Education News for 10-24-2012

State Education News

  • Attendance audit: More 'clean' schools (Cincinnati Enquirer)
  • Ohio Auditor Dave Yost’s office found no evidence of attendance rigging in the second batch of Ohio schools he reviewed as as part of a statewide probe into potential data tampering…Read more...

  • Northeast Ohio schools come up 'clean' in state auditor's attendance review (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  • Ohio Auditor Dave Yost's test of school districts with tax requests on the Nov. 6 ballot shows no evidence in Northeast Ohio of "scrubbing,"…Read more...

  • 47 school districts cleared of ‘scrubbing’ (Columbus Dispatch)
  • A second round of auditing found no evidence that more school officials unlawfully “scrubbed” their student data…Read more...

  • Auditor probe fails to turn up more problems (Dayton Daily News)
  • Just two weeks before school districts across Ohio ask voters for more money, state Auditor Dave Yost reported that his team has not uncovered any more evidence…Read more...

  • State inquiry into school districts’ tinkering with data progresses (Toledo Blade)
  • The second phase of a statewide audit into possible manipulation of school attendance data found no new instances of improper “scrubbing.”…Read more...

Local Education News

  • North Baltimore officials pleased with report card (Findlay Courier)
  • Not unlike a proud parent, North Baltimore school officials Tuesday released preliminary data on a district report card from the state…Read more...

  • School District To Offer Cardiac Screenings For High School Athletes (WBNS)
  • The Olentangy Local School District is offering cardiac screenings to high school athletes in an attempt to reduce the number of deaths from undetected heart disorders…Read more...

  • Failure of district’s levy renewal would mean loss of $5.3 million (Youngstown Vindicator)
  • If the 10.4-mill city school district renewal levy doesn’t pass, the district would lose about $5.3 million…Read more...

  • Tutoring program aids Struthers kids (Youngstown Vindicator)
  • Two students sat across from each other in the art room at Struthers Elementary School on Tuesday and contemplated the task before them…Read more...

Editorial

  • Lima schools need to think change (Lima News)
  • Jill Ackerman sent a strong message last week that the status quo won’t be good enough for Lima City Schools…Read more...