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Education News for 11-14-2012

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State Education News

  • Schools, governments urged to share costs (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The message to local schools and government entities from Gov. John Kasich’s administration is clear: Team up, and share services to cut costs…Read more...

  • Criminal referrals likely over school data (Columbus Dispatch)

    • As state officials said there’s a “strong likelihood” they’ll refer Columbus school employees for criminal prosecution…Read more...

  • Ohio Education Officials Unveil Plan For Future Based On Tennessee Model (WBNS)

    • Ohio has 400,000 people who need a job and a 100,000 job openings, and officials said the problem is education. For example, only 1 of out 4 Ohioans has a college degree, and many others lack the skills for 21st century jobs…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Accounting policies create transparency in district finances (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • Monroe Local Schools officials have instituted new accounting policies to prevent falling again into fiscal emergency and state control…Read more...

  • Mixup delays Marion City school buses (Marion Star)

    • A paperwork mix-up with the state took 14 Marion City Schools bus drivers off their routes, delaying the delivery of students, primarily elementary pupils, from school to their homes…Read more...

  • PAVE program's future at risk after state cuts funding (Newark Advocate)

    • As president of the Prevent Assault and Violence Education program, Emily Minton has talked to countless middle school students about bullying…Read more...

  • Award given to national good behavior program used in many local schools (Newark Advocate)

    • A game designed to reward students for good behavior and used in almost every Licking County elementary school has received its own reward…Read more...

  • Akiva students learn lessons at OSU'S Lake Erie lab (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • They caught fish from Lake Erie using a net, measured sun penetration in the water and scooped plankton from the lake bottom…Read more...

Editorial

  • Good adviser (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The search for a new superintendent for Columbus City Schools should benefit substantially from the steady hand and sincere concern…Read more...

Education News for 11-13-2012

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  • GED test to triple in price (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Angela Surles can barely afford to buy diapers and clothes for her 1-year-old daughter. The 22-year-old single mom from the Short North quit her job at Sears to enter a six-week course to help her get her high-school equivalency certificate…Read more...

  • Groups get ready to fight for schools (Columbus Dispatch)

    • More than 15 years after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the way the state funds public education is unconstitutional, state leaders continue to tinker with the school funding.…Read more...

    


  • State Board to Vote Against Additional Funding for Pre-K, Reading Instruction (State Impact Ohio)

    • Sunday-Wednesday: School board members, administrators and friends gather in Columbus for the annual Ohio School Boards Association conference. Expect the launch of the Strong Schools Strong Communities public education advocacy coalition.…Read more...

  • Colleges need to do more to ensure students stay in school and graduate, task force says (The Plain Dealer)

    • Unless Ohio's two- and four-year public colleges ensure that every student who enrolls is able to graduate and find a job, the state will be unable to compete in a global economy…Read more...

    


  • Rossford schools treasurer reappointed to Ohio school retirement position (Toledo Blade)

    • James Rossler, treasurer of the Rossford schools, has been reappointed to the board of the School Employees Retirement System of Ohio.…Read more...

    


  • Ohio Lawmaker Wants To See Metal Detectors At Every School (WBNS-TV)

    • Knives, box cutters and screwdrivers would never clear an airport security scanner. But those items, along with guns and other weapons, could pass through the doors of most Ohio schools without detection.…Read more...

Op/Ed

  • Now let's talk about real education innovations (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • The Plain Dealer's coverage of blended learning provides a glimmer of hope that, now that elections are over, we will soon come to the realization that having the money follow the child is the only way to provide quality education for all children.…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Nelsonville-York teacher receives national recognition (Athens Messenger)

    • A Nelsonville-York elementary school teacher who was the first from Southeastern Ohio to receive the state’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Teacher of the Year award also received national recognition for her efforts.…Read more...

  • School board looks at cost cutting options (The Review)

    • EAST LIVERPOOL - With a five-year forecast predicting budget deficits beginning in the 2015- 2016 school year, the city's board of education this week discussed belt-tightening measures that could be implemented to cut costs.…Read more...

