Education News for 10-04-2012

State Education News

  • Auditor reports altered school records (Columbus Dispatch)
  • The first 10 Columbus schools examined so far by state auditors all show evidence of “scrubbing” student data, potentially to improve their state report-card standing…Read more...

  • Ohio Teacher of the Year: Top teacher is inspiration (Columbus Dispatch)
  • Mike Morbitzer has been in on the surprise before when his wife, Carole, won awards for teaching and volunteer efforts…Read more...

  • State Auditor To Release First Results Of School Attendance Scandal Audit (WBNS)
  • State Auditor Dave Yost said that he plans to release the results of the first 100 schools audited as part of a statewide school attendance scandal involving the Columbus City School district…Read more...

  • Chaney STEM gets statewide attention for accomplishments (Youngstown Vindicator)
  • While the Youngstown City School District still has a way to go before it earns an excellent rating on the state report card, it can revel in the fact that the Chaney Science…Read more...

News from ODE

  • What's the Latest on Teacher Evaluation? (National Council on)
  • With so much change happening in states across the country when it comes to the policies governing teacher evaluation and tenure, it can be hard to keep up with it all. But fear not: we did the tracking so you don't have to…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Nurses group wants schools to be able to act quickly in food allergy emergencies (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  • When a child suffers a severe allergic reaction, treatment must be delivered quickly. If not, the child could go into a coma or even die…Read more...

  • Students get early start at teaching (Mansfield News Journal)
  • First-year education majors at Ashland University are teaming with middle-schoolers from Ashland City Schools to promote leadership, mentorship…Read more...

  • District disputes feds harassment claims (Springfield News-Sun)
  • Northeastern Local Schools disputed Wednesday a federal statement that accused the district of failing to adequately respond to and prevent racial harassment of black students…Read more...

  • Ledgemont School District's finances (Willoughby News Herald)
  • An official from the Ohio Department of Education will come to Thompson Township Monday to discuss the Ledgemont School District's financial situation…Read more...

  • A standout in the Cleveland schools (WKYC)
  • As we move closer to the election, the Cleveland Metropolitan School District waits to learn whether voters will say "yes" or "no" to a sweeping change…Read more...

Editorial

  • Skewed priorities (Columbus Dispatch)
  • An interim report from Ohio Auditor Dave Yost confirms that officials at 10 Columbus middle schools altered school-attendance records without explanation, bolstering suspicions…Read more...

  • Education needs to see results (Marietta Times)
  • For many years, the name of the game for public colleges and universities has been FTE - that is, the number of "full-time equivalent" students they have enrolled…Read more...