State Education News
- New college degrees respond to evolving job market (Canton Repository)
- Sale of naming rights may be option for schools (Canton Repository)
- Kasich says two-year budget has $1B surplus (Chillicothe Gazette)
- U.S. to propose limits on snacks sold in schools (Columbus Dispatch)
- Kasich rolling out his plan for schools (Columbus Dispatch)
- School safety high on legislators’ list (Columbus Dispatch)
- Kasich to unveil plan to fund Ohio schools today (Dayton Daily News)
- School chiefs heading to Columbus (New Philadelphia Times)
- Who teaches the teachers? (Portsmouth Daily Times)
- Ohio school funding formula unlikely to be cut (Toledo Blade)
- House Dems seek input on Kasich schools plan (Youngstown Vindicator)
- Legislation aimed at making schools safer (Youngstown Vindicator)
At 47, Frank Phillips is back in school. The Canton native is taking a mobile app development class at Stark State College of Technology to prepare for a career change forced on him by a disability…Read more...
Could selling naming rights to high school football stadiums be a viable option for financially strapped school districts…Read more...
When the governor publicly releases his proposed two-year operating budget Monday, it will show a $1 billion surplus, he said…Read more...
After more than a year’s delay, U.S. schools soon will see proposed federal rules restricting the kinds of snacks sold to students…Read more...
Gov. John Kasich will unveil his long-promised school-funding plan today, in which he’ll propose creating a $300 million “innovation fund” to support school initiatives to improve teaching and learning…Read more...
The Ohio House and Senate will take a deeper look into school safety in the wake of the shootings in Newtown, Conn., and Chardon in northern Ohio…Read more...
Gov. John Kasich will unveil his plan for funding Ohio’s public schools today, just days before he releases a state budget plan for the next two years…Read more...
Superintendents from throughout the Tuscarawas Valley are headed to Columbus today to attend a special meeting where they are expected to learn about Gov. John Kasich’s plan to fix school funding…Read more...
Educators from four regional schools participated in a professional development program this week, at New Boston School…Read more...
Details remained tight Wednesday, but the amount of money going into the new school funding formula that Gov. John Kasich will publicly unveil today is not expected to be reduced again…Read more...
Democrats in the Ohio House hope Gov. John Kasich includes all-day kindergarten, smaller class sizes and charter-school accountability…Read more...
A Republican lawmaker from the Akron area introduced legislation Wednesday aimed at making schools safer…Read more...
Local Education News
- Akron students receive free eye exams, glasses (Akron Beacon Journal)
- Coleman’s influence over schools growing (Columbus Dispatch)
- Details of Centerville schools cuts plan released (Dayton Daily News)
- Lakota to see enrollment drop, study says (Hamilton Journal-News)
- Madison school officials defend response on bullying (Mansfield News Journal)
- Superintendent to part ways with Toledo Public Schools after contract expires in July (Toledo Blade)
- Hubbard superintendent to receive $1 salary next year (Youngstown Vindicator)
The Ohio Optometric Foundation, Akron Children’s Hospital and Akron Public Schools joined forces with several volunteers Tuesday and Wednesday to offer free eye exams and glasses to about 88 district students…Read more...
Mayor Michael B. Coleman might have been adamant that he’s not out to take over the Columbus City Schools…Read more...
Details regarding Centerville City Schools’ $2.6 million plan to reduce spending and generate revenue were released this week, and it will impact academics, busing…Read more...
A detailed, 10-year enrollment study for Lakota schools includes a drop of more than 2,300 students by the 2022-23 school year…Read more...
Through numerous parental accusations that the district’s approach to bullying is poor, Madison Local Schools Superintendent Lee Kaple stood firm…Read more...
Toledo Public Schools Superintendent Jerome Pecko will part ways with the district when his contract runs out this summer, pushing the Toledo Board of Education…Read more...
A school official may have given new meaning to the value of a dollar. The Hubbard Board of Education has approved a contract to pay Superintendent Richard J. Buchenic one dollar for the entire 2013-14 school year…Read more...
Editorial
- Universities face more competition (Columbus Dispatch)
- Marietta board takes steps that will protect students (Marietta Times)
An announcement last week by the University of Dayton is causing a stir around the country: The private Catholic university is promising prospective students that they will pay the same amount…Read more...
In the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school massacre, many local education officials have said they want to step up discussions about ways to increase security at their facilities…Read more...