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Education News for 04-10-2013

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State Education News

  • Ohio Adopts New Restraint, Seclusion Room Policies For Schools (WBNS)

    • Ohio was a state that had no restrictions on seclusion rooms or restraints in schools. In December, the state created a policy, or guidelines, for districts to follow...Read more...

    


  • School funding plan gets overhaul from Ohio House (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • State legislative leaders tossed out a major part of Gov. John Kasich's school funding plan Tuesday and significantly shifted the dollars that individual districts would receive from the state...Read more...

Local Education News

  • National Robotics Challenge returns for 10th year (Marion Star)

    • While much of the robotics buzz locally is centering on the upcoming world robotics championship to be held in California, the event that first spurred an interest locally will enter its 10th year Thursday...Read more...

  • Cuts could hit Head Start (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • Students and teachers in Mahoning and Trumbull counties could be affected by a federal funding hit to Head Start programs...Read more...

    


  • Geneva schools to host open meeting on lockdown response (Ashtabula Star-Beacon)

    • Geneva teachers and first responders will team up Thursday to inform parents about new emergency lockdown procedures at every district school...Read more...

    


  • Students earn Junior Achievement experience, honors (Canton Repository)

    • Dozens of area high school students spent Tuesday morning showing what they’ve learned this year about business, and several went home with scholarship money...Read more...

    


  • Fairborn teachers put to the test (WDTN)

    • Fairborn students got an extra day of Spring Break Monday while their teachers had a very serious lesson to learn in the classroom...Read more...

    


  • Bluffton student raises awareness for diabetes, awarded for efforts (Lima News)

    • Jena Diller has no memory of a time when she didn’t have a sibling with Type 1 diabetes. Her older sister was diagnosed at age 12, her younger brother at age 4...Read more...

    


  • New Technology Allows Police To Have Eyes Inside Schools (WBNS)

    • A new tool has turned Baltimore village police officers into “virtual” cops. DARE officer Jason Harget demonstrated how officers can see inside every school in the district from the inside of his police cruiser...Read more...

  • Turnout seen as key to Chillicothe City School's levy success (Chillicothe Gazette)

    • With no other candidates or issues on the May 7 ballot for Chillicothe voters, people pushing for passage of the Chillicothe City Schools’ operational levy realize that getting people fired up..Read more...

  • Pymatuning Valley Local School District classified employee has beef with superintendent (Ashtabula Star-Beacon)

    • A Pymatuning Valley Local School District classified employee says she has been placed on unpaid administrative leave after missing several weeks of work due to being on a mission trip out of the country...Read more...

  • Cleveland School district approves sale of administration building to hotel for $4.5 million (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • A St. Louis hotel company will become the new owners of the Cleveland School District's landmark East Sixth administration building after the school board voted 5-to- 3 to accept its $4.5 million bid Tuesday night...Read more...

  • Avon Lake City Schools stress passage of levy (Lorain Morning Journal)

    • As the May 7 primary election quickly approaches, Avon Lake City School board members met yesterday to discuss financials and stress how important the upcoming levy is to success of the district and city of Avon Lake...Read more...

  • 'Do the Right Thing' program returns to Lorain City Schools (Lorain Morning Journal)

    • Lorain City Schools’ “Do the Right Thing” program has returned after more than a year’s hiatus...Read more...

  • Niles McKinley High begins classes in new building (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • “It’s really nice, and I love it,” said Angelisa Beltran, a 17-year-old senior, as she and nearly 675 of her fellow students began their first day of classes in the new Niles McKinley High School...Read more...

  • Youngstown school board rejects funding members' trip to Calif. (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • If three city school board members want to attend a National School Boards Association conference this weekend in San Diego, they’ll have to pay for it themselves...Read more...

    


Education News for 01-28-2013

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State Education News

  • Local taxpayers may pay heavy price for state legislature’s reading mandates (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • The state legislature in June invoked a “third-grade reading guarantee,” requiring school districts beginning in 2014 to keep children from advancing to the fourth grade…Read more...

  • Schools brace for teacher retirements after pension reform (Canton Repository)

    • Even before state lawmakers passed reforms to the state’s five pension systems, North Canton City Schools Treasurer Todd Tolson watched a mass…Read more...

  • Educators on edge as funding plan nears (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • Gov. John Kasich is expected to release a new school funding formula this week, becoming the fourth Ohio governor to try to fix a funding system the state Supreme Court has said is inequitable and unconstitutional…Read more...

