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Education News for 01-09-2013

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State Education News

  • Ohio schools to share $37.9 million in casino taxes (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • The state will distribute $37.9 million in casino taxes to more than 1,000 school districts and charter schools across Ohio…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Carrollton officials address parents' concerns about school safety (Canton Repository)

    • Carrollton Exempted Village Schools Superintendent Dave Quattrochi said that parents picked up hundreds of their children and removed them from school…Read more...

  • Cuyahoga Heights school district sues to recover over $4 million in stolen technology funds (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • The Cuyahoga Heights school district is suing to get back more than $4 million that a state audit said was stolen by Joseph Palazzo, the district's former technology director…Read more...

  • Columbus school board president re-elected (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Despite state and federal investigations into district data-rigging, the Columbus school board re-elected its president last night to her fifth consecutive term…Read more...

  • Fairfield schools struggle to keep up with technology (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • The same shortage of funds that has caused Fairfield City Schools to forgo some needed repairs and bus purchases, has also made it difficult for the district to keep up with technology…Read more...

  • Amherst schools look to prevent $4.7 million in cuts (Lorain Morning Journal)

    • The renewal of two Amherst school levies set to expire this year will prevent $4.7 million in cuts to programs, staff and services, said Superintendent Steve Sayers…Read more...

  • Early-dismissal Wednesdays coming to all city schools (Marion Star)

    • All Marion City School buildings will be impacted by a plan to dismiss students early on Wednesdays…Read more...

  • 3 students join city school board (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Three new city high school students have been sworn in as student board members…Read more...

  • South Range to offer open enrollment (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • South Range is combatting dwindling class sizes and declining revenues by offering limited open enrollment in the upcoming school year, officials say…Read more...

Education News for 01-08-2013

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State Education News

  • Disadvantaged on the report card (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • It’s a complicated business, telling people whether they are getting good value for their public schools and how well their students stack up against those across the street or the oceans…Read more...

  • Ohio’s education laws 10th-best, group says (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Ohio ranked 10th for state education laws that include performance pay for teachers, school choice for students and parents, and spending and governance flexibility for schools and districts…Read more...

  • Tax revenue from casino offsets lower home values for South-Western schools (Columbus Dispatch)

    • South-Western schools, Columbus and other government entities will get their first taste of property-tax revenue from Hollywood Casino Columbus this year…Read more...

  • State tax revenue beats December projection (Columbus Dispatch)

    • December was a good month for state tax revenue: It came in nearly 5 percent higher than projected, thanks largely to strong income-tax receipts…Read more...

  • GED test changes include rising price (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • Beginning in 2014, there will be significant changes in the content and procedures regarding the test for the General Educational Development diploma…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Reduction in Duke tax costs area schools $11M (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • School districts in Hamilton County have lost about $11 million in tax revenue from utility giant Duke Energy in three years…Read more...

  • Charter school sponsor rules in place for Cleveland (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • The Transformation Alliance, a new panel created through the Cleveland schools legislation passed by state legislators last year, has agreed on broad principles for evaluating charter schools and their sponsors…Read more...

  • Columbus schools on verge of hiring info officer (Columbus Dispatch)

    • As investigations continue into the accountability of Columbus City Schools student data, the Board of Education is ready to hire an executive…Read more...

  • New evidence delays trial in Ohio school killings (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Because “voluminous” new evidence has emerged, a judge agreed yesterday to indefinitely delay the murder trial of an 18-year-old charged in the high-school shooting…Read more...

  • Schools OK transfer (Marion Star)

    • A plan by the Boys and Girls Club of Marion County to open a youth center proceeded another step Monday…Read more...

  • Schools warned of threat (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • Local schools are being watchful after they were told of a potential threat on Monday. Youngstown police were notified of the threat Sunday, which was made in the form of an online message board post…Read more...

  • School Choice, Lottery Process Starts For Columbus City Schools (WBNS)

    • Columbus City Schools started its school choice/lottery process on Monday. Parents of 2013-2014 high school students have until Jan. 31 to return completed applications to put their children in the lottery process…Read more...

Editorial

  • Uniformity across county could have life-saving impact (Canton Repository)

    • To say that Roger Wiandt is well-traveled when it comes to school buildings in Stark County is an understatement…Read more...

Education News for 06-11-2012

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State Education News

  • Ohio schools prepare for another budget hit (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Therese Konrad, who has taught in the Rocky River School District for 24 years, says her students always rise to the challenges she presents them. Read more...

  • State may add schools for gifted (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Should Ohio have special schools for smart kids? Advocates for gifted students say a new proposal for regional schools would ensure the students have access to more rigorous courses and learning opportunities that keep Read more...

  • School rating plan minds achievement gaps (Columbus Dispatch)

    • For years, Ohio educators have struggled to close the gaps. White students perform much better than their black and Latino peers in most of the state’s school districts. Poor students generally do worse than their wealthier Read more...

  • Schools' summer slide’ worse for poor kids (Dayton Daily News)

    • American students in grades one through nine reportedly lose one month of learning, on average, during a typical three-month summer break — which is often referred to as the “summer slide” — Read more...

  • Needy kids can get summer lunches (Dayton Daily News)

    • Forty-five percent of Ohio children were eligible for free or reduced-priced lunches this past school year through the National School Lunch Program. Read more...

Local Education News

  • Summer reading program combines major Summit County entities (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • Reading and exercise will be key parts of a summer reading program for adults and children at the Akron-Summit County Public Library. Read more...

  • Private company disrupts status quo at South High, renews student (Columbus Dispatch)

    • There were classes, and there were sports. But there was little else at South High two years ago. The couple of lunchtime clubs barely attracted students’ attention. Read more...

  • Tech-savvy South Range grads get age-old advice (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • The new high school is surrounded by wide-open spaces, split-rail fences, horses and cows. Read more...

  • School board OKs placing 5.9-mill levy on Nov. ballot (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • POLAND The Poland board of education has agreed to place a five-year, 5.9-mill emergency operating levy on the Nov. 6 general-election ballot. Read more...

Editorial

  • City teachers mistakenly dig in against proposed concessions: editorial (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • It will take more than two to tango if the Cleveland schools hope to banish a looming $19 million deficit. Read more...

  • Let Local Schools Make the Decisions (Wheeling Intelligencer)

    • A federal program intended to help students doing poorly in school turned into a fiasco in Ohio. Now the state is doing what should have been done all along - Read more...

  • Legislating in Ohio for the kids -- yeah, sure: Brent Larkin (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • When it comes to charter schools, Republicans who control the Ohio House don't lie all the time. Only when their lips move. Read more...

  • Charter schools get short end of the funding stick (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The Sunday Dispatch article “Residents carry more school costs” highlighted the need for school districts to keep going back to the levy well to cover costs Read more...

  • Don't punish the kids because they can't read (Columbus Dispatch)

    • To improve the teaching of reading, we’re now going to flunk third-graders that districts haven’t taught to read. Somehow, this latest magic bullet seems aimed more at the victims than the culprits. Read more...

UPDATED: SB5 Help Wanted

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We Are Ohio has so many SB5 petition books coming in, it's proving difficult to keep up. They are asking for help to log signatures so they can keep track.

The campaign can use help anytime between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., seven days a week until June 30th. The process occurs at SEIU 1199 at 1395 Dublin Rd in Columbus.

Please contact Brendan Kelley at bkelley@weareohio.com to let him know if you can help.