State Education News
- Senate will redo bill on grading districts (Columbus Dispatch)
- Educators open to stricter standards (Hamilton Journal-News)
- Educators debate proposed exam (Springfield News-Sun)
- Political Fight Threatens To End Funding For Autism Treatment In This Session (WBNS)
Republican leaders in the Senate say the goal of a new A-to-F report-card system and tougher school-accountability system is to ensure that all students graduate from high school ready for college…Read more...
If making teachers take a rigorous exam to get their license, similar to the way lawyers take the bar exam in order to practice law…Read more...
Ohio educators responded with tempered support to the American Federation of Teachers’ call for a more stringent exam…Read more...
The state education department spends over $250 million dollars annually in special education costs for children with autism…Read more...
Local Education News
- Many kids miss school as 'stomach flu' spreads in Ross County (Chillicothe Gazette)
- Licking Heights school copes without busing (Columbus Dispatch)
- Schools create rainy day fund (Newark Advocate)
- Custodians, groundskeepers laid off at Heights (Newark Advocate)
- Teachers get STEM training (Warren Tribune Chronicle)
Several local schools reported a large number of students out sick Wednesday, one day after health officials said the so-called “stomach flu” appears to be fairly widespread…Read more...
There were a lot of whistles and hand signals, a few kids wandering through the parking lot yesterday with their cellphones pressed to their ears…Read more...
Granville school officials have established an emergency “contingency” fund that is dependent in part upon how quickly the Granville Inn is sold…Read more...
Licking Heights Board of Education last week moved forward with another round of reductions, laying off custodians and reducing the hours of dozens of bus drivers…Read more...
Some teachers were a little overwhelmed by the vast amount of information available in the new Defined STEM program…Read more...
Editorial
- Short takes (Columbus Dispatch)
- Better busing (Findlay Courier)
KIDS OFTEN are involved with activities at school beyond the traditional school day, and often when it’s dark. Combine poor visibility with a lack of sidewalks and well-marked or well-lit crosswalks…Read more...
Earlier this year, Gov. John Kasich's administration introduced "Beyond Boundaries," a program to help school districts, local governments and state agencies deal with less state funding…Read more...