State Education News

Delays predicted in Common Core success (Cincinnati Enquirer)

There’s good news and bad news about the rise of the Common Core, that new system of math and English standards people hope will reshape and restore American education…Read more...

Lorain's Academic Distress Commission looks to set foundation for schools (Lorain Morning Journal)

Lorain’s Academic Distress Commission’s first meeting yesterday allowed the group to lay the foundation for its plan to dig Lorain schools out of its academic hole…Read more...

Common Core education goals come under fire (Marietta Times)

Three years after Ohio adopted the Common Core educational standards and a little more than 15 months from the start of the first year…Read more...

State superintendent OKs updated school recovery plan (Youngstown Vindicator)

Saying the city school district and the academic commission that oversees it have made progress, the state superintendent of public instruction has approved an updated academic recovery plan for the schools…Read more...

Local Education News

Free school lunches coming soon to some local elementary schools (Chillicothe Gazette)

Starting this fall, free lunches will be available to every student at Mount Logan, Tiffin and Worthington…Read more...

T.J. Lane appeals life sentence without possibility of parole (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Convicted Chardon High School shooter T.J. Lane has appealed his sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole…Read more...

Dual enrollment options explained (Marietta Times)

Marietta High School students will have more ways to earn college credit without leaving campus next year…Read more...

Strongsville teachers union offered 'one-time' proposal to school board (Sun Newspapers)

The negotiation team for the Strongsville Education Association presented a new contract proposal to the school board…Read more...

Bay Village school district reaches contract agreement with teachers' union (Sun Newspapers)

The Bay Village school board Monday night approved a new three-year contract with the district’s teachers…Read more...

Boardman schools oppose state expansion of voucher program (Youngstown Vindicator)

The board of education approved a resolution Monday in opposition to two voucher programs included in Gov. John Kasich’s biennial budget…Read more...