  • South-Western may join Central Ohio Compact (This Week News)

    • The South-Western City School District Board of Education will be considering whether the district should join the Central Ohio Compact.…Read more...

    


  • Rossford officially begins superintendent search (Toledo Blade)

    • The search for a new Rossford schools superintendent has begun in earnest.…Read more...

    


  • Ohio school awards WWII veteran posthumous diploma (WFJM)

    • AKRON, Ohio (AP) - As it marks Veterans Day, a northeast Ohio school district is awarding a posthumous diploma for a man who was drafted into the military for World War II and died in Germany in 1944.…Read more...

Education News for 11-09-2012

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  • Ohio official: Budget won't be 'business as usual' (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • Ohio’s budget director says state revenues have “modestly exceeded” projections during the budget year that began in July…Read more...

  • Northeast Ohio students move frequently in some school districts, study says (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • A new statewide study attaches numbers to a situation faced by many Ohio teachers every year…Read more...

  • Physical fitness being added to Ohio Report Cards (Willoughby News Herald)

    • Wondering how area elementary and high school students are faring in terms of physical fitness? Beginning with the 2012-13 Ohio Report Cards you’ll have an idea…Read more...

  • High rate of students suspended in Y’town, Warren (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Ohio Department of Education records show high numbers of student suspensions in the Mahoning Valley’s two largest school districts…Read more...

  • Local schools feel the pinch from loss of state funding (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Cuts in state funding for pub- lic schools and the diversion of funds from public school districts to charter schools and voucher programs have been a fact of life in Ohio for years…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Mansfield City Schools fiscally responsible (Mansfield News Journal)

    • Mansfield City Schools is on the right track, according to the school’s fourth annual Fiscal Accountability…Read more...

  • Defeat of tax issue will prompt tough decisions for Toledo Public Schools leaders (Toledo Blade)

    • The defeat of Toledo Public Schools' levy won't result in immediate cuts, but will prompt tough decisions by district leaders…Read more...

  • Teacher’s Post-Election Facebook Post Leads To Investigation (WBNS)

    • An election-related Facebook post by a Columbus City School teacher led to an investigation after parents complained. The Linden McKinley High School teacher posted, "Congrats to those dependent on government…Read more...

  • Local School Levy Passes By a Single Vote (WJW)

    • The final vote on an 8.1 million levy for the Massillon City Schools remains uncertain following Tuesday’s election when the levy passed by only one vote. Of 11,741 votes cast 5,870 voted against the levy, 5,871 voted in favor of it…Read more...

  • Youngstown school officials work to bolster students (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Using data, visiting classrooms to monitor instruction and building relationships with students are ways principals at four city schools are working to bolster student achievement…Read more...

Editorial

  • Damage control (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • On Tuesday, the voting pattern held on school issues in Ohio: The majority of requests for new operating funds were rejected…Read more...

  • With levy won, the pressure's on Cleveland schools leaders to perform (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • Cleveland schools chief Eric Gordon was, quite impressively, up and running the day after a thrilling election-night victory for the schools' critical 15-mill levy…Read more...

  • Guidelines necessary (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Ohio schools should welcome better guidance and clearer rules from the state about how and when they can use “seclusion rooms” to isolate out-of-control students…Read more...

Education News for 11-08-2012

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State Education News

  • 55% of school levies pass (Columbus Dispatch)

    • As Gov. John Kasich’s administration finishes work on a new plan for funding public education, Ohio voters approved 55 percent of the 192 tax increases for schools on Tuesday’s ballot…Read more…

  • Test scores suffer when kids move (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The students aren’t staying put, Not in Columbus, a district that has long struggled with a student population that often.…Read more…

Local Education News

  • Cyberbullying and Sexting - Prevention and Education (New Carlisle News)

    • On Thursday, October 25th, 2012, Tecumseh Middle School, hosted the CyberBullying and Sexting Prevention and Education for all students and parents.…Read more…

