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Education News for 05-08-2013

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State Education News

  • Toddlers and tech - reasons to share your smartphone (Canton Repository)

    • A lot of things change when you become a parent. The shows you watch, the restaurants you go to and the concept of sleep as you once knew it all evolve when your family structure transforms from a "me" to a "we."…Read more...

  • Security Concerns Raise Questions About Voting At Schools (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Polls were open at Licking Heights High School on Tuesday, and Superintendent Phil Wagner says security preparations were made far in advance…Read more...

  • Ohio school buys eye control device to help students communicate (Newark Advocate)

    • Like most 6-year-olds, Algassimou Bah has a lot to say. However, living with cerebral palsy has made it difficult for Algassimou, known by his teachers…Read more...

  • Maysville schools mull drug testing athletes (Zanesville Times-Recorder)

    • Maysville Local Schools will be the first district in the area to require athletes to be drug tested if a proposal submitted to the Board of Education…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Columbus district sells old school buildings for $3.2 million (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The Columbus Board of Education sold three vacant school buildings last night, including a historical middle school a block from German Village’s Schiller Park that sold for about half what the county auditor says it’s worth…Read more...

  • Hilliard sale odd for one board member (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Even before Paul Lambert was elected to the Hilliard school board more than three years ago, he raised concerns about residential development outpacing commercial growth…Read more...

  • Ada School District voters approve 0.75% income tax (Findlay Courier)

    • Voters in the Ada School District approved a 0.75 percent income tax…Read more...

  • Westlake schools prepare to make cuts (Sun Newspapers)

    • School officials will face some tough decisions on nearly $1 million in proposed cuts when they meet…Read more...

  • Brookfield schools cautiously happy (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • A member of the Brookfield Board of Education said she was on "pins and needles"…Read more...

  • Libraries may return (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • Voters in the Champion school district supported a 5.95-mill, 10-year additional operating levy for emergency requirements of the district…Read more...

  • Columbus City Schools To Hire 300 For Transportation Positions (WBNS)

    • Columbus City Schools announced on Tuesday that it is hiring 300 people to drive buses for the district…Read more...

Education News for 10-24-2012

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  • Attendance audit: More 'clean' schools (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • Ohio Auditor Dave Yost’s office found no evidence of attendance rigging in the second batch of Ohio schools he reviewed as as part of a statewide probe into potential data tampering…Read more...

  • Northeast Ohio schools come up 'clean' in state auditor's attendance review (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • Ohio Auditor Dave Yost's test of school districts with tax requests on the Nov. 6 ballot shows no evidence in Northeast Ohio of "scrubbing,"…Read more...

  • 47 school districts cleared of ‘scrubbing’ (Columbus Dispatch)

    • A second round of auditing found no evidence that more school officials unlawfully “scrubbed” their student data…Read more...

  • Auditor probe fails to turn up more problems (Dayton Daily News)

    • Just two weeks before school districts across Ohio ask voters for more money, state Auditor Dave Yost reported that his team has not uncovered any more evidence…Read more...

  • State inquiry into school districts’ tinkering with data progresses (Toledo Blade)

    • The second phase of a statewide audit into possible manipulation of school attendance data found no new instances of improper “scrubbing.”…Read more...

Local Education News

  • North Baltimore officials pleased with report card (Findlay Courier)

    • Not unlike a proud parent, North Baltimore school officials Tuesday released preliminary data on a district report card from the state…Read more...

  • School District To Offer Cardiac Screenings For High School Athletes (WBNS)

    • The Olentangy Local School District is offering cardiac screenings to high school athletes in an attempt to reduce the number of deaths from undetected heart disorders…Read more...

  • Failure of district’s levy renewal would mean loss of $5.3 million (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • If the 10.4-mill city school district renewal levy doesn’t pass, the district would lose about $5.3 million…Read more...

  • Tutoring program aids Struthers kids (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Two students sat across from each other in the art room at Struthers Elementary School on Tuesday and contemplated the task before them…Read more...

Editorial

  • Lima schools need to think change (Lima News)

    • Jill Ackerman sent a strong message last week that the status quo won’t be good enough for Lima City Schools…Read more...