Education News for 01-15-2013

State Education News

  • Law allows principals to skip being teachers (Cincinnati Enquirer)
  • When Gilbert A. Dater High School teacher Terri Wessel heard the school’s new assistant principal didn’t have a traditional license, she was nervous…Read more...

  • Teachers’ pay might be linked to quality, Kasich says (Columbus Dispatch)
  • Schools could tie teachers’ pay incentives to their performance as part of Gov. John Kasich’s yet-to-be-unveiled funding formula, the Republican governor said yesterday…Read more...

  • Leader is re-elected by state education board (Columbus Dispatch)
  • A united State Board of Education unanimously re-elected Cincinnati Republican Debe Terhar to a second two-year term as president yesterday…Read more...

  • STEM internship program wins state funding (Columbus Dispatch)
  • The state Controlling Board approved $11 million yesterday for a cooperative internship program designed to help make Ohio a leader in educating students in the high-demand fields of science, technology…Read more...

  • Painesville City Schools seeks grant funds to improve literacy, team up with Fairport Harbor (Willoughby News Herald)
  • Painesville City Local Schools will look to partner with a neighboring district in the future to improve student reading skills…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Chillicothe school board faces cuts regardless of levy approval (Chillicothe Gazette)
  • A number of significant changes, including the closure of Tiffin Elementary School, are on the table as Chillicothe City School officials look to cut $1 million from the district’s budget…Read more...

  • Ross County sheriff suggests deputy presence in schools (Chillicothe Gazette)
  • As schools across the nation continue to look for ways to boost their security, Ross County Sheriff George Lavender has proposed having deputies make daily appearances at all of the county schools…Read more...

  • CPS board puts open border policy on hold (Cincinnati Enquirer)
  • Cincinnati Public Schools on Monday delayed a vote on a policy that would for the first time allow it to open its borders to out-of-district students…Read more...

  • Berea, Midpark wrestlers grappling successfully with schools' imminent merger (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  • Imagine the carnage if St. Edward and St. Ignatius held a joint hockey practice, or if Massillon and McKinley tried to do anything together, even a clambake…Read more...

  • Phila schools seek $4 million levy to help boost security (New Philadelphia Times)
  • The New Philadelphia Board of Education has taken the final step to place on the May primary ballot a 9.6-mill, five-year emergency operating levy, which would pay for…Read more...

  • Columbus City Schools Book Purchases Come Under Fire For Alleged Conflict Of Interest (WBNS)
  • At Marion Franklin High School, questions are not coming from school books but instead are about school books…Read more...

  • Teachers institute ‘work to rule’ plan (Youngstown Vindicator)
  • School officials are responding with a little surprise and a little understanding to Austintown teachers’ new efforts to have their grievances heard…Read more...

  • Poland schools beef up security (Youngstown Vindicator)
  • The board of education agreed Monday to allow a Poland Township police officer in all school buildings and to spend up to $80,000 in security upgrades district-wide…Read more...

Editorial

  • Preventable tragedy (Columbus Dispatch)
  • Parents who are undecided about getting their children vaccinated against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, or HPV, might look at the statistics and heed the experience of a surgeon…Read more...