State Education News
- Governor’s office says school funding plan is a redistribution of wealth, not attempt at adequacy (Akron Beacon Journal)
- Gov. John Kasich's school funding plan might hold little new money for many Northeast Ohio districts (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
- Officials seek details of Kasich plan for gifted (Columbus Dispatch)
- Rules vague on suspending teachers for misconduct (Columbus Dispatch)
- Only limit on new voucher is the budget (Columbus Dispatch)
- Incentives plan raises questions (Columbus Dispatch)
- Public schools would incur some cost of voucher expansion (Dayton Daily News)
- Area school chiefs greet Kasich plan with optimism (Findlay Courier)
- Should schools consider arming staff? (Marion Star)
- Bullying study: It does get better for gay, bisexual teens (Youngstown Vindicator)
On Thursday, Gov. John Kasich’s education experts stood in front of images on a screen and said they had arrived at a school funding formula that ends the inequity among Ohio’s richest and poorest districts…Read more...
Northeast Ohio may not benefit as much as other parts of the state from Gov. John Kasich’s proposal to overhaul school funding, a Plain Dealer analysis shows…Read more...
Compared to other states, Ohio’s support for gifted students has been among the best: Only one other state with comparable data gave more money for gifted programs in 2011…Read more...
After being arrested and charged with assault, domestic violence and disorderly conduct, a Westerville teacher paid bond and left jail. Eight days later, when students returned to school from winter break…Read more...
Nearly half of Ohio’s 1.8 million elementary and secondary students could qualify in the coming years for tax-funded tuition to private schools under Gov. John Kasich’s plan to expand the state’s voucher program…Read more...
The same component of Gov. John Kasich’s school-funding plan that would empower districts to add performance pay incentives for teachers also could push districts to trim teachers from the payrolls…Read more...
An adviser for Gov. John Kasich on Friday provided more funding details about his controversial plan to expand the school voucher program in Ohio…Read more...
Gov. John Kasich's school-funding plan was met with optimism and apprehension Friday as area superintendents said they are eager to find out the specifics of the overhaul, which will see the state spend $15.1 billion on schools over the next two years…Read more...
Imagine this scenario. A man with a gun enters a school, intent on killing. A locked door doesn’t stop him. He gets through security efforts and starts shooting…Read more...
It really does get better for gay and bisexual teens when it comes to being bullied, although young gay men have it worse than their lesbian peers, according to the first long-term scientific evidence…Read more...
Local Education News
- Ex-cop ready to serve if schools sign on to his idea (Cincinnati Enquirer)
- Groveport schools could try new option for levy (Columbus Dispatch)
- Schools ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Kasich’s funding plan (Middletown Journal)
- Tecumseh teachers earn grant support (Springfield News-Sun)
There has been plenty of talk but little else since Butler County’s sheriff publicly floated the idea of retired cops working as armed substitute teachers…Read more...
To solve long-term budget problems, Groveport Madison school leaders have proposed a tax-levy approach that few districts in the state have pursued…Read more...
While Butler County school officials are still awaiting more detailed figures next week, overall reaction has been positive to Gov. John Kasich’s new model for school funding…Read more...
Eleven Tecumseh teachers will receive grants to assist with innovative projects for their classrooms that don’t fit in the district’s budge…Read more...
Editorial
- Finally, a real response to DeRolph (Canton Repository)
- Call for early learning funding is good news - and good business (Cincinnati Enquirer)
- A Playbook For Ohio Education Initiatives (I Teach Bay)
Mountains of number crunching will necessarily follow the unveiling of Gov. John Kasich’s school funding plan…Read more...
About 90 percent of a child’s brain development happens by the age of 5. About 90 percent of public spending on education goes to the years after age 5…Read more...
This is Super Bowl Weekend. Analysts have spent two weeks dissecting every possible factor that could impact the performance of either team in the big game…Read more...