State Education News
- Coventry schools lead state in financial stress, but may have righted the ship (Akron Beacon Journal)
- Bulletproof backpacks used to protect some school children (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
- Columbus school board president clarifies stand on auditor (Columbus Dispatch)
- 3 referred to state in city schools data probe (Columbus Dispatch)
- Area schools to get $1.8M to meet new state requirements (Dayton Daily News)
- State denies request for more information on attendance investigation (Dayton Daily News)
- Non-traditional high school graduates grows (Dayton Daily News)
- Changes coming to GED; New standards, switch to digital format (Lorain Morning Journal)
- State OKs plans to fix school data errors (New Philadelphia Times-Reporter)
- It looks like there will be more money for more preschool in state (Ohio Public Radio)
For nearly as long as Ohio has been rating school districts based on their financial health, Coventry schools has been in fiscal watch — the second-lowest level possible…Read more...
Guns weren't the only thing people raced to buy after 20 students and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School…Read more...
Columbus Board of Education President Carol Perkins said this week that the district’s internal auditor’s post “is not going to be done away with,” but she issued a statement later saying that her words had been misinterpreted…Read more...
The Columbus school district has reported three former employees with ties to its data scandal to a state office that investigates educator wrongdoing…Read more...
Several districts and schools across the Miami Valley will get a $1.8 million boost to meet the state’s new early literacy and reading requirements, including two districts in Clark and all districts in Champaign counties…Read more...
The Ohio Department of Education has denied the newspaper’s request to see Northridge Local Schools’ official written response to allegations that it scrubbed student attendance data…Read more...
The majority of Ohio public high school seniors still graduate from traditional schools but a growing number of them are graduating from non-traditional high schools…Read more...
It’s been three years since 21-year-old Larita White started working toward her GED, but her progress may be undone if she doesn’t receive the diploma before January…Read more...
Ohio schools that reportedly had errors in certain enrollment data have gotten state approval of plans to fix the issues…Read more...
Some conservative Ohio lawmakers and some faith leaders who generally support conservative causes want to put millions of additional dollars into more preschool…Read more...
Local Education News
- Kids learning to COPE with stress (Columbus Dispatch)
- Columbus schools may tap OSU provost as fill-in chief (Columbus Dispatch)
- North Baltimore to evaluate digital device program (Findlay Courier)
- VB teachers, school begin contract talks (Findlay Courier)
- Board approves reading, math programs for 2013 (Toledo Blade)
- Board supports policy of student drug testing (Toledo Blade)
- District to provide iPads to students (Toledo Blade)
Nothing gets 14-year-old Lyle Watters’ stomach tied up in knots as much as when his mom and stepdad argue…Read more...
The Columbus school board president has asked Joseph Alutto, vice president and provost at Ohio State University, to lead Columbus City Schools until a permanent superintendent…Read more...
Results of a pilot program that permitted North Baltimore students to use mobile electronic devices during school hours will be assessed by school officials this summer…Read more...
Contract negotiations between Van Buren's teachers and administrators have begun and are proceeding well, Superintendent Tim Myers…Read more...
At its regular meeting last week, the board of education approved the 2013 elementary intervention program, including its fees and instructors…Read more...
Fremont Ross High School students will undergo random drug testing next school year, following the school board’s support for a new drug testing policy…Read more...
Seventh and eighth graders in Oregon schools will get a welcome amenity next year when classes start: a new iPad. The board of education last week approved a technology lease with Apple Inc. that will put an iPad…Read more...
Editorial
- School board made good choice (Columbus Dispatch)
- Easy vote for lawmakers (Columbus Dispatch)
A public resolution by the Columbus Board of Education, expressing support for the recommendations of the Columbus Education Commission, is welcome…Read more...
Ohio lawmakers have before them a simple piece of legislation that won’t cost a dime in state funds, has bipartisan sponsorship, enjoys the broadest possible community support and unites groups…Read more...