rounds of random drug testing of students since approving the drug testing policy…Read more...

  • Grad rates remain steady (Marion Star)
  • While graduation rates have dropped throughout the state after a change in how it is calculated…Read more...

  • Claymont BOE approves pact for classified workers (New Philadelphia Times)
  • Claymont Board of Education approved a new two-year contract Friday with its classified employees, which will require them to pay significantly more for their health insurance…Read more...

  • Three retiring, and ask to be rehired (Portsmouth Daily Times)
  • Three people at the Clay Local School District have announced their retirement, and will ask to be re-hired…Read more...

  • New Sylvania school menus on way (Toledo Blade)
  • Cafeteria food for students in the Sylvania school district is about to get an overhaul…Read more...

Editorial

  • Levy battles (Columbus Dispatch)
  • A trend toward organized opposition to school tax-levy requests may seem like another sign of growing…Read more...

  • Losing ground (Columbus Dispatch)
  • The experts are trying to explain away dismal SAT reading scores of the nation’s most recent batch…Read more...

  • Data rigging clearly had huge effect (Columbus Dispatch)
  • When the school attendance-rigging scandal was revealed in June, many wondered how much better Columbus City Schools…Read more...