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Education News for 03-26-2013

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State Education News

  • Threat from February involved national security; 12-year-old charged (Chillicothe Gazette)

    • A threat that caused concern at Chillicothe Middle School in February also created alarm at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the Gazette has learned…Read more...

  • Judge rules Strongsville City Schools to release public records to teachers' union (WBNS)

    • An appeals court judge is ordering the Strongsville City School District…Read more...

  • What Chardon shooter TJ Lane's life sentence in prison (WBNS)

    • If you were like most people and found yourself disgusted at TJ Lane's courtroom…Read more...

  • Board’s evaluation rates superintendent a five of possible nine (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Despite improved test scores, the school board evaluated Superintendent Connie Hathorn’s performance at a 5 out of a possible 9, down two points from last year…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Chillicothe school board cuts 10.5 teaching positions (Chillicothe Gazette)

    • The Chillicothe City School District Board of Education on Monday approved a reduction in force that cuts 101/2 more teaching positions from a staff that has shrunk by 14 percent in the past several years…Read more...

  • Student admits posting ‘angry’ videos (Columbus Dispatch)

    • A former Gahanna-Lincoln High School student admitted yesterday to a misdemeanor delinquency charge of inducing panic by posting an online video that some classmates considered threatening…Read more...

  • Coleman issues ultimatum to school board (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman will not support any permanent successor to Superintendent Gene Harris whom the city school board hires by this summer, he said yesterday…Read more...

  • Author connects with students, standards (Marion Star)

    • Taft Elementary School teachers hope a brush with fame encourages students to become better readers and storytellers…Read more...

  • Perrysburg schools may purchase classroom units from Sylvania schools (Toledo Blade)

    • Perrysburg schools are moving forward with a plan to purchase five classroom portable units from Sylvania schools for a short-term fix to its overcrowding issues…Read more...

Editorial

  • Panel could help curb child deaths (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Kaydence Lewinski, 5 months old, shaken and beaten to death; Angela Palmer, 4, burned to death; Brianna Blackmond, 23 months, beaten to death; Samuel and Solomon Simms, 6- year-old twins, strangled…Read more...

The Terhar debacle roundup

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Fallout from State Board of Education President's offensive and ignorant Facebook post, comparing President Obama to Hilter spread far and wide yesterday.

The latest development has a tepid statement from the Governor's spokesperson saying "the governor has no comment about Terhar’s posting and no plan to remove her as board president". A true profile in courage and leadership.

The Ohio Department of education had its head resign over a serious ethics violation, and the current acting superintendent and his deputy are reportedly applying for district level jobs. Education leadership in Ohio is in disarray. Now the governor expects education professionals to take the State Board of Education President seriously after this disgraceful incident? Certainly her fellow board members don't think so

“I don’t think she can be perceived as being objective,” said Jeffrey Mims, a board member from Dayton. “Whether she wrote the statement or not, the fact that she harbored those statements on her Facebook page, I think you just can’t be associated with that.”

Ann Jacobs, a board member from Lima, said the board is supposed to be nonpartisan but Terhar’s posting is the latest sign of how partisan it’s gotten in recent years.

Here's a sampling of some of the coverage

Her continued presence on the board brings disgrace to the State Board of Education, Ohio's education system and all the professionals who strive everyday to bring excellence to educating Ohio's young people.