  • Ohio's state tests slated to get much harder in two years (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • Ohio is about to raise the bar on its state tests for students in third through eighth grade. And just about everyone is predicting…Read more...

  • Local school officials brace for the worst as they wonder what Gov. John Kasich's budget will have (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • Local school officials are bracing themselves for Gov. John Kasich's plan for funding schools…Read more...

  • Some on state board press for special meeting over Terhar controversy (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Several members of the Ohio Board of Education want a special meeting to discuss the controversy surrounding Board President Debe Terhar…Read more...

  • Ohio schools look at adding police officers (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Most Ohio high schools and some middle schools have an armed, uniformed police officer or deputy sheriff…Read more...

  • Schools move quickly to boost security (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Within days of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting last month, officials in Ohio schools began to sign off on safety updates that had long sat on the back burner…Read more...

  • Bill to get police in school (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Many students might not dwell on the possibility of violence erupting at their school, but some Reynoldsburg seniors say a plan aimed at encouraging off-duty law-enforcement officers…Read more...

  • Casino money 'drop in bucket’ for schools (Lima News)

    • School districts will take every dollar they can get, but officials don’t want the public to confuse casino tax money expected this week to be anything more than what it really is…Read more...

  • Incentive would help cops work as substitute teachers (Mansfield News Journal)

    • U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi wants to encourage off-duty police officers to serve as substitute teachers by giving them a break on their federal taxes…Read more...

  • New online tool reports teacher, school employees’ salaries (Springfield News-Sun)

    • A searchable online database of 2012 salary data for every public school employee in Ohio is now available online, thanks to a right-leaning Columbus-based think tank that published the information…Read more...

  • Kasich set to unveil school funding plan (Toledo Blade)

    • It’s been a decade since the Ohio Supreme Court issued its fourth and final ruling declaring the state’s funding of schools unconstitutional because it placed students in poorer districts at a competitive…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Chillicothe schools' orchestra spared from cuts for good measure (Chillicothe Gazette)

    • It’s been called the “crown jewel” of the Chillicothe City Schools. The orchestra program, which is the only one of its kind in the region…Read more...

  • CPS open enrollment plan meets opposition (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • The Cincinnati Public Schools board of education expects to vote tonight to open enrollment to out-of-district students…Read more...

  • School launches natural resources program (Springfield News-Sun)

    • The Springfield-Clark Career Technology Center will introduce a natural resources management program next school year, the school’s first new addition…Read more...

  • Chinese students show off talents at Toledo schools (Toledo Blade)

    • It was Pen Tsou’s classroom, but at least for a moment, another teacher took the lead…Read more...

  • Shared treasurer decision pending in Liberty, Hubbard (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • A decision will be made in May as to whether two neighboring school districts will share a treasurer…Read more...

Editorial

  • Link performance to review of parents (Columbus Dispatch)

    • According to the Jan. 15 Dispatch article “Teachers’ pay might be linked to quality,” merit pay for teachers would be based on several things but “more on performance than experience…Read more...

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  • Teaching the teachers (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • Classroom teachers increasingly are feeling the heat to raise student achievement levels. It is quite appropriate that close attention is falling…Read more...

  • New emphasis (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Mental-health care is a critical and underserved need, as was underscored in the wake of recent shootings by mentally disturbed young men…Read more...

  • Protecting confidences (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The unfolding statewide scandal involving school districts accused of cheating on their state report cards makes abundantly clear why employees willing to blow the whistle…Read more...

  • Bad bet (Findlay Courier)

    • Ohio school administrators say they won't rely on state casino revenues to balance their budgets. That is a wise approach, considering their cut of gamblers' wagers at the state's casinos will never make up for state funding…Read more...

Education News for 01-17-2013

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State Education News

  • Retiring Columbus schools official fears he’s data-rigging scapegoat (Columbus Dispatch)

    • No Columbus school-district worker is thought to have altered more student records over the past few years than Michael L. Dodds…Read more...

  • Westerville superintendent search down to 6 candidates (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Six candidates have been called back for second interviews in the search for the next superintendent of Westerville schools…Read more...

  • School reformer backs Kasich’s efforts (Columbus Dispatch)

    • A national education leader who has the ears of Gov. John Kasich and other Ohio GOP leaders says the state’s education system has improved, and she hopes this year to help push additional reforms through the General Assembly…Read more...

