State Education News
- ACLU wants seclusion-room tactics halted at schools (Columbus Dispatch)
- FBI joins probe of schools’ records (Columbus Dispatch)
- 2 city schools ranked excellent or above for first time (Springfield News-Sun)
- Revere BOE OKs new electronic device policy (West Side Leader)
There’s no need for seclusion rooms in Ohio schools and they ought to be phased out within three years, the ACLU of Ohio says…Read more...
The FBI has launched its own investigation into the data-scrubbing probe that began with Columbus City Schools and has spread statewide…Read more...
For the first time, two Springfield City elementary schools were ranked as “Excellent” or above on the preliminary Ohio Department of Education report card…Read more...
Students with iPads, Kindles, Nooks and other electronic devices will now be able to use them at school for educational purposes…Read more...
Local Education News
- Coleman hears of employers' need for graduates to be 'work-ready' (Columbus Dispatch)
- NC'town BOE terminates teacher's contract (New Philadelphia Times)
- Riverside teachers earn $9,800 grant for robotics (Willoughby News Herald)
- City students celebrate programs that begin after dismissal bell rings (Youngstown Vindicator)
Companies that are developing business in Columbus are placing a higher premium on the talent of the work force…Read more...
The Newcomerstown Board of Education voted Wednesday to terminate the teaching contract of sixth-grade teacher Scott Thomas, effective immediately…Read more...
Students at two Riverside schools will spend their time playing with Legos after the Dominion Foundation awarded a grant to the district…Read more...
More than 150 city elementary- and middle-school students marched along Wood Street, chanting the praises of their schools and the Youngstown Afterschool Alliance…Read more...