State Education News
- New bully-prevention guidelines make their way into area schools (Athens Messenger)
With the passage of the Jessica Logan Act earlier this year, schools across the state are now revising anti-bullying policies…Read more...
- Some standard tests not counted in schools rankings (Chillicothe Gazette)
Every year, Ohio schoolchildren take standardized tests to help determine their progress in key subjects and the effectiveness of education at that school…Read more...
- Columbus City Schools do 180 on data scrubbing (Columbus Dispatch)
Columbus City Schools leaders shifted last week from saying they don’t know whether administrators were changing attendance records. Their new position: They were changing records, and they thought it was OK…Read more...
- Yost: State could save $430,000 a year with access to students’ names (Columbus Dispatch)
The state Education Department could save more than $430,000 each year — and do a better job policing school data — if it had access to students’ names, the state auditor said yesterday…Read more...
- Manufacturing Day raises career awareness (Dayton Daily News)
Six area manufacturers and Miami University joined a national effort Friday to address a skills gap that has resulted in 600,000 unfilled…Read more...
- Excellence expected (Lorain Morning Journal)
In the midst of an investigation into false attendance data, the state has released limited preliminary report cards to school districts…Read more...
- Many local school leaders go without evaluations (Springfield News-Sun)
Half of Clark and Champaign counties’ top school district officials haven’t been evaluated in more than a year, despite board policies in each district…Read more...
- GED test fee to triple starting in January 2014 (Youngstown Vindicator)
If you’ve been thinking about finally earning your GED, now would be a good time to do it. Beginning in January 2014, the cost of taking the test will triple from $40 to $120, and the content will be more difficult…Read more...
Local Education News
- Mayor taps adviser to give briefings on city schools (Columbus Dispatch)
Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman has picked former Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric Fingerhut to advise the city in the mayor’s recently announced initiative to assess and improve the Columbus schools…Read more...
- Growth, loss of state aid spur Dublin schools’ request (Columbus Dispatch)
Enrollment in Dublin schools has grown at one of the fastest rates in central Ohio over the past decade, and so has district spending…Read more...
- Columbus schools: Correct numbers may fuel vouchers (Columbus Dispatch)
Jonathan Beard has a personal stake in the outcome of Columbus City Schools’ data scandal…Read more...
- Kids flood into Whitehall schools (Columbus Dispatch)
Whitehall school officials knew the numbers were off. The state had predicted that the district’s enrollment was on the decline, and it planned to design all five new schools for a smaller student population…Read more...
- ‘Dispatch’ suing over board’s private talks (Columbus Dispatch)
The Dispatch Printing Company sued the Columbus Board of Education yesterday, saying the board violated Ohio law when it barred the public from meetings to discuss a student- data scandal…Read more...
- Westerville schools chief plans to retire (Columbus Dispatch)
The chief of Westerville schools will retire at the end of this school year, he told members of the school board yesterday…Read more...
- Worthington schools’ spending up, but less than area average (Columbus Dispatch)
The Worthington school district spent more money last year on fewer students and teachers than it did a decade before, but the spending increase has been lower than the average for area districts, a Dispatch analysis of state and district data shows…Read more...
- Schools talk cyberbullying, implement hotlines (Dayton Daily News)
School districts across the Miami Valley are beefing up their anti-bullying policies and hosting school and community events this month to educate students and families about the dangers of bullying…Read more...
- Marion school chief: No feedback yet on attendance probe (Marion Star)
Marion City Schools has not received any feedback from the state regarding "questionable attendance policies and practices," its superintendent…Read more...
- State continues probe of Hamilton’s attendance data (Middletown Journal)
Investigators from the state auditor’s office will be in Hamilton Monday to finish a probe into whether three local schools scrubbed attendance data, possibly to improve their report card ratings…Read more...
- Learning center challenges students (Toledo Blade)
Springfield Middle School student Koceila Beddek bent over the NASA space map, adjusting tiny mirrors to direct the laser across the room and hit the moon…Read more...
- Chardon Healing Fund strategic planning meeting looks at future plans (Willoughby News Herald)
The Chardon Healing Fund recently held a Journey to Healing strategic planning meeting to share information with community members on the various healing supports and services currently available…Read more...
Editorial
- A Common Core of knowledge (Akron Beacon Journal)
Put a bunch of West African immigrants in a room, let them get comfortable after a drink or two, and before long they begin to swap stories…Read more...
- Policing Ohio's online courses (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
It's time the state legislature created a far more transparent and accountable system for Ohio's online programs and schools…Read more...
- Auditor's findings must not sink Cleveland schools levy (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Cleveland's schools have been tortured by a steady drip of bad news, some of it self- inflicted, but voters must keep the faith and support Issue 107…Read more...