  • Ohio Police Department Offers To Add Armed Officers At Schools (WBNS)

    • A month after the deadly shootings at Sandy Hook elementary, President Obama is making recommendations to increase safety. Some Ohio school districts are taking action of their own…Read more...

Local Education News

  • No plan to arm teachers in North Canton schools (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • The carnage from the Newtown, Conn., shootings has added a new dimension to school safety and security…Read more...

  • Principal moved to district office after failing to report assault (Columbus Dispatch)

    • A Reynoldsburg elementary-school principal who did not immediately report a sexual assault involving two students to district officials or the police has resigned…Read more...

  • Coleman critical of school board (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman scolded the Columbus Board of Education yesterday for being reluctant to cooperate unconditionally…Read more...

  • Three elementary schools getting new security entrances (Findlay Courier)

    • By springtime, at least three of Findlay's elementary schools will have new security entrances, Findlay Superintendent Dean Wittwer said Wednesday…Read more...

  • Arm teachers? Sheriff: response time critical (New Philadelphia Times)

    • Tuscarawas County Sheriff Walt Wilson believes that schools need both a police presence and armed employees to prevent the mass shootings that have occurred in recent years across the country…Read more...

  • Westlake teachers, district reach agreement on 18-month contract (Sun News)

    • School board members voted Wednesday to approve an agreement with the Westlake Teachers Association on an 18-month contract for teachers…Read more...

  • Hilliard Property Taxes Decrease Due To School Refinancing (WBNS)

    • Hilliard City Schools has taken steps to refinance some of its debt which will decrease property taxes in the district. A district spokesperson said school board members voted on two separate resolutions that will reduce the projected bond millage…Read more...

  • Orrville City Schools votes to arm science teacher (WEWS)

    • When it came to a vote for a school board resolution…Read more...

  • Geauga County school leaders discuss consolidating 4 smallest districts (Willoughby News Herald)

    • After a meeting Wednesday night, it's fair to say there are still more questions than answers about the possibility of consolidating Geauga County's four smallest school districts…Read more...

Editorial

  • Code of conduct (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • Public schools have a tough job when it comes to student discipline. As centers of learning, they are required to maintain an environment conducive to learning…Read more...

Education News for 11-27-2012

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State Education News

  • Kasich offers Coleman help with school reform (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Gov. John Kasich pledged to assist Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman with efforts to reform the city’s school system, much like the support he gave this year to Cleveland…Read more...

  • New buildings may doom school levies in elections (Dayton Daily News)

    • Voters who approved bond issues in recent years to build new schools rejected requests for new operating levies in those same districts earlier this month…Read more...

  • Title IX 40th anniversary: High school, college athletes, coaches see benefits and challenges (Willoughby News Herald)

    • As an All-Ohio volleyball player at Lake Catholic High School as well as a University of Florida recruit, Abby Detering has felt the effects of Title IX. And she likes what the future holds…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Bomb threat holds up Dublin classes (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Dublin school officials took the unusual step of delaying the start of school throughout the district yesterday after emails said there were bombs in several buildings…Read more...

  • Free school lunch numbers continue to rise (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • During the past decade, the percentage of students participating in the Free and Reduced Lunch program has nearly doubled in some Butler County school districts…Read more...

  • Reynoldsburg Police Pull Dare Officer Out Of Schools (WBNS)

    • The new administration at the Reynoldsburg Police Department has decided to implement term limits for its school resource officer…Read more...

  • Teens steal iPads, laptops (WEWS)

    • Eleven iPads were stolen from an Akron middle school…Read more...

Romney - too many teachers

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“He says we need more firemen, more policemen, more teachers. Did he not get the message in Wisconsin? The American people did. It’s time for us to cut back on government and help the American people.” ~ Mitt Romney, Friday, June 8th 2012.

Does Mitt Romney truly believe that firemen, police and teachers are not Americans too? Does Mitt Romney really believe we'd all be better off with a lot less teachers? Less firefighter? Less police?

Based upon he previous policy choices while Governor of Massachusetts that very well might be what he believes

UPDATE - NEA Responds

GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s disdainful comments on Friday about needing fewer teachers, police officers and firefighters showed how out of touch he is with middle class America. Appearing today on "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, a high-profile Romney campaign supporter and potential candidate for vice president, continued the attack on working families when he called for the elimination of unions for teachers, police officers and firefighters.

