Statewide Education News
- Big hurdles hold up new way for state to grade schools (Dispatch)
- Ohio School District Has Teens Watch 'Bully' Film (AP, NBC-4)
Few argue that Ohio needs a more-demanding way of rating schools and districts on annual state report cards. But fierce debate has broken out among educators and political leaders over how new A-through-F grades are calculated and when new report cards will be issued. Read More…
About 9,000 Cincinnati Public School students are seeing an anti-bullying documentary that stirred debate over its initial rating restricting children under 17 from seeing it without an adult. The district intends to use the film, which has since been lowered to a PG-13 rating, as a teaching tool to help prevent bullying. The film, "Bully," follows five kids over a school year in an attempt to demonstrate the toll bullying takes on children and families. Read More…
Local Issues
- Allison hired as Canton Schools assistant superindendent (Repository)
- Kasich reading proposal could have greater impact on combined Athens elementaries (Athens Messenger)
- How the casino tax money will be divided among schools, cities, counties and other governments (Plain Dealer)
- Cuts park buses (Warren Tribune Chronicle)
- Crowd implores board to 'let Cory walk' at graduation (Newark Advocate)
- Farm-to-School catches momentum (New Philadelphia Times Reporter)
The City Schools Board of Education approved a number of administrative changes Monday night, including the naming of Adrian Allison as its new assistant superintendent. Allison, a 1990 McKinley High School graduate, returns to Canton after serving as an associate superintendent with the Ohio Department of Education. Before that, he was Canton City Schools’ director of school improvement. Read More…
At a time when the state is talking about making it tougher for third-graders with poor reading skills to advance to fourth grade, the Athens City School District is combining the two elementary schools with the lowest third-grade reading scores in the county. Read More…
Ohio's casino operators promise tax dollars -- millions of tax dollars -- for schools, cities, counties and other services. So what governments will get how much money? That's difficult to say because it depends on how well the casinos do, and if they end up facing competition down the line from horse tracks offering slot machines. Read More…
Citing financial constraints, the school district is cutting busing for out-of-district private and charter schools. They will instead providing public transit passes to residential students who attend those schools. Superintendent Vincent Colaluca said the move meets state requirements to provide transportation for students living within the school district. The change will not impact students attending schools within Austintown's borders such as Immaculate Heart of Mary School, he said. Read More…
The Licking Valley senior class wants Cory Ryan to walk across the stage during commencement. Students have collected 722 signatures supporting the "Let Cory Walk" movement -- with 100 members of the senior class signing on, said Marissa Klein, a junior who helped create the petition and shirts. Read More…
The first local Ohio Farm-to-School program inspired Buckeye Career Center to plant a garden outside the school. The next Farm-to-School event, “Making the Connections in Your Cafeteria,” looks to stimulate other ideas for indoors. Read More…
Editorial & Opinion
- City schools must act boldly (Vindicator, Op-Ed from Judge Nathaniel Jones)
A decade ago, KnowledgeWorks came to Youngstown with an audacious idea: Youngstown high school students could not only graduate on time and be prepared for college, but they could also master college material and earn college credits — all while in high school. From that idea in 2004 was born the Youngstown Early College High School, now rated excellent — the best school in the Youngstown City School District, and one of the best in the region. Read More…