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Education News for 11-26-2012

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State Education News

  • Many Ohio 3rd-graders at risk of failing (Chillicothe Gazette)

    • Thousands of Ohio third-graders face being held back in school if they can’t improve their reading proficiency by year’s end — and the problem could be even worse next year…Read more...

  • Schools critics open new front in seclusion-room fight (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Furthering its quest to end Columbus schools' use of seclusion rooms for disabled students, a state disability-rights group has filed a formal complaint against the district with the Ohio Department of Education…Read more...

  • Education conference reflects tough economy (Middletown Journal)

    • Local school administrators were among the nearly 10,000 education professionals who attended the 57th annual Ohio School Board Association Capital Conference and Trade Show last week in Columbus…Read more...

  • District’s financial recovery may take 5 years (Middletown Journal)

    • Members of the state-appointed Financial Planning and Supervision Commission said it will take three to five years before the effects of Monroe Schools’ passed levy will be seen…Read more...

  • State Educators Agree to Replace the OGT (WSYX)

    • State education leaders have agreed on a plan for replacing the Ohio Graduation Test with a nationally standardized college readiness test, such as the ACT, and 10 subject-area exams…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Schools in Singapore may provide lessons for educators here (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • Helen Williams knew little about Singapore before traveling there this spring to learn about its education system. What she had heard were the tales of people caned for minor offenses and stereotypes about Asian schools…Read more...

  • Pay freezes, cuts saving millions at local schools (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • Staff pay freezes have become the rule, rather than the exception, at Miami Valley public school districts…Read more...

Editorial

  • Cleveland-area school districts must work harder to keep children who move frequently from falling (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • Students who often change schools -- making them hard to track and harder to teach -- have long been a problem in many Ohio school systems…Read more...

  • Fair assessment (Columbus Dispatch)

    • As Ohio lawmakers work through this lame-duck session, one item on the hurry-up agenda demands attention: revamping the report cards…Read more...

Education News for 11-23-2012

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  • We're great at providing for special needs kids (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • When it comes to helping students with disabilities gain a diploma and a promising start to their adult lives, Greater Cincinnati school districts deserve high marks, a state report and education researchers say…Read more…

  • Spaulding Elementary teacher receives award (Clermont County Sun11/22/2012

    • Students and teachers at Spaulding Elementary School in Goshen packed into the gym Nov. 19 and received big news that their own third-grade teacher Crystal Dozier received a 2012 Milken Educator Award...Read more…

  • More rigorous tests to replace Ohio Graduation Tests by 2014-15 school year (Coshocton Tribune)

    • Ohio education officials tossed the Ohio Graduation Tests in favor of stricter exams, which they hope will better prepare students for college and the workforce...Read more…

Local Education News

  • Columbus City Schools: Where did the gifted kids go? (Columbus Dispatch)

    • There are fewer gifted students in the Columbus school district than there were six years ago, new district data show...Read more…

  • Reading Recovery boosts students in Mansfield(Mansfield News Journal)

    • MANSFIELD — The renewed emphasis Mansfield City Schools’ placed on Reading Recovery in 2010 is paying measurable dividends, Superintendent Dan Freund said...Read more…

  • Dover schools' website hacked (New Philadelphia Times)

    • DOVER —The conflict in the Middle East between the Israelis and Palestinians spilled over into the Tuscarawas Valley this week when someone overseas posted graphic pictures and comments about the situation on the website of Dover City Schools...Read more…

  • Superintendent discusses teacher evaluations at forum (Portsmouth Daily Times11/22/2012)

    • The Portsmouth City School District conducted an Education Forum Tuesday. Superintendent Scott Dutey headed up the forum which addressed progress within district...Read more…

  • Area schools to receive thousands in casino revenues (Springfield News-Sun)

    • Miami Valley school districts collectively stand to receive millions in annual tax revenue from casino profits when they begin receiving their share in January...Read more…

Editorial

  • The ABCs (Columbus Dispatch)

    • As Columbus city leaders study up on the city’s schools, the rest of the community is learning, too...Read more…

Education News for 11-21-2012

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  • Graduation test to be subbed out (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Ohio will dump its high-school graduation test and replace it with a tougher college-readiness exam and a series of end-of-course tests…Read more…

  • State Educators To Replace Ohio Graduation Test With Course-Specific Exams (WBNS)

    • The Ohio Board of Regents, the State Board of Education and the Ohio Department of Education have agreed on a plan to replace the Ohio Graduation Test with college and career readiness tests.…Read more…

  • Ohio high school testing standards to be raised (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Education leaders in Ohio have reached an agreement that will transform the current high-school testing system from minimal standards to a system of higher expectations that will clearly define college and career readiness for graduates.…Read more…