"Mitch Daniels is wrong. America isn’t better off when teachers can’t advocate for their students or first-responders can’t negotiate for better training and more safety equipment—which could mean the difference between life and death," said NEA President Van Roekel, who also appeared on the morning news program. "These divisive and politically motivated tactics Gov. Daniels is pushing to help the Romney campaign are disrespectful and demeaning to the people who teach our children, protect our communities and run into burning buildings to save lives."

Under Daniels’ leadership, Indiana’s poverty rate ballooned to 16.3 percent in 2010—a three-decade high that is more than a full percentage point above the national average. In 2008, before Obama took office and a full three years into Daniels’ first term as governor, five Indiana cities had poverty rates of at least 20 percent. Indeed, Daniels’ criticism of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ignores the 64,000 Indiana jobs it had saved as of March 2010.

"Once again, we see how Daniels is putting politics above people, and these comments counter the needs of middle class America," added Van Roekel. "We call on Romney to condemn the disdainful comments made by Daniels, a Romney supporter, about our hardworking public servants. Instead of attacking teachers, police officers and firefighters, we should respect them."

Taking a page out of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s playbook of "divide and conquer" politics, Daniels said he wants to get rid of unions for public employee like teachers, police officers and firefighters.

"As we saw in Wisconsin, it was never about the money. The reason they went after public sector unions and left some private sector alone is to try to drive a wedge between people," said Van Roekel. "We need to turn the page of these divisive tactics and instead look for ways to work together to get the economy moving again and lift up middle class families."

Education News for 12-30-2011

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Statewide Education News

  • Lake, Geauga counties, area schools feeling squeeze (News-Herald)

    • As the economy tries to rebound from a recession, Lake County government continues to see operating revenues decline due to flat sales tax revenue, property values that declined by 10 percent and meager earnings on investments that used to generate millions of dollars. Commissioner Daniel P. Troy said the county has done nearly all that it can to cut expenses and that has meant a reduction in the number of employees who are paid through the county's general fund. Read More…

  • Launch nears for Youngstown teacher’s new app for grading tests (Vindicator)

    • YOUNGSTOWN - Elijah Stambaugh wasn’t a teacher for long before he realized a fundamental flaw in the education process. “Students in some classes score very low, and others score very high,” the former Stambaugh Academy seventh- and eighth-grade math teacher said. “I was looking for tools to better analyze students’ strengths and weaknesses.” So Stambaugh came up with an idea for a test-scoring software application to help teachers better organize and analyze their teaching tendencies. Read More…

Local Issues

  • Truancy Decrease May Help Lessen Crime (WBNS 10 CBS)

    • COLUMBUS - Police said that a decrease in truant students has helped Columbus’ crime rate, CrimeTracker 10’s Jeff Hogan reported on Thursday. Five years ago, Columbus police created a special unit to track down truants. That unit now has 10 officers. “If we can get the kids back in school and get them on the right path at an earlier age, we'll prevent them from either being a victim -- or a suspect,” Sgt. Kevin Corcoran said. About 10,000 students have been picked up by police since 2007, police said. Read More…

  • Homeless shelters seeing most children ever (Marion Star)

    • MARION - Local and national agencies are reporting an increase in homelessness among children as the economy continues to struggle. The National Center On Family Homelessness recently released its report "America's Youngest Outcasts 2010," which estimates one in 45 children in America are homeless within a year's period. That's a 38 percent increase when compared to the 2007-10 economic recession. The Marion Shelter Program is seeing a similar trend as its women and family homeless shelter served 116 children in 2010. Director Chuck Bulick said that was the most in the program's history and said he expects to meet or exceed that number in 2011. Read More…

Editorial

  • Building agreement (Dispatch)

    • Gov. John Kasich has asked Ohio’s 37 public colleges and universities to figure out how to divvy up the state’s slim budget and submit a single wish list for campus construction and repairs. Positioning the schools to cooperate rather than compete is astute. University leaders are best-positioned to evaluate the hard choices that must be made, since they live with the problems daily and will have to live with the decisions long-term. And by making colleges sit down together to determine priorities, they cannot help but gain a better understanding of the needs of their sister institutions. Read More…

  • For public schools, the year brought big cuts (Post-Gazette)

    • In public education circles, 2011 was the year that officials quickly learned how to do more with less. No relief was provided from the federal No Child Left Behind mandate that the state's 500 school districts continue to move students toward proficiency in math and reading. Yet, the state budget provided nearly $900 million less in funding for public schools. Read More…