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A lot of changes have been legislated in education in recent years, and many of those changes due dates are almost upon us. Here is jus a sample of what we can expect and when, from Common Core and report cards to teacher evaluations.
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Next week we will begin to take a look at each of these and asses their merits and readiness.
State Education News
Most Ohio schools earn passing grades for making progress with gifted students…Read more...
Columbus principals would have to get permission to change students’ grades at the end of the school year under rules the superintendent is proposing…Read more...
Changes made by the Ohio Department of Education have report cards for schools taking on a whole new look, according to a report…Read more...
State Rep. Matt Huffman is working on a school funding plan he says will create a consistent and steady increase in education money…Read more...
Local school officials said that concerns about the appointment of Raul Ramos and Henry Patterson Jr. to the Academic Distress Commission…Read more...
This week, students will begin taking this year’s Ohio Achievement Assessments. One of the best things parents can do to help their students do well on the test…Read more...
Data included on the state report cards for high schools about how students performed on the SAT, ACT and AP tests can translate into money saved for families…Read more...
Local Education News
A reshuffling of administrators in the Buckeye Local School District will result in a familiar face returning to Edgewood High School next year…Read more...
Although the Cleveland School District is leaving its longtime offices on East Sixth Street this summer, school board member Eric Wobser wants the district to increase…Read more...
More than 1 in 4 Columbus schools will get new principals this fall as the district makes new efforts to rescue poorly performing schools…Read more...
Parents and teachers rallied Friday in front of the Springboro Board of Education in support of the district’s teachers and in opposition to the school board…Read more...
Drug testing at Vermilion High School will expand to include all students next school year, Superintendent Phil Pempin announced yesterday…Read more...
For decades, there have been students sitting in their classrooms wondering, “Why do I have to learn this?” and “When am I going to use this in the real world?”…Read more...
Yet another negotiation session in the seven-week teachers strike failed to produce a deal…Read more...
State Education News
If the state’s new way of grading schools had been in effect when the 2011-12 report cards were released…Read more…
Also:
Ohio’s New Report Card (video)- WSYX Columbus
If state used new 'report card' for districts last year, how would your school do? - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Preview of new state report cards not a pretty picture for many school districts - Columbus Dispatch
10 things to know about state report card changes - Youngstown Vindicator
Schools get look at new grades - Lancaster Eagle-Gazette
School Districts Get New A-F Report Card Ratings - WCMH Columbus
Grades falter in simulation of new school report cards - Akron Beacon Journal
The new school funding plan proposed by Ohio House leadership left some school officials happy on Wednesday, some wishing that Gov. John Kasich's earlier plan was still on the table and many more still struggling to understand all the changes.…Read more…
Schools could ask voters to approve levies aimed specifically at safety and security under bills passed by the Senate yesterday.…Read more…
Local Education News
Columbus City Schools had 14 applicants from across the nation for superintendent when the school board voted to suspend its search on Tuesday evening, bowing to the wishes of Mayor Michael B. Coleman and others.…Read more…
The Midview school board will hire current Director of Education Scott Goggin as its next superintendent at today’s board meeting.…Read more…
It may be easier for Avon Lake High School seniors to receive their diploma in 2014 as school board members consider cutting graduation credit hours from 24 to 21 credits.…Read more…
The treasurer of a Mahoning County district urged state lawmakers Wednesday to increase state funding for local schools.…Read more…
Boardman High School boosters are trying to get a new stadium project up and running, despite voter rejection of a bond issue in 2007 that would have provided funding.…Read more…
State Education News
Ohio’s Department of Education on Wednesday released the rest of its school and district report card data for the 2011-12 school year, six months late…Read more…
The Solon school district won't be sweating over whether it's rated Excellent or Excellent with Distinction on state report cards anymore.…Read more…
State Auditor Dave Yost, whose office investigated data-scrubbing among school districts throughout the state, called on the Ohio Department of Education yesterday to fix the “just-trust-me” system.…Read more…
After a nearly seven-month delay because of a statewide investigation into attendance tampering, the 2011-12 school report cards were finally released Wednesday.…Read more…
The State Department of Education released the final 2011-12 report cards Wednesday.…Read more…
Ohioans finally get to see their schools’ ratings in the nice, clean PDF format they’re used to, instead of the confusing and incomplete spreadsheets the Department of Education released in the fall.…Read more…
