Education News for 01-08-2013

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 01-03-2013

State Education News

• Green Twp. couple takes reins in Columbus (Cincinnati Enquirer)

Lou and Debe Terhar laugh at the suggestion that they are Southwest Ohio’s new power couple in the state capital…Read more...

• Trainer deal benefits hospital, schools (Columbus Dispatch)

After the day’s final bell rings at Fairbanks High School, the student-athletes cram into the locker room, and the wrist tape and ankle wraps soon fly…Read more...

• Geauga County studying school districts, could consider consolidation (Willoughby News Herald)

Will some Geauga County school districts be facing consolidation or other alternatives in light of unrelenting money problems?…Read more...

Local Education News

• SWL considers its policy for students, staff charging school lunches (Newark Advocate)

Southwest Licking Schools might soon have a policy governing the maximum number of meals students in the school-lunch program can charge, even though the amount of unpaid charges were reduced dramatically in November…Read more...

• Heights must adjust snow removal plans in wake of spending cuts (Newark Advocate)

Licking Heights has had to revamp its snow removal policy in the wake of budget reductions, and the move could influence the cleanliness of classrooms…Read more...

• Response ‘overwhelming’ to armed teacher program (Springfield News-Sun)

A free program to train teachers and school administrators on how to use firearms has gotten an overwhelming response…Read more...

• Attorneys For Teen Charged In Chardon School Shooting Want Trial Moved (WBNS)

Attorneys for an Ohio teenager charged in the school shooting deaths of three students are renewing their effort to move the trial out of the grief-stricken community…Read more...

Education News for 12-07-2012

Local Education News

• Buchtel students experience day on job with AT&T (Akron Beacon Journal)

Buchtel High School juniors Elijah Graise, Tylor Williams and DeMontrell Hill got a first-hand look Thursday at trouble-shooting a problem on the job…Read more...

• T.J. Lane's admission about Chardon High shooting should not be used at trial, his lawyers argue (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

T.J. Lane's admissions that he killed students at Chardon High School should not be used at his trial next month because the youth failed to fully understand his rights when officers questioned him…Read more...

• Olentangy may not need new school (Columbus Dispatch)

New enrollment forecasts in the Olentangy school district cast doubt on the need for a new school approved by voters last year…Read more...

• Berea schools' new hours next year concern some parents (Sun Newspapers)

Parents showed up at Monday’s school board meeting to express concerns about the district’s new time shifts, which begin next year…Read more...

• Toledo Public Schools weighs 3 candidates to audit its performance (Toledo Blade)

As Toledo Public Schools ramps up efforts to have an audit of its operations performed, the process of hiring an organization to conduct the audit has widened…Read more...

• Champion plans cuts if next levy fails (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

While the Board of Education will wait until January to officially act on placing a school levy on the ballot in 2013, a plan to slash finances by $602,000 was mapped out this week…Read more...

• Math Night brings kids, parents together in Springfield (Youngstown Vindicator)

Springfield students and parents went on a camping adventure Thursday night. Although the tent was indoors, there were real problems. Math problems, that is…Read more...