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Education News for 10-03-2012

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State Education News

  • Field trips might as well be ancient history (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • No one saw it coming at the time, but when then-President George W. Bush came to Butler County in 2002 to sign the historic No Child Left Behind act…Read more...

  • State releases preliminary schools report (Portsmouth Daily Times)

    • After weeks of delay, the Ohio Department of Education has released the preliminary 2011- 12 Local Report Cards…Read more...

  • Feds find district failed to stop discrimination (Springfield News-Sun)

    • A federal investigation found that the Northeastern Local School District failed to adequately investigate, effectively address and prevent recurrences…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Reading instructors in short supply (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The Columbus schools will face a shortage of teachers certified as reading-intervention specialists…Read more...

  • Big cuts predicted if levy fails (Toledo Blade)

    • If the Perrysburg Schools levy fails in November, students may need to make their own way to school, spend a shorter time in a bigger class…Read more...

  • Cardinal Autism Resource and Education School in Mentor flourishing (Willoughby News Herald)

    • The hallway at Cardinal Autism Resource and Education School is silent thanks to special soundproofing around classroom doors…Read more...

  • Clergy comes together to support Cleveland (WKYC)

    • Members of the Cleveland clergy came together Tuesday afternoon to show their support for the Cleveland school levy/Issue 107…Read more...

  • Lack of nurses, social workers in schools (WKYC)

    • Through budget cuts, the Cleveland School District has cut nurses and eliminated social workers all together…Read more...

Education News for 09-26-2012

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State Education News

  • State report cards to be posted today (Canton Repository)

    • The Ohio Department of Education will post school report cards today — minus the grades…Read more...

  • State issues schools’ slimmer report cards (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The slim version of Ohio’s school report cards that will go public today is like a hamburger without the bun…Read more...

  • Education Nation: Obama, Romney outline their plans (WKYC)

    • For the third straight year, the top minds in education are meeting in New York City for the annual education nation summit. Education is center-stage in the presidential election…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Budget woes continue for Akron schools (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • The cash-strapped Akron Public Schools took an unexpected budget hit this week with news that the district must repay more than $3 million…Read more...

  • No clarity on Coleman’s role in school district (Columbus Dispatch)

    • A special joint committee of the Columbus City Council and Columbus school board met yesterday, but with no clearer idea of how their relationship has changed…Read more...

  • PETA Seeks to Put Vegan Ads on CMSD Lunch Trays (WJW)

    • People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Or PETA, has made a unique proposal to the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to help take a bite out…Read more...

  • Emotions run high at levy debate (WKYC)

    • It was an emotionally-charged debate in the heart of Cleveland's Lee-Harvard neighborhood. Community activists organized an informative debate…Read more…

Editorial

  • Open doors amid school controversy (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • Arrogance among those elected to represent the people's interests sometimes reaches intolerable levels. Often it involves keeping secrets from the public…Read more...

Education News for 09-19-2012

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  • Teacher review policy up for vote (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • The Cincinnati School Board is holding a special meeting today to discuss, and likely vote, on a new teacher evaluation policy…Read more...

  • Educators’ goal: More Ohioans in college (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Only 36 percent of Ohioans have a college certificate or degree. But experts predict that nearly 60 percent of jobs…Read more...

  • Students soar in summer internship program (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The numbers scribbled on the school whiteboard were like pieces of a puzzle, but 16-year- old Nathan Lehman had no idea how they fit together or what they would create…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Board meets in secret after shaky explanation (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The Columbus Board of Education went behind closed doors again yesterday evening to discuss an ongoing student-data investigation…Read more...

  • Salad bar aims to help Par Excellence students make healthy choices (Newark Advocate)

    • Asher Akens sat down in Par Excellence Academy's cafeteria, ready to devour the colorful salad he had made…Read more...

  • Board agrees to keep all elementary schools open (WKYC)

    • The Lakewood Board of Education has agreed to keep all of the city's elementary schools open…Read more...

  • School enrollment keeps falling (WKYC)

    • The Cleveland School District expects student enrollment to drop to 38,000…Read more...

  • Austintown super asked to step down (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • By the end of the school board’s Tuesday meeting one thing was clear — nearly 200 people stood behind board member Harold Porter…Read more...

Editorial

  • Schools need help with reading law (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • Golfing legend and Buckeye alumnus Jack Nicklaus once said that concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety. As with any new legislation, Ohio’s requirement that students be able to read by the end of third grade…Read more...