The Ohio Department of Education released finalized school report cards today, after a months-long delay prompted by a statewide investigation into allegations of data manipulation by school districts.…Read more…
Attorneys for Mount Vernon schools fidgeted in their seats and dropped their heads yesterday as they listened to Ohio Supreme Court justices discuss the case of fired teacher John Freshwater.…Read more…
Local Education News
The Ohio Department of Education has found that Akron-area school districts performed higher than state performance averages.…Read more…
Your school district's rating on final report cards issued Wednesday hasn't changed since the state released preliminary ratings in the fall.…Read more…
For years, Hilliard students consistently have accomplished more than a year’s worth of learning during the school year. …Read more…
Linden Elementary’s Friday morning book club — The Morning Glories - set out to do something special for the school's participation in the 26 Days of Kindness initiative.…Read more…
Sixteen school buildings in the Tuscarawas Valley earned the ranking of Excellent With Distinction in the latest Ohio school report card data released Wednesday.…Read more…
About six months later than usual, the Ohio Department of Education released final school report card data on Wednesday.…Read more…
Local school districts maintained their preliminary report card ratings Wednesday when the state released final results for the 2011-12 school year.…Read more…
Final school report cards released Wednesday by the Ohio Department of Education look a lot like those issued last October.…Read more…
A charter school in the Milo-Grogan neighborhood is giving up its legal fight to stay open and will hold its final day of classes today.…Read more…
As Friday’s sequester deadline looms, 47 children in Marion, Morrow, Crawford and Richland counties remain caught in the cross hairs.…Read more…
Clark County commissioners plan to spend more than $96,000 this year and $118,000 next year to hire deputies to boost school security, but concerns have been raised whether the county can afford the program.…Read more…
Three central Ohio schools left to submit their safety plans to the state filed them within the past week after being probed by 10TV’s Jerry Revish.…Read more…
Last year’s tragedy at Chardon High School was a painful reminder of how vulnerable places of learning can be.…Read more…
The people of Chardon have opened their hearts to help victims’ families of the Chardon High School shooting. They've also opened their wallets and the generosity has been felt from coast-to-coast.…Read more…
Families of the three students who died in the Chardon High School shootings filed a wrongful death suit Wednesday against the gunman, his parents and his legal guardians.…Read more…
State Education News
Dozens of Ohio high schools are moving closer to complying with the state mandate to teach personal finance…Read more...
The Columbus schools that deleted the most student attendance records last year posted dramatic academic declines…Read more...
The Ohio Department of Education released a pared-down version of school report cards on Wednesday, withholding some of the most illuminating information while a statewide investigation…Read more...
Based on preliminary report card data that the state released Wednesday, Warren City Schools are among those celebrating…Read more...
Local Education News
Ohio’s eight largest big-city school districts say they have experienced numerous problems understanding…Read more...
Graduation rates have plunged almost across the board at school districts in Southwest Ohio…Read more...
A Dayton Daily News analysis of the incomplete 2011-12 state report cards released…Read more...
The Bristol Board of Education on Wednesday approved a three-year contract with the district's employees…Read more...
CEO of Cleveland Schools Eric Gordon will host the State of Schools…Read more...
The outcome of a five-year 9.7-mill renewal levy in the Nov. 6 election will determine whether the Cardinal Local School District will be placed in a state of fiscal watch or emergency…Read more...
Youngstown City Schools remain in academic watch, narrowly missing a continuous improvement designation…Read more...
Editorial
Sports and band booster clubs, and parent teacher organizations, serve an important function by aiding students…Read more...
State Education News
The Ohio Department of Education will post school report cards today — minus the grades…Read more...
The slim version of Ohio’s school report cards that will go public today is like a hamburger without the bun…Read more...
For the third straight year, the top minds in education are meeting in New York City for the annual education nation summit. Education is center-stage in the presidential election…Read more...
Local Education News
The cash-strapped Akron Public Schools took an unexpected budget hit this week with news that the district must repay more than $3 million…Read more...
A special joint committee of the Columbus City Council and Columbus school board met yesterday, but with no clearer idea of how their relationship has changed…Read more...
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Or PETA, has made a unique proposal to the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to help take a bite out…Read more...
It was an emotionally-charged debate in the heart of Cleveland's Lee-Harvard neighborhood. Community activists organized an informative debate…Read more…
Editorial
Arrogance among those elected to represent the people's interests sometimes reaches intolerable levels. Often it involves keeping secrets from the public…Read more...