  • Cleveland school board votes to restore full school day, along with cut programs, after levy wins (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland schoolchildren will have 50 minutes returned to their school day in January, after East Side voters overwhelmed West Side opposition to give the district more money Tuesday.…Read more…

  • Columbus school board discussing bus problem (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Spurred by complaints from parents, the Columbus Board of Education wants a plan to fix problems with the district’s bus operation.…Read more…

  • Upper Arlington Schools Did Not Plan For Levy Failure (WBNS)

    • Upper Arlington City Schools officials said that they did not plan for specific cuts should their levy fail at the ballot – which it did.…Read more…

  • Cleveland: Work begins after levy passes (WKYC)

    • CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Metropolitan School District took its first action Wednesday night, one day after voters passed a 15-mill property tax levy.…Read more…

Education News for 11-07-2012

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  • Cleveland school levy sails to apparent victory (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • The Cleveland school levy was passing Tuesday night, winning support from about 55 percent of voters with almost all of the ballots counted…Read more...

  • Collins wins seat in State Board of Education central district (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Michael Collins won re-election to the State Board of Education in a three-way race for a seat representing Franklin, Delaware and Knox counties…Read more...

  • Jacobs re-elected to state school board (Findlay Courier)

    • Northwestern Ohio voters picked Ann E. Jacobs to continue as representative on the state school board on Tuesday…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Most school levies defeated in Stark County (Canton Repository)

    • Tax issues for area school districts were failing for the most part early Wednesday with Canton Local, Marlington, Massillon…Read more...

  • Central Ohio school ballot issues (Columbus Dispatch)

    • What happened: Voters approved a combined 6.94-mill operating levy and $15.8 million bond issue that will raise $1.3 million a year for the district…Read more...

  • Parents get look at new math courses (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • A group of parents previewing Fairfield City Schools’ new math curriculum said Monday the courses added up to a more promising future for their children…Read more...

  • School levy left off Butler County electronic ballots (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • Voters in a small section of Butler County are voting with paper ballots after a glitch left the Northwest School District levy off the electronic ballot, according to election officials…Read more...

  • Lorain schools get first new money in 20 years (Lorain Morning Journal)

    • “We won,” yelled Lorain City School Superintendent Tom Tucker to a roar of cheers at the school’s watch party at the Elks…Read more...

  • Only 1 local school issue approved (Springfield News-Sun)

    • Of the six local school districts on Tuesday’s ballot in Clark and Champaign counties, only one issue was approved by voters, according to final unofficial results…Read more...

Editorial

  • Chris Smith’s gift was bringing people together (Canton Repository)

    • He invited dialogue, consensus with his easy smile and low-key demeanor. The last time we mentioned Canton City Schools Superintendent Chris Smith…Read more...

  • Bravo, Cleveland, for a wise vote for the city's future (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • By agreeing to a large increase in property taxes to support public education, Cleveland voters have made a major investment in their children and their city…Read more...

Education News for 11-06-2012

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  • Finding new head of schools a challenge (Columbus Dispatch)

    • For the third time in less than five years, Ohio has a job opening for state superintendent of public instruction. Attracting good candidates could be a challenge…Read more...

  • Health care costs rising by $700K in some districts (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • All Butler County schools enrolled in a countywide health care consortium are facing a 12 percent hike in insurance premiums…Read more...

  • Common questions voters have on schools (WKYC)

    • Every election, voters ask why there are school levies on the ballot when the Ohio Lottery and casinos help fund the schools?…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Somber Canton BOE names Allison to replace late Chris Smith (Canton Repository)

    • A somber Board of Education met Monday evening to grieve its loss of Superintendent Chris Smith and name a successor to continue Smith’s vision for the City Schools…Read more...

  • Rossford schools to consult voters on upgrades (Toledo Blade)

    • The Rossford schools could come to the voters next November with a levy request, but this would happen only after a community survey…Read more...

  • Boxing Legend Pushes CMSD Levy Passage (WJW)

    • Legendary boxing promoter and Cleveland native Don King was in the city Monday, going door to door and pressing the flesh, pushing for the passage of the controversial school levy…Read more...