State Education News

Interim superintendent admits 2010 reprimand (Columbus Dispatch)

To his current and former bosses, Michael L. Sawyers' use of a school district's credit card for personal purchases a few years ago was a minor mistake...Read more...

Free meals for all (Marion Star)

All Marion City Schools students will be able to eat for free thanks to a new funding stream...Read more...

Local Education News

Olentangy school board OKs union deal (Columbus Dispatch)

Westerville teacher will keep job after inquiry over text messages (Columbus Dispatch)

Lockland schools hire acting head (Columbus Dispatch)

Hot line taking tips on Columbus schools scandal (Columbus Dispatch)

State Auditor Dave Yost has created a temporary hot line for Columbus school employees who want to report wrongdoing related to student-data tampering...Read more...

Kirtland cuts teaching positions Willoughby (News Herald)

Kirtland Schools will enter the 2012-13 school year with fewer staff members than in the past. The board approved a reduction in force at a May board meeting totaling 8.75 positions...Read more...

Bedford schools working it out with teachers (WTVG)

Leaders in the Bedford School District say they expect to have a full contract with teachers in the next couple weeks...Read more...

Days of sitting are over, Youngstown teachers told (Youngstown Vindicator)

The days of students sitting in rows of desks while a teacher lectures are over. “Sit-and-get times are done for everybody,” Beverly Schumann, the city school district’s executive director of curriculum...Read more...

Editorial

Squeeze on schools (Akron Beacon Journal)

It took 18 years and 13 tries, but the Buckeye School District in Medina County finally won voter approval on Tuesday for an increase in local property taxes to run the schools...Read more...

Doing the right thing (Columbus Dispatch)

The Columbus Board of Education faces a difficult road. Its chief executive has acknowledged that district employees manipulated attendance data...Read more...