State Education News
- Schools no longer are no-cellphone zones (Columbus Dispatch)
- Superintendents' benefits are best in class (Cincinnati Enquirer)
- Online schools get millions in public support (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
- Boosters, PTOs must file reports (Columbus Dispatch)
- Auditors checking first 100 schools (Columbus Dispatch)
- Many boards let school officers control access (Columbus Dispatch)
- Ohio to get $1.27M for disability education (Middletown Journal)
More schools are embracing what was once considered a disruptive force in the classroom…Read more...
After Ohio cut nearly $2 billion from public-school budgets over the last two years, districts throughout the state cut hundreds of teaching jobs and froze teacher salaries…Read more...
Robert Mengerink didn't know how much an online school really costs to operate…Read more...
The Ohio attorney general’s office will be keeping a closer eye on school booster clubs and parent-teacher…Read more...
At least 40 of the 100 schools the state auditor is investigating for student-data manipulation are from six large, urban school districts…Read more...
School-board members in the region say they need to know what’s going on in their districts…Read more...
Ohio is one of 22 states the U.S. Department of Education said will receive a share of $24 million…Read more...
Local Education News
- Federal Hocking, Rural Action partner to incorporate local foods (Athens Messenger)
- Marlington students digging the oil field with technology class (Canton Repository)
- After-school option for CPS students (Cincinnati Enquirer)
- Districts fail reading standard (Hamilton Journal-News)
- Vermilion schools drug testing results kept secret (Lorain Morning Journal)
- Grad rates remain steady (Marion Star)
- Claymont BOE approves pact for classified workers (New Philadelphia Times)
- Three retiring, and ask to be rehired (Portsmouth Daily Times)
- New Sylvania school menus on way (Toledo Blade)
As a line forms in the Federal Hocking Secondary School lunchroom…Read more...
Anyone who thinks video games are a waste of time should talk to Marlington High School senior Bronwen Price…Read more...
In a sunny storefront on Hamilton Avenue in the heart of bustling Northside, Libby Hunter greeted her guests…Read more...
Eight public school districts out of the more than 70 in the Miami Valley did not meet the state proficiency standard for third-grade reading on the 2011-12 Ohio Achievement Assessments, according to preliminary report card data…Read more...
Vermilion Local Schools have done two rounds of random drug testing of students since approving the drug testing policy…Read more...
While graduation rates have dropped throughout the state after a change in how it is calculated…Read more...
Claymont Board of Education approved a new two-year contract Friday with its classified employees, which will require them to pay significantly more for their health insurance…Read more...
Three people at the Clay Local School District have announced their retirement, and will ask to be re-hired…Read more...
Cafeteria food for students in the Sylvania school district is about to get an overhaul…Read more...
Editorial
- Levy battles (Columbus Dispatch)
- Losing ground (Columbus Dispatch)
- Data rigging clearly had huge effect (Columbus Dispatch)
A trend toward organized opposition to school tax-levy requests may seem like another sign of growing…Read more...
The experts are trying to explain away dismal SAT reading scores of the nation’s most recent batch…Read more...
When the school attendance-rigging scandal was revealed in June, many wondered how much better Columbus City Schools…Read more...