State Education News
- Program to help Ohio schools teach historic texts (Dayton Daily News)
- Ohio Board Of Education Takes First Step Toward Statewide Restraint, Seclusion Room Policy (WBNS)
- Ohio Senate Panel Vote Set On School Letter Grades (WCMH-TV)
COLUMBUS — An educational program unveiled last week by the Ohio Historical Society is meant to help schools comply with a new state law requiring students in grades 4-12 to study the texts of the U.S. and state constitutions…Read more...
COLUMBUS, Ohio - School officials discussed plans for what would be the first statewide policy regarding restraint and seclusion rooms in school.…Read more...
A bill bestowing familiar-looking A through F grades on Ohio school districts, buildings and specialty programs is headed to likely passage in the Ohio Senate. The Senate Education Committee is scheduled to vote on the bill …Read more...
Local Education News
- Unioto to provide more feedback on quarterly tests (Chillicothe Gazette)
- Mayor Frank Jackson names members of schools' advice panel, a 1st step in districtwide overhaul (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
- Cleveland Metropolitan School District to auction its headquarters building (Crains Cleveland Business)
- Superintendent announces retirement (Findlay Courier )
- Carey voters likely to see school proposal on ballot (Findlay Courier)
- School board votes to close Washington Intermediate (Findlay Courier)
- Tri-Rivers invites students, parents to explore school (Marion Star)
- River Valley board interviews school chief candidates (Marion Star)
- Grant to aid area school districts (Youngstown Vindicator)
Parents of Union-Scioto students can expect more feedback on how their kids are performing on quarterly assessments, if they want it. The district plans to make available, by request, summary reports…Read more...
A key part of Mayor Frank Jackson's broader plan to boost academic performance in Cleveland took hold Monday when he named an advisory panel that will help set standards for charter schools in the city.…Read more...
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District plans to auction off its headquarters building at 1380 E. Sixth St. In downtown Cleveland.…Read more...
Findlay Superintendent Dean Wittwer held back tears Monday as he announced his plan to retire at the end of the school year.…Read more...
Carey Superintendent Mark Vehre said Monday the school board will be asked next month to act on resolutions to place a tax package for a new school building before voters in May.…Read more...
Tensions ran high as Findlay school board unanimously voted Monday to close Washington Intermediate School at the end of this school year. More than 20 Washington staff, students and parents filled Findlay High School's library Monday…Read more...
Tri-Rivers Career Center is talking careers and credits as it encourages sophomores to consider attending the vocational school next year. The career center recently had its Exploring Career Days for sophomores followed by an open house for their parents.…Read more...
MARION — The River Valley Local Schools Board of Education has started interviewing superintendent candidates as the district invites the community to say farewell to 14-year Superintendent Tom Shade.…Read more...
Eastern Ohio P-16 Partnership for Education, a Cincinnati-based initiative, and the Mahoning County Educational Service Center have secured a $100,000 grant from the Local Government Innovative Fund.…Read more...
Editorial
- Poverty and a brain that is able to learn (Akron Beacon Journal)
Except for some massaging, Ohio lawmakers are all but done writing a new law that changes how the state will measure and tell the public how well or poorly its schools are performing.…Read more...