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Education News for 09-19-2012

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State Education News

  • 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...

Education News for 09-18-2012

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  • State to review deal in audit (Columbus Dispatch)

    • School officials changed their minds about hiring state auditors to examine an exotic financial deal in the New Albany-Plain district…Read more

  • Area high school students in college classes has doubled in past five years (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • Students who take college courses while in high school are expected to increase dramatically in the next decade, education experts say…Read more

  • State to talk about money at Mathews (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • Ohio Department of Education representatives are scheduled to visit Mathews Schools officials on Wednesday to discuss the district's finances…Read more

Local Education News

  • North Fork fills vacant position after tight vote (Newark Advocate)

    • The North Fork Board of Education approved a Columbus administrator as its new activities director and assistant principal…Read more

  • Driving the point home (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • It's one thing for an adult, including a law enforcement officer, to talk to teens about the importance of safe driving…Read more

  • Former Northland High School Athletic Director Admits To Stealing Thousands (WBNS)

    • The former athletic director at Northland High School pleaded guilty to theft in office. Ramani Hunter was sentenced to a six-month suspended sentence if she follows all the rules during a year of court…Read more

  • Columbus Schools Face Lawsuit Over Planned Renovation Project (WBNS)

    • Columbus City Schools is facing a $41 million lawsuit over its renovation project at Indianola Middle School…Read more

  • Board member calls for sup’t to resign (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • An emotionally charged email from school-board member Harold Porter calls for the resignation of Superintendent Vince Colaluca. Porter, who was elected to the board in November 2011, sent the email to Colaluca and other school-board members…Read more

Education News for 09-17-2012

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  • Ohio school board member appointed by gov resigns (Associated Press)

    • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A member of the Ohio Board of Education is resigning for what he describes as "personal reasons."…Read more…

  • Kasich appointee off state board (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Dennis Shelton, an at-large member from Delaware who has advised the Republican governor on education matters, cited “personal reasons” for his departure in an email to the governor’s office following the board’s monthly meeting in Columbus this week.…Read more…

  • State auditors examining attendance records from Cleveland schools (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Ohio auditor's office is looking into attendance data at 15 Cleveland district schools as part of a statewide investigation.…Read more…

  • School funding issue in Ohio (Marietta Times)

    • With a new school funding model expected to be unveiled next year, Ohio is one of 35 states a report says are giving less money to public education now than before the recession.…Read more…

  • Consolidating districts may not save schools money (Middletown Journal)

    • In 1915, there were 2,674 school districts in Ohio.
    Several rounds of consolidations, beginning in the 1930s when school buses became…Read more…

Local Education News

  • Financial state of Caldwell schools on public's mind (Cambridge Daily)

    • CALDWELL -- The Ohio Department of Education has placed Caldwell Exempted Village School District in a state of "fiscal caution," Treasurer Jeff Croucher told members of the audience at the school board's meeting on Thursday night.…Read more…

  • Prep school accepting special needs applications (Chillicothe Gazette)

    • CHILLICOTHE -- Wesley Taylor Preparatory School is accepting students who are eligible for a special needs scholarship for the 2012-2013 school year.…Read more…

  • Rosters longer at city's schools (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • Cincinnati Public Schools has about 3,000 more students enrolled – at least on paper – than it predicted back in the spring.…Read more…

  • Cleveland schools hoping pay cuts will resolve $13 million budget gap (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland schools have a $13 million budget hole this year that will have to be closed with cuts in teacher pay or programs, or by voters passing a proposed tax increase in November.…Read more…

  • Architect sues Columbus school board (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The architect on a now-shelved renovation of the historic Indianola Middle School has sued the Columbus school board in federal court for more than $41 million.…Read more…

  • Now this is early intervention (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Some teens had iPod earbuds stuffed in their ears, drowning out the wild cheering. Hoodies up. Others stared straight ahead or at the ground.…Read more…

  • Are charter schools really making the grade? (Dayton Daily News)

    • In the past 15 years, some public charter schools have shined as examples of what they were intended to be — incubators in educational innovation that could be replicated elsewhere.…Read more…

  • Seniors act as school amabassadors (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • Four Faifield High School seniors are gaining real-world experience this school year while sharing news from their school district with the community.…Read more…

