State Education News

Privilege issue stalls hearing in suit over schools’ private discussions (Columbus Dispatch)

After its in-house attorney told members of the Columbus Board of Education in July that they couldn’t hold private meetings to discuss an unfolding data-rigging investigation…Read more...

Ohio Attorney General honors Chardon High School shooting first responders (WEWS)

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine honored a packed house…Read more...

Local Education News

Some of the best will help kids learn to read (Cincinnati Enquirer)

A who’s who list of local business leaders is about to kick off an early childhood literacy campaign that seeks support from every workplace in the region…Read more...

District changes evaluation process for top officials (Hamilton Journal-News)

Fairfield City Schools will change how it evaluates its treasurer and superintendent, giving those officials the first evaluations they’ve had in some time…Read more...

Charter school’s scores outperform Springfield’s (Springfield News-Sun)

Two of Springfield’s three charter schools fared worse than the city’s traditional public schools, and a third school outperformed Springfield City Schools…Read more...

$23M Pettisville school goes green in big way with building project (Toledo Blade)

Low emission and fuel-efficient cars get premium parking spots outside Pettisville’s new K- 12 school building…Read more...

T.J. Lane using rarely successful plea in Chardon shooting (Willoughby News Herald)

After Keith Ledeger killed custodian Peter Christopher and wounded three other adults at Wickliffe Middle School on Nov. 7, 1994…Read more...

Choffin school faces discipline issues after influx of Career Academy students (Youngstown Vindicator)

A teacher believes the addition of Career Academy students to Choffin Career and Technical Center is causing disruption for other students…Read more...

Editorial

Poor excuse (Columbus Dispatch)

The second round of state Auditor Dave Yost’s probe of attendance-record-keeping practices in Ohio schools reveals two important things…Read more...

Facing facts (Columbus Dispatch)

The bad news is that graduation rates have fallen for most Ohio high schools on the latest state report cards…Read more...

Local school districts dealing with huge financial challenges (Youngstown Vindicator)

Here’s a sobering reality about public education in Ohio that should open the eyes of voters in the Nov. 6 election…Read more...