State Education News
- School funding plan from Ohio House headed to a vote with many details still unclear (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
- Patrolman’s substitute-teaching job might start security trend (Columbus Dispatch)
- Legislator’s sex-ed proposal baffles some educators (Columbus Dispatch)
- Coleman balks at school-takeover legislation (Columbus Dispatch)
- Teachers see movement in state reading requirements (Mansfield News Journal)
- Conotton Valley debuts student helpline (New Philadelphia Times-Reporter)
- Bring Your Own Device pilot starting soon (Newark Advocate)
- Budget bill contains proposal for state takeover of schools (Toledo Blade)
The school funding proposal created by Ohio House leaders is scheduled for a vote Thursday, along with the rest of the state budget…Read more...
When Columbus Police Officer Bret Wilson encountered teens on the job, he found them to be disrespectful, rude to their parents…Read more...
Some local school administrators say it’s unclear how a ban on teaching about “gateway sexual activity” would change sex-education lessons in their districts…Read more...
Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman opposes a legislative plan that would allow him to pick two of the five members of a state panel that could take over Columbus City Schools…Read more...
Helping struggling readers master the skill is becoming more difficult for some Ohio teachers, even as lawmakers try to make it easier…Read more...
Conotton Valley Union Local Schools has launched an anonymous helpline where students can report threats of violence, illegal activity, depression or bullying situations…Read more...
Newark City Schools is running a pilot for the Bring Your Own Device initiative in select classrooms at the high school. The students in the pilot will be encouraged to bring their own…Read more...
Proposed legislation could lead to a state takeover of Toledo Public Schools and eight other districts because of its data-reporting practices…Read more...
Local Education News
- Phila school board gets ‘EverFi’ update (New Philadelphia Times-Reporter)
- Local groups could gain, schools lose under tax exemption (Zanesville Times-Recorder)
Members of the New Philadelphia Board of Education got an update on the EverFi Program…Read more...
Some local fraternal organizations could save thousands of dollars each year if they are exempted from paying property taxes, dollars that could be directed to other charitable work in the community…Read more...