  • Technology turns the classroom upside down (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • Paper is optional, on the way to becoming obsolete in Mollie Marot’s biology classroom at Badin High School.…Read more…

  • A closer look at the school data scandal (Mansfield News Journal)

    • Government inspectors have been poring over student attendance records across Ohio, looking for evidence of impropriety that could affect the way communities view the success of their schools.…Read more…

  • Licking County schools feeling pressure of new state reading program (Newark Advocate)

    • NEWARK -- For Licking County third graders struggling with reading, their scores on next year's Ohio Achievement Assessment could mean the difference between moving to fourth grade and being held back when Ohio's Third Grade Guarantee takes full affect.…Read more…

  • Electric buses under study for schools in area (Toledo Blade)

    • FINDLAY — School officials from Hancock County and the surrounding area are taking a look at adding buses to their fleets that will require a plug-in rather than a fill-up.…Read more…

  • Message to Mathews board: You need to address this (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Representatives of the Ohio Department of Education say they will be quite clear about the severity of the deficit facing the Mathews schools when they address the board of education at its next regular meeting Wednesday.…Read more…

Editorial

  • Memo to students: Change is on the way (again) (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • To:Ohio and Kentucky Public School Students
    From:The Cincinnati Enquirer Editorial Board
    Subject:The Common Core Standards, Your Education and Your Life…Read more…

  • Under a cloud (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Debate over how much, if any, school-performance data the Ohio Department of Education should release this year is understandable.…Read more…

  • Editorial: Third Grade Guarantee -- Read or flunk (Lima News)

    • While there are few guarantees in life, folks in Ohio can take this one to the bank. Starting next school year, every third-grader must read at a proficient level or they'll be held back.…Read more…

  • Long-distance busing just a few students a waste of resources (Newark Advocate)

    • The legal struggle regarding the Northridge school district's sensible decision to stop busing private school students to schools near Columbus raises a host of questions.…Read more…

Education News for 09-14-2012

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  • Teachers to pay more for pensions (Canton Repository)

    • By 2016, local teachers will have to contribute an additional four percent of their pay toward their pensions with the State Teachers…Read more...

  • BMI record-keeping no longer weighs on schools (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Ohio schools no longer have to gather students’ body-mass-index measurements — just two years after a state law required them to do…Read more...

  • State School Board candidate holds discussion in Lima (Lima News)

    • State School Board candidate and former Ohio State quarterback Stanley Jackson spoke and listened…Read more...

  • Hundreds of northeast Ohio school buses (WEWS)

    • Hundreds of school buses in the top ten largest school districts…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Erlanger after-school program may become model (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • Principal Bryant Gillis pointed across the Tichenor Middle School cafeteria on Monday to a table of teens enjoying an after-school snack…Read more...

  • Administrators, others to pay toward health care benefits (Newark Advocate)

    • Starting at the end of the month, the Lakewood Local School District no longer will pay 100 percent of the health…Read more...

  • Area schools not playing with safety (Willoughby News Herald)

    • Playground safety is something that local schools take seriously…Read more...

  • School districts add handling of cyberbullying to their policies (Willoughby News Herald)

    • While Mentor Schools has been addressing the issue of cyber-bullying for some time, the district is just now in the process of updating its policy on paper…Read more...

Editorial

  • Saving by design (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • Ohio has seen a building boom in school facilities the past 15 years. Together, the state, school districts and local governments…Read more...

  • Cleveland avoided Chicago's school impasse (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • Four days into a politically charged strike that has sent thousands of teachers to the picket lines and 350,000 students…Read more...

  • Student cheating (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The definition of cheating on a test was pretty clear-cut to most people who grew up in the old days…Read more...

Education News for 09-13-2012

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  • Staff, Students Learn Lessons From Active School Shooter Training (WBNS)

    • An active shooting scenario last month at Watkins Memorial High School has given staff and students an idea of items they need to improve on if there was a real-life active shooting…Read more...

  • Partial report card data on Ohio's schools will now be released (Willoughby News Herald)

    • The Ohio Department of Education announced that they will release partial report card data to schools across the state…Read more...

Local Education News

  • School enrollment same as last year (Findlay Courier)

    • Carey Schools' enrollment as of Aug. 22 is the same as it was last year, at 856 students, Superintendent Mark Vehre said following a Carey school board…Read more...

