State Education News
- State school board goes Downtown for meeting after leader’s Facebook post (Columbus Dispatch)
- Kasich hasn't seen numbers for own school funding plan (Columbus Dispatch)
- Property values present challenge on whether Kasich budget delivers to schools what it promises (Columbus Dispatch)
- Kasich's funding plans draw complaints from school leaders (Columbus Dispatch)
With Ohio school board President Debe Terhar expected to make her first public appearance since last month’s uproar over her Adolf Hitler Facebook post, the state Board of Education…Read more...
A week after rolling out a sweeping revamp of how Ohio funds schools, Gov. John Kasich said he still has not seen any material detailing how much state money each of Ohio’s 612 school districts would receive under his plan…Read more...
The jury is still out on the Kasich administration’s rationale that school districts with reduced property values would get more money under his budget, while those where property values rose would get no new money…Read more...
A week ago, Bob Caldwell was among more than a dozen school superintendents praising Gov. John Kasich’s education plan. The longtime leader of Wolf Creek Local School District in southeastern Ohio…Read more...
Local Education News
- Akron Public Schools panel negotiates budget cuts (Akron Beacon Journal)
- State schools budget showers Shawnee, leaves others cold (Lima News)
- Hundreds of Strongsville teachers protest, threaten strike at Feb. 7 school board (Sun Newspapers)
- Mentor Schools’ issue improperly filed for May 7 ballot (Willoughby News Herald)
- Teacher says training was beneficial (Youngstown Vindicator)
The Akron Public Schools Finance Committee convened Thursday with the goal of minimizing the effect of this year’s $16 million budget shortfall and a projected $9.5 million negative cash…Read more...
Shawnee schools could get a decent pot of money from the state, but Superintendent Paul Nardini says Gov. John Kasich’s proposed school funding plan is flawed…Read more...
Citing an "appalling level of disrespect" from the Strongsville City Schools Board of Education in ongoing contract negotiations, more than 350 teachers swarmed the board's Feb. 7 work session…Read more...
A request by Mentor Schools to place a 10-year, estimated 8.84-mill renewal levy on the May 7 ballot could be rejected next week when the four-member Lake County Elections Board meets to certify issues for the special election…Read more...
One teacher who attended training that focused on preparing educators for an active- shooter scenario says the information was worth-while and he recommends it for others…Read more...
Editorial
- Formula for confusion (Akron Beacon Journal)
- Kasich's school funding plan needs a lot of work (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
With the release of the funding estimates for school districts this week, it looks less and less like John Kasich finally has solved Ohio’s school-funding enigma…Read more...
When Ohio Gov. John Kasich sketched out his new two-year school funding formula last week, he was characteristically blunt…Read more...