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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.

Education News for 08-07-2012

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State Education News

  • Heffner lost job over bill's provision (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • Tucked in the 3,262 pages of last year’s state budget bill is a provision that cost state schools Superintendent Stan W. Heffner his job...Read more...

  • Ohio Superintendent Resigns Following Ethics Report (Education Week)

    • Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction Stan Heffner has announced his resignation following a report that identified his apparent conflict of interest...Read more...

  • Voters To Decide On School Issues (ONN)

    • On Tuesday, more than 30 school districts will be asking voters to pass levies. Special elections are being held in 31 counties across the state...Read more...

  • Ohio Dems decry lack of charges in scandal (Toledo Blade)

    • Democrats said Monday that Ohio's top education official should not be allowed to simply walk away from his job...Read more...

  • Back to School: New rules for lunch (WKYC)

    • For the first time in 15 years, school lunches are going to look and taste differently. New federal guidelines are now in effect for schools across the country...Read more...

  • Attendance data not likely to be rigged (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • While a statewide investigation examines data rigging in school attendance reporting, Mahoning Valley school officials believe safeguards are in place...Read more...

Local Education News

  • Dragonfly director resigns following release of ODE review (Canton Repository)

    • Brianne Bixby-Nightingale resigned Monday as executive director of Dragonfly Academy. The school’s board of directors accepted her resignation effective immediately, according to Ben Weisbuch, Dragonfly’s attorney...read more...

  • Getting the school year off to a healthy start (Springfield News-Sun)

    • Summer is winding down, and the school year is quickly approaching...Read more...

  • 11 Rossford school officials make concessions (Toledo Blade)

    • Administrators in the Rossford school district have volunteered to freeze their wages, pay more of the cost of their medical insurance, and forfeit a personal day for savings...Read more...

Editorial

  • Departure time (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • Stan Heffner quickly apologized “for my lack of judgment.” His words came in response to a report delivered Thursday by the state inspector general...Read more...

  • Youngstown schools district not off hook with resignation (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Youngstown city schools of- ficials should not take comfort from the resignation of the state’s education chief, Stan Heffner, because the future of district ultimately rests with Republican Gov. John Kasich...Read more...