State Education News

Ohio's teacher training policies receive C- grade from national group (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Ohio is not picky enough about whom is admitted to teacher training nor does the state require graduates of those programs to pass sufficiently…Read more...

Google VP has Ohio’s students on his mind (Columbus Dispatch)

Meet Sebastian Thrun, a man who represents a unique component of the “ German” investment Gov. John Kasich is seeking for Ohio this week at the World Economic Forum…Read more...

Ideas offered to boost college graduation rates (Columbus Dispatch)

Some of the country’s most-influential college presidents are calling on their colleagues to take bolder steps to graduate more students — and stem the flow of dropouts…Read more...

Kasich rejects calls for Terhar’s ouster (Columbus Dispatch)

Gov. John Kasich says that since state Board of Education President Debe Terhar has admitted her Facebook post about Adolf Hitler and gun control…Read more...

School finances remain a concern (Findlay Courier)

While excited about the future of curriculum and technology, Fostoria school administrators said this week they are leery of what will happen to school funding as the state tries to balance its budget…Read more...

Local Education News

Music education program at Rainey Institute inspires youths from Cleveland schools (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Some call it the most beautiful concert hall in America. And that's where I went Monday -- to Severance Hall -- for a progress report…Read more...

Audit citations lead to fiscal changes (Middletown Journal)

Missing money and the use of federal stimulus dollars to purchase items that weren’t allowable are among several citations issued in a state audit of Middletown City Schools…Read more...

Editorial

Terhar does history (Akron Beacon Journal)

Debe Terhar, the president of the State Board of Education, has called into question her judgment as a public official…Read more...

Seeing sense (Columbus Dispatch)

The Columbus Board of Education’s decision Tuesday night to cooperate with a mayoral committee’s review of school-district management…Read more...