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Education News for 12-07-2012

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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...

Education News for 08-28-2012

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State Education News

  • Vouchers meet special needs (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • Hundreds of Ohio students who have special needs are getting help paying for private schooling for the first time this school year…Read more...

  • Schools tap local farms for produce (Columbus Dispatch)

    • A growing number of schools in Ohio are buying broccoli and beef from farms down the road, boosting local economies and teaching children about the value of locally grown food…Read more...

  • Education, innovation keys to improving economy (Newark Advocate)

    • One of the country's most influential monetary policymakers said generations past have shown two clear markers for lifting Ohio…Read more...

  • TPS training zeroes in on class behavior (Toledo Blade)

    • Teacher training never stops, even in the summer, and Toledo Public Schools professional development has a twist this year…Read more...

  • Worthington Survey Shows 50 Percent Of Students Do Not Feel Respected (WBNS)

    • Worthington City Schools recently asked students, teachers, parents and administrators a few things about their schools' culture and climate. Two of the top issues included in the survey were drug use and bullying…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Brecksville-Broadview Heights school board, unions agree to new contracts (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • By a 4-1 vote, with Mark Dosen being the lone dissenter, the Brecksville-Broadview Heights school board voted to accept the new agreements with the Brecksville-Broadview Heights Education Association…Read more...

  • Hamilton school staff prepares for school year (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • The faculty and staff of Hamilton City Schools kicked off the school year Monday with an welcome back presentation from Superintendent Janet Baker…Read more...

  • Ready, get set, learn: Students back in school (Mansfield News Journal)

    • Mansfield City Schools, St. Peter's and Lexington schools return to the classroom today. St. Peter's fourth-grade teacher Julie Braumberger is excited to begin the year. On Monday she was readying her classroom, where she will have 23 students…Read more...

  • STEP brings teachers and businesses together (Newark Advocate)

    • When Melissa Felumlee's science students ask her, 'When will we ever have to use this?' she now has plenty of real life examples to share…Read more...

  • School officials juggle for Perrysburg growth (Toledo Blade)

    • Perrysburg schools' rising enrollment is "a drop in the bucket and pretty soon the bucket is full," Superintendent Thomas Hosler said a few days before the school returns to session…Read more...

  • Westerville, Olentangy Students May Spend Some Snow Days Online (WBNS)

    • Students in the Westerville and Olentangy school districts may spend a few snow days online this school year. Both districts said they have filed paperwork to hold classes online for up to three days a year…Read more...

Editorial

  • Prestige to match a noble profession (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • Teaching is a noble profession. What teachers do matters because they help shape the future. Political figures make speeches to that effect all the time…Read more...

Education News for 08-21-2012

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State Education News

  • National firm to lead hunt for Ohio education boss (Canton Repository)

    • The Ohio school board opted Monday to conduct a thorough national search for a new state superintendent…Read more...

  • Ohio school report cards delayed during data investigation (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • Parents and school officials are going to have to wait longer than usual to see how their public schools fared on the latest state report cards…Read more...

  • Data chaos delays report cards on schools (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Releasing Ohio’s school report cards this month simply wouldn’t be fair, the state’s education leaders have decided…Read more...

  • Executive-search firm to help find next state school chief (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The State Board of Education didn’t use an executive-search firm before hiring Stan Heffner as state superintendent last year…Read more...

  • Teacher evaluations to be time-consuming (Lima News)

    • Elida High School Principal Greg Leeth has 37 teachers in his building. And when the new Ohio Teacher Evaluation System begins next school year, he and his assistant principal will have to evaluate each of them twice a year…Read more...

  • New school year, new chance to stress early learning (Marion Star)

    • As kindergarten students start school, teachers are asking parents to continue their learning at home. Students who haven’t gone to preschool will get their first taste of school this week…Read more...

  • School report cards delayed (Toledo Blade)

    • The Ohio Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to indefinitely delay the release of school report cards in the wake of a statewide investigation into reports of data manipulation…Read more...

  • Pay-to-play fees abound in area school districts (Willoughby News Herald)

    • Only a few days remain before students are back to school, with some districts starting as early as Wednesday. After spending money to ensure children have the supplies they need for the new year…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Ashtabula board puts brakes on transportation (Ashtabula Star-Beacon)

    • Ashtabula Area City School Board unanimously voted Monday night to keep the 6.4-mill levy on the Nov. 6 ballot and to cut student transportation to local extracurricular activities…Read more...

  • CPS redistricting move angers Oakley families (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • A dozen Oakley families are calling for policy changes after Cincinnati Public Schools redrew a school attendance boundary without notifying them and assigned them to a new school opening this week in Hyde Park…Read more...

  • Effort to repeal Westerville school levy makes ballot (Columbus Dispatch)

    • An effort to reduce a 3-year-old school tax in Westerville produced enough valid petition signatures to be placed on the Nov. 6 ballot by the Franklin County Board of Elections…Read more...

  • Hancock schools set policy for free, reduced-price meals (Findlay Courier)

    • Hancock County Local Schools has announced the 2012-13 policy for free and reduced-price meals for children unable to pay the full price of meals…Read more...

  • City loan fund out $221,665 on school (Mansfield News Journal)

    • County officials have filed to foreclose on the former Woodville Elementary School to collect $5,740 in delinquent property taxes…Read more...

  • Mobile literacy program keeps kids reading (New Philadelphia Times)

    • A new pilot reading program kept students focused on books this summer, despite being away from the classroom…Read more...

  • Dropouts offered 2nd chance (Toledo Blade)

    • Allison Hinds decided in her senior year that she and high school didn't mix. A teenager with attention deficit disorder and test anxiety, she found herself with a full schedule…Read more...

  • Information System Glitch Costs Columbus Schools Money For Mailers (WBNS)

    • Some parents in the Columbus City Schools said that the district is wasting time and money sending out busing information that is not complete…Read more...

Editorial

  • Lifting up talent (Columbus Dispatch)

    • With a new school year starting, some central Ohio school systems are beginning to make a transition from seniority to merit as a basis…Read more...