  • Newark program uses play to relate lessons (Newark Advocate)

    • Kierra Paynter carefully brushed yellow paint onto a sheet of bubble wrap. When the plastic was completely covered, she pressed it on a piece of paper, creating a bright print…Read more...

  • Judge orders ‘record restitution' for bus scheme (Willoughby News Herald)

    • An Avon Lake man was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for a scheme involving busing special-needs children…Read more...

Editorial

  • Reappraisal throws schools for a loop (Canton Repository)

    • We don’t know of a single soul who thinks that Ohio’s public schools should be as dependent on local property taxes as they are. But simply switching out one tax for another isn’t the answer…Read more...

  • Reforming truants (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • Ohio school districts being investigated for improper tactics in recording student attendance ought to consider Cleveland's innovative handling of truants…Read more...

Education News for 09-12-2012

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  • Ohio school board extends report card delay (Associated Press)

    • COLUMBUS -- Ohio's school board again blocked release of state report cards on Tuesday amid an attendance-tampering investigation, but it cleared certain untainted data to be publicized…Read more…

  • Ohio school board raises reading expectations (Associated Press)

    • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — As many as 10,000 third-graders could be held back next school year if they fall short of new minimum scores set for the state reading test.…Read more…

  • State to release limited report cards (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The state’s school report cards are coming. Sort of. They’ll be stripped-down versions missing overall ratings, attendance rates and a performance index score.…Read more…

  • Stricter seclusion rules in works (Columbus Dispatch)

    • All schools will be required to track — and disclose — how often they are restraining or secluding children under a proposed state policy.…Read more…

  • Ohio School Board Extends State Report Card Delay (WBNS)

    • COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio's school board has again blocked the release of state report cards amid an attendance-tampering investigation.…Read more…

  • Ohio will release report card data, with big caveats (WKSU)

    • After weeks of delay, the State Board of Education has decided to release preliminary report card data on school districts and buildings…Read more…

Local Education News

  • Audit flags ethics questions at charter school (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • A local charter school overpaid an employee $3,333 and committed possible ethics violations, according to the Ohio Auditor’s Office.…Read more…

  • Cuyahoga Falls Students Ready for Battle on Bullying (Cuyahoga Falls Patch)

    • The start of the new school year brings a new front in the battle on bullying in the Cuyahoga Falls City Schools with the help of the $50,000 Safe and Drug Free Schools Grant the district received from the Ohio Department of Education last spring.…Read more…

  • School board puts limit on sports (New Philadelphia Times-)

    • UHRICHSVILLE — The Newcomerstown Board of Education adopted a new policy Monday that would limit the…Read more…

  • Teen arrested this morning after taking fake bomb to Parma Senior High School (Sun Newpapers)

    • PARMA -- A 15 year-old boy was arrested this morning after he allegedly took a fake bomb to Parma Senior High School, 6285 West 54th Street.…Read more…

  • Beachwood school district may pull out as host of deaf and hard of hearing program (Sun Newpapers)

    • BEACHWOOD -- The Beachwood school district may end its role as host and fiscal officer of the deaf and hard of hearing consortium program in two years.…Read more…

  • Parma parents air school traffic and safety concerns (Sun Newpapers)

    • PARMA -- Parents crowded into the school board meeting room Sept. 10 to complain about traffic around their children’s schools, late school buses and other issues that have occurred since the start of the school year.…Read more…

  • Teachers review Common Core math program (This Week News)

    • Upper Arlington parents attended "Parent University" at the elementary schools last week to learn about the district's new Math in Focus program.…Read more…

  • T.J. Lane to be transferred to adult detention facility (Willoughby News Herald)

    • Accused Chardon High School shooter Thomas Lane III should be transferred to an adult detention facility, Geauga County Common Pleas Judge David L. Fuhry has ruled.…Read more…

  • U.S. Department of Education Recognizes Ontario Schools (WMAN)

    • The Ontario Local School District has been recognized for its environmental efforts. The district has received an honorable mention award as a Green Ribbon School from the U.S. Department of Education.…Read more…

  • Education Department Expands IDEA Help Centers (Disability Scoop)

    • The number of training centers across the country designed to assist families in accessing services for students with disabilities is on the rise.…Read more…