Local Education News

  • Cleveland schools set goal of topping other big-city districts by 2017 (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland school district aims to have state test scores by 2017 that would top those that all other big-city districts in Ohio have now.…Read more…

  • Community leaders launch effort to prepare students for high-skilled jobs (Dayton Daily News)

    • Hundreds of community leaders gathered Tuesday for Learn to Earn Dayton’s formal launch of a cradle-to-career educational initiative that aims to better prepare students for high-skilled jobs.…Read more…

  • Chardon School District to begin search for new superintendent (Willoughby News Herald)

    • The Chardon School District is moving ahead with its search for a new superintendent to take over for the 2013-14 school year.…Read more…

Education News for 11-20-2012

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  • School levy failure won’t stop drug testing (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Despite a failed tax levy that could lead to more cuts, the North Fork school district is reinstating its drug-testing program…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Audit cited in board members' defeat (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • The fallout from the state audit of the Mason County School District continues with the defeat of two Board of Education members in the Nov. 7 election and the near-loss of a third member to a write-in candidate…Read more...

  • Cleveland City Council seeks tougher penalties for failing to stop for school bus (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • Ten days after a Cleveland municipal judge ordered a woman to stand in public with a sign labeling herself an “idiot” for driving on a sidewalk to avoid a stopped school bus…Read more...

  • Highland Schools: No charges for not reporting sexual misconduct (Columbus Dispatch)

    • No charges will be filed against two Morrow County elementary-school principals and one teacher who had been under investigation…Read more...

  • Elida board soon to decide on levy, cuts (Lima News)

    • The next couple of months will be full of tough decisions for the Elida school board. After the levy defeat earlier this month, the board now faces decisions on going back to voters and what to cut from its budget…Read more...

  • Warren board discusses unanticipated tax bill (Marietta Times)

    • The granted appeal of a tax bill from several years ago has cost the Warren Local school district more than $160,000…Read more...

  • Conotton Valley cuts music program (New Philadelphia Times)

    • The Conotton Valley Union School Board made the first of what may be several budget cuts…Read more...

  • Auburn Career Center focuses on community outreach, opens welding lab (Willoughby News Herald)

    • At Monday's ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new welding lab, educators with Auburn Career Center also unveiled the new strategic plan for the center…Read more...

Editorial

  • On the money (Columbus Dispatch)

    • As other major American cities struggle to provide the basic services, Columbus is fortunate to have leadership that has locked down expenses and is able to propose a 2013 budget that invests in improving neighborhoods, strengthening safety forces…Read more...

  • Example exists for grad rates (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • Among nine schools the Ohio Department of Education is holding up as models of success under trying circumstances is East Garfield Elementary in Steubenville…Read more...

Education News for 11-19-2012

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  • A school-rating revamp? (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Ohio schools won’t receive an overall grade on state-issued report cards for the next two years under a Republican plan to ramp up the school-accountability system…Read more...

  • 35 district jobs to be cut to fill $2.8M budget hole (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Teachers cried and students begged the school board to change its mind, but in the end, few in a crowd of probably 200 people left on Thursday night with much hope that 35 district jobs can be saved…Read more...

  • Disabilities board asks districts to pay fee for school programs (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Starting next fall, the Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities will ask local school districts to pick up part of the tab when children attend its preschool and school-age programs…Read more...

  • Schools changing texting policies (Middletown Journal)

    • At a time when many school districts are crafting stricter regulations about teachers text messaging with students…Read more...

  • Student turnover dependent on several factors at local schools (Zanesville Times-Recorder)

    • Elementary school students in Zanesville City Schools lost about 20 percent of their classmates in two years. In contrast, the turnover in the East Muskingum Local Schools was only 8 percent between 2009 and 2011…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Fourteen more Jackson High victims identified, total is 38 (Canton Repository)

    • Police have identified 14 more Jackson High student-athletes who were videotaped nude in locker room showers…Read more...

  • Two panels debate options for schools levy (Columbus Dispatch)

    • After the Columbus Board of Education scrapped plans to put a tax increase on the presidential-election ballot, Superintendent Gene Harris has been preparing for the next push with two groups of community leaders…Read more...

  • Diabetes a challenge for schools (Columbus Dispatch)

    • A rapidly rising rate of students with diabetes in Columbus public schools and persistent struggles in reading proficiency are among the challenges…Read more...

  • Districts recognized for financial transparency (Middletown Journal)

    • Twelve of the 45 school districts or schools in Ohio that earned a Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting for fiscal year 2011 are located in the Miami Valley…Read more...