State Education News
- OHSAA convenes athletics task force (Columbus Dispatch)
- Scores of school workers want gun training (Columbus Dispatch)
- Recess is key element in children’s well-being (Columbus Dispatch)
- More schools add online courses (Dayton Daily News)
- Challenges ahead for public schools (Marion Star)
The association that oversees high-school athletics in Ohio has formed a task force to work with school-district treasurers in the wake of questionable use of more than $100,000…Read more...
More than 450 teachers and other school employees from across Ohio have applied for 24 spots in a free firearms-training program being offered by the Buckeye Firearms Association…Read more...
If childhood memories of pushing your best friend on the swings, sharing secrets and playing Red Rover are strong, there’s good reason…Read more...
More Miami Valley school districts are offering blended learning, a combination of traditional classes and online learning…Read more...
As area schools enter 2013, educators can expect another year of change…Read more...
Local Education News
- A waiting list? Catholic schools shout hallelujah (Cincinnati Enquirer)
- Local schools outperform state on report cards (Dayton Daily News)
- School says movie lunch project raises test scores (Dayton Daily News)
- ESC keeps track of grads (Lorain Morning Journal)
- Judge denies motion to suppress statements made by family of accused Chardon shooter (Willoughby News Herald)
- 2 Mahoning school superintendents to retire-rehire in new year (Youngstown Vindicator)
The revelation struck Sister Anne Schulz last year on a day she had to turn away 90 students who wanted to attend Mother Teresa Catholic Elementary School…Read more...
Area split on school security methods (Cincinnati Enquirer)
The mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., earlier this month has prompted school districts around the country to cast a critical eye at their security measures…Read more...
Students in traditional public schools across the Miami Valley outperformed their counterparts across the state in both performance index and ratings…Read more...
Officials at a Dayton area charter school say state test scores in reading and math went up after students began participating in a mandatory project that requires them to watch a movie…Read more...
A grant earned last year by the Columbiana County Educational Service Center (ESC) has gone toward tracking how many county high school graduates are pursuing higher education, where they enroll…Read more...
The motion to suppress statements made by the family of Thomas Lane III on the day of the Chardon High School shooting has been denied…Read more...
Two Mahoning County superintendents will retire, and be rehired, in the new year…Read more...
Editorial
- Tragic uptick (Columbus Dispatch)
- The New Year (Columbus Dispatch)
- Train teachers to see student warning signs (Warren Tribune Chronicle)
One tragic fact linked the short lives of nine otherwise-unrelated Franklin County youths this year: All of them died by suicide…Read more...
Today dawns a New Year, and with it, our annual opportunity for a fresh start…Read more...
A new Ohio law requiring that both public and private school teachers be trained in recognizing students who may be considering suicide, and in doing something about it…Read more...