Education News for 11-14-2012

State Education News

  • Schools, governments urged to share costs (Columbus Dispatch)
  • The message to local schools and government entities from Gov. John Kasich’s administration is clear: Team up, and share services to cut costs…Read more...

  • Criminal referrals likely over school data (Columbus Dispatch)
  • As state officials said there’s a “strong likelihood” they’ll refer Columbus school employees for criminal prosecution…Read more...

  • Ohio Education Officials Unveil Plan For Future Based On Tennessee Model (WBNS)
  • Ohio has 400,000 people who need a job and a 100,000 job openings, and officials said the problem is education. For example, only 1 of out 4 Ohioans has a college degree, and many others lack the skills for 21st century jobs…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Accounting policies create transparency in district finances (Hamilton Journal-News)
  • Monroe Local Schools officials have instituted new accounting policies to prevent falling again into fiscal emergency and state control…Read more...

  • Mixup delays Marion City school buses (Marion Star)
  • A paperwork mix-up with the state took 14 Marion City Schools bus drivers off their routes, delaying the delivery of students, primarily elementary pupils, from school to their homes…Read more...

  • PAVE program's future at risk after state cuts funding (Newark Advocate)
  • As president of the Prevent Assault and Violence Education program, Emily Minton has talked to countless middle school students about bullying…Read more...

  • Award given to national good behavior program used in many local schools (Newark Advocate)
  • A game designed to reward students for good behavior and used in almost every Licking County elementary school has received its own reward…Read more...

  • Akiva students learn lessons at OSU'S Lake Erie lab (Youngstown Vindicator)
  • They caught fish from Lake Erie using a net, measured sun penetration in the water and scooped plankton from the lake bottom…Read more...

Editorial

  • Good adviser (Columbus Dispatch)
  • The search for a new superintendent for Columbus City Schools should benefit substantially from the steady hand and sincere concern…Read more...