Education News for 03-26-2013

State Education News

  • Threat from February involved national security; 12-year-old charged (Chillicothe Gazette)
  • A threat that caused concern at Chillicothe Middle School in February also created alarm at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the Gazette has learned…Read more...

  • Judge rules Strongsville City Schools to release public records to teachers' union (WBNS)
  • An appeals court judge is ordering the Strongsville City School District…Read more...

  • What Chardon shooter TJ Lane's life sentence in prison (WBNS)
  • If you were like most people and found yourself disgusted at TJ Lane's courtroom…Read more...

  • Board’s evaluation rates superintendent a five of possible nine (Youngstown Vindicator)
  • Despite improved test scores, the school board evaluated Superintendent Connie Hathorn’s performance at a 5 out of a possible 9, down two points from last year…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Chillicothe school board cuts 10.5 teaching positions (Chillicothe Gazette)
  • The Chillicothe City School District Board of Education on Monday approved a reduction in force that cuts 101/2 more teaching positions from a staff that has shrunk by 14 percent in the past several years…Read more...

  • Student admits posting ‘angry’ videos (Columbus Dispatch)
  • A former Gahanna-Lincoln High School student admitted yesterday to a misdemeanor delinquency charge of inducing panic by posting an online video that some classmates considered threatening…Read more...

  • Coleman issues ultimatum to school board (Columbus Dispatch)
  • Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman will not support any permanent successor to Superintendent Gene Harris whom the city school board hires by this summer, he said yesterday…Read more...

  • Author connects with students, standards (Marion Star)
  • Taft Elementary School teachers hope a brush with fame encourages students to become better readers and storytellers…Read more...

  • Perrysburg schools may purchase classroom units from Sylvania schools (Toledo Blade)
  • Perrysburg schools are moving forward with a plan to purchase five classroom portable units from Sylvania schools for a short-term fix to its overcrowding issues…Read more...

Editorial

  • Panel could help curb child deaths (Columbus Dispatch)
  • Kaydence Lewinski, 5 months old, shaken and beaten to death; Angela Palmer, 4, burned to death; Brianna Blackmond, 23 months, beaten to death; Samuel and Solomon Simms, 6- year-old twins, strangled…Read more...