State Education News
- A school-rating revamp? (Columbus Dispatch)
- 35 district jobs to be cut to fill $2.8M budget hole (Columbus Dispatch)
- Disabilities board asks districts to pay fee for school programs (Columbus Dispatch)
- Schools changing texting policies (Middletown Journal)
- Student turnover dependent on several factors at local schools (Zanesville Times-Recorder)
Ohio schools won’t receive an overall grade on state-issued report cards for the next two years under a Republican plan to ramp up the school-accountability system…Read more...
Teachers cried and students begged the school board to change its mind, but in the end, few in a crowd of probably 200 people left on Thursday night with much hope that 35 district jobs can be saved…Read more...
Starting next fall, the Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities will ask local school districts to pick up part of the tab when children attend its preschool and school-age programs…Read more...
At a time when many school districts are crafting stricter regulations about teachers text messaging with students…Read more...
Elementary school students in Zanesville City Schools lost about 20 percent of their classmates in two years. In contrast, the turnover in the East Muskingum Local Schools was only 8 percent between 2009 and 2011…Read more...
Local Education News
- Fourteen more Jackson High victims identified, total is 38 (Canton Repository)
- Two panels debate options for schools levy (Columbus Dispatch)
- Diabetes a challenge for schools (Columbus Dispatch)
- Districts recognized for financial transparency (Middletown Journal)
Police have identified 14 more Jackson High student-athletes who were videotaped nude in locker room showers…Read more...
After the Columbus Board of Education scrapped plans to put a tax increase on the presidential-election ballot, Superintendent Gene Harris has been preparing for the next push with two groups of community leaders…Read more...
A rapidly rising rate of students with diabetes in Columbus public schools and persistent struggles in reading proficiency are among the challenges…Read more...
Twelve of the 45 school districts or schools in Ohio that earned a Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting for fiscal year 2011 are located in the Miami Valley…Read more...
Editorial
- Crossing the finish line (Columbus Dispatch)
Despite being the seventh-most-populous state, with colleges and universities almost everywhere one looks, Ohio is 37th in the nation for the percentage of adults…Read more...