State Education News

School chiefs making exodus from districts (Columbus Dispatch)

Almost half the school districts in Franklin County will lose their leaders this school year, an educational brain drain for central Ohio…Read more...

2004 schools audit died quiet death (Columbus Dispatch)

In the fall of 2004, Andrew J. Ginther, who was then on the Columbus Board of Education and is now Columbus City Council president, received two anonymous messages…Read more...

School levies ruling ballot (Columbus Dispatch)

Two-thirds of the school levies on the Nov. 6 ballot are seeking additional local revenue to support public education, the highest percentage of new tax issues…Read more...

In some school districts, about 40 percent of their third-graders could be held back by a new state law (Columbus Dispatch)

Ohio school districts have started to tell some parents that their child is behind in reading, offering a glimpse of how many students could be held back under the state’s new third- grade reading-guarantee law…Read more...

Schools districts find ways to incorporate digital textbooks (Middletown Journal)

When U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said this month that all schools should convert to digital textbooks, some less affluent school districts cried foul…Read more...

Ohio e-book purchasers in line (Portsmouth Daily Times)

If you purchsed certain electronic books (e-books), you should be looking for an email…Read more...

State remaking the grade on report cards (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

Like other local administrators, Lakeview Schools Superintendent Robert Wilson said that his district will work to hit the state's academic target regardless of where it stands…Read more...

Patrol prepares for Bus Safety Week (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

Area Ohio State Highway Patrol posts are participating in National School Bus Safety Week, which starts Monday…Read more...

Local Education News

Trial in Chardon High shootings postponed until January (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

The trial of T.J. Lane, the teenager accused of killing three students and shooting three others at Chardon High School, has been rescheduled to Jan. 14…Read more...

Group wants Columbus schools’ seclusion-room doors removed (Columbus Dispatch)

Take the doors off seclusion rooms before more children are harmed, a disability-rights group told the Columbus school district…Read more...

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/10/20/group-wants-columbus-schools-seclusion- room-doors-removed.html

Former Perrysburg woman indicted, accused of stealing from school, community groups (Toledo Blade)

A former Perrysburg woman accused of stealing thousands of dollars from school and community groups was indicted this week on charges she stole from three other organizations…Read more...

TPS’ challenge will get tougher without new tax (Toledo Blade)

This wasn’t the October surprise that Toledo Public Schools wanted. Even as TPS is pleading with voters to approve a big tax increase this fall, school leaders are scrambling to explain why a new state-issued report card has downgraded…Read more...

iPads no longer going home with Cleveland Heights students after thefts (WEWS)

A dozen thefts in the past two weeks have robbed middle school students…Read more...

Perry Schools' 5-year forecast points to deficit spending (Willoughby News Herald)

The Perry School District has approved a five-year forecast that projects deficit spending in 2016. Treasurer Lew Galante explained that each year, the time frame for when deficit spending could be expected has been delayed…Read more...

Editorial

Awash in excellence (Akron Beacon Journal)

What’s all the grousing about an underperforming public school system in Ohio? Take a look at the latest state report cards, and the impression is that the public is needlessly critical of the quality of public education…Read more...