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Education News for 04-19-2013

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State Education News

  • Projections show funding increases for charter schools (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • After cutting $82.2 million from Gov. John Kasich’s original school funding proposal, recent reports detailing…Read more...

  • Emotions run high at 1st school board meeting since Strongsville teachers strike (Sun Newspapers)

    • Emotions wound taught and simmering frustrations snapped and boiled over…Read more...

  • Strongsville teachers continue workplace picketing (Sun Newspapers)

    • At the end of their seventh week on strike in Strongsville, teachers there have resumed picketing at workplaces of school board members…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Medina levy issue crumbles as state probes district, superintendent’s finances (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • The Medina school board has rescinded Superintendent Randy Stepp’s contract…Read more...

  • Geneva BOE: Rehiring Zappitelli saves money (Ashtabula Star-Beacon)

    • Geneva Board of Education members have not been shy about their intention to retire, then rehire Superintendent Mary Zappitelli, and have given official public notice and scheduled a public hearing on the matter…Read more...

  • Emphasis placed on ability to write (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • Northwest Local Schools is making big changes in its three middle schools to get its adolescent students writing papers before they get to high…Read more...

  • Participation fees might see reductions by Northridge board (Newark Advocate)

    • The Northridge School Board is considering eliminating school fees for students and reducing pay to participate fees…Read more...

Editorial

  • Reeling in Medina (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • It won’t be easy, and it probably won’t be cheap, but the Medina school board must find a way to move forward, rebuilding public trust shattered by revelations…Read more...

  • Relief from dysfunction (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • Medicaid expansion will remain a contentious issue for many more weeks as Ohio debates the next biennial budget. Advocates of expansion…Read more...

  • Inspired teachers inspired students (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Great teachers don’t just pound knowledge into a student’s head; they care, inspire and change lives. They teach with such passion…Read more...

Primary election results quick snapshot

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We'll be bringing more in-depth coverage of the results from yesterdays election. In the mean time, the Dispatch reports - Voters say yes in six of 11 districts

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports - Parma, Garfield Heights voters pass school taxes, but Cuyahoga County voters defeat all other school issues

At the other end of the state, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports - Little Miami loses very close vote; Loveland, Norwood only winners out of seven

The Toledo Blade reports - Maumee levy fails; Sylvania's approved

  • Maumee City Schools - Failed
  • Sylvania City Schools - Passed
  • Woodmore - Passed
  • Wauseon - Passed
  • Benton-Carroll-Salem - Failed
  • Patrick Henry - Failed
  • Clyde-Green Springs - Failed

From Akron, Ohio.com reports - Only Nordonia Hills faces defeat in county. Highland squeaks out win in Medina. Portage levies fall. Full area results at the links below.

Anger over reckless budget runs red

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In 2010 John Kasich defeated Ted Strickland 36,407 to 23,761 in Medina county. Speaker Batchelder defeated his opponent even more convincingly 32,406 to 13,666. Clearly, Medina county runs a deep shade of red. With that in mind, this isn't the kind of response Republicans would expect on their home turf

Concerned Medina County residents came looking for answers Thursday night about school funding and pending state budget cuts from the top-ranking Republican in the Ohio House.

Instead, some said they felt that House Speaker William G. Batchelder and State Sen. Larry Obhof, whose districts include Medina County, left them hanging.
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The two state legislators, Obhof in particular, a first-term Republican from Montville Township, took some heat from angry audience members when discussions wandered from educational areas into political, and what happened while former Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland was in office the past four years.

"Talk about what Kasich is doing to education up here," one angry man yelled out while Obhof was speaking. "Keep politics out of this talk . . . we're here to see what's happening to education."

The outburst brought applause and cheers from the crowd in the reliably Republican county.