State Education News
- No local districts cited in state auditor's report (Findlay Courier)
- Toledo schools cited for attendance practices (Toledo Blade)
- Parents concerned about manipulated school records (WKYC)
- Probe finds improper enrollment data from Campbell schools (Youngstown Vindicator)
The state's auditor on Thursday announced his office has found that five Ohio school districts have used questionable attendance policies and practices…Read more...
Eight Toledo Public Schools improperly "scrubbed" truant students from attendance rolls, according to a preliminary report…Read more...
The Ohio State Auditor says Cleveland and four other districts in Ohio appear to have manipulated attendance figures -- so that lower scoring students were not counted in State Report Cards…Read more...
The Campbell schools superintendent says the district is cooperating with the state auditor’s office after an investigation revealed improper enrollment records may have influenced state test scores…Read more...
Local Education News
- Kent schools to implement new safety plan (Akron Beacon Journal)
- Audit isn’t definitive, Harris says (Columbus Dispatch)
- State questions Marion City Schools attendance practices (Marion Star)
- Healthier school lunches leave some students hungry (Springfield News-Sun)
- CMSD: Audit ‘Does Not Mean We Cheat’ (WJW)
Community leaders, school officials and fire and law enforcement representatives met with parents, students and residents…Read more...
Columbus schools Superintendent Gene Harris said a critical state audit released yesterday doesn’t substantiate that her schools changed student data to improve their report cards…Read more...
Superintendent James Barney said Marion City Schools did not enroll any students violating its attendance policy to an alternative school to improve its school report card…Read more...
Many students and parents have reacted strongly to new guidelines for the National School Lunch program mandating calorie limits and more fruits and vegetables, saying the meals are unappealing or leave kids hungry after eating…Read more...
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has responded to an interim report released on Thursday which named the district as one of five that “improperly withdrew students from enrollment” in a way that skewed results of school attendance…Read more...