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Education News for 05-08-2013

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 01-30-2013

State Education News

  • Educators speculate on Kasich’s budget plans (Columbus Dispatch)
  • Every school district in Ohio is waiting to hear Gov. John Kasich’s plan for school funding, to be unveiled on Thursday..Read more…

Local Education News

  • Columbus schools seek public input on new superintendent (Columbus Dispatch)
  • The Columbus City Schools are inviting members of the public to weigh in on what they want in a new superintendent at a series of regional “focus groups” starting next week...Read more…

  • School worker now at home (Warren Tribune Chronicle)
  • WARREN - A city school district employee charged earlier this month with carrying a concealed weapon was placed on home assignment pending the outcome of an investigation...Read more…

  • Shared services with Hubbard may end in Liberty (Youngstown Vindicator)
  • A shared-services agreement between adjoining school districts soon may end...Read more…

Editorial

  • Take a close look at attendance (Warren Tribune Chronicle)
  • Officials in some of Ohio's biggest school districts, including Columbus, were caught lying about student attendance numbers last year. They were inflated to make the school systems appear to be doing a better job than actually was the case...Read more…

Education News for 09-27-2012

State Education News

  • More high schools teaching personal finance (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  • Dozens of Ohio high schools are moving closer to complying with the state mandate to teach personal finance…Read more...

  • Schools that wiped out data the most take academic dive (Columbus Dispatch)
  • The Columbus schools that deleted the most student attendance records last year posted dramatic academic declines…Read more...

  • Report on TPS generally poor (Toledo Blade)
  • 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...

  • Report cards incomplete (Warren Tribune Chronicle)
  • Based on preliminary report card data that the state released Wednesday, Warren City Schools are among those celebrating…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Akron, other Ohio urban school districts target attendance data system (Akron Beacon Journal)
  • Ohio’s eight largest big-city school districts say they have experienced numerous problems understanding…Read more...

  • Graduation rates fall on state's new Report (Cincinnati Enquirer)
  • Graduation rates have plunged almost across the board at school districts in Southwest Ohio…Read more...

  • Some school districts may slip in ratings (Dayton Daily News)
  • A Dayton Daily News analysis of the incomplete 2011-12 state report cards released…Read more...

  • Bristol BOE OKs 3-year contract (Warren Tribune Chronicle)
  • The Bristol Board of Education on Wednesday approved a three-year contract with the district's employees…Read more...

  • CEO of Cleveland Schools expected to address "F" grade at State of Schools Address (WEWS)
  • CEO of Cleveland Schools Eric Gordon will host the State of Schools…Read more...

  • Cardinal School District facing fiscal emergency (Willoughby News Herald)
  • 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...

  • Incomplete Ohio report cards show few Valley changes (Youngstown Vindicator)
  • Youngstown City Schools remain in academic watch, narrowly missing a continuous improvement designation…Read more...

Editorial

  • Booster rules, Court merger (Findlay Courier)
  • Sports and band booster clubs, and parent teacher organizations, serve an important function by aiding students…Read more...

Education News for 09-18-2012

State Education News

  • State to review deal in audit (Columbus Dispatch)
  • School officials changed their minds about hiring state auditors to examine an exotic financial deal in the New Albany-Plain district…Read more

  • Area high school students in college classes has doubled in past five years (Hamilton Journal-News)
  • Students who take college courses while in high school are expected to increase dramatically in the next decade, education experts say…Read more

  • State to talk about money at Mathews (Warren Tribune Chronicle)
  • Ohio Department of Education representatives are scheduled to visit Mathews Schools officials on Wednesday to discuss the district's finances…Read more

Local Education News

  • North Fork fills vacant position after tight vote (Newark Advocate)
  • The North Fork Board of Education approved a Columbus administrator as its new activities director and assistant principal…Read more

  • Driving the point home (Warren Tribune Chronicle)
  • It's one thing for an adult, including a law enforcement officer, to talk to teens about the importance of safe driving…Read more

  • Former Northland High School Athletic Director Admits To Stealing Thousands (WBNS)
  • The former athletic director at Northland High School pleaded guilty to theft in office. Ramani Hunter was sentenced to a six-month suspended sentence if she follows all the rules during a year of court…Read more

  • Columbus Schools Face Lawsuit Over Planned Renovation Project (WBNS)
  • Columbus City Schools is facing a $41 million lawsuit over its renovation project at Indianola Middle School…Read more

  • Board member calls for sup’t to resign (Youngstown Vindicator)
  • An emotionally charged email from school-board member Harold Porter calls for the resignation of Superintendent Vince Colaluca. Porter, who was elected to the board in November 2011, sent the email to Colaluca and other school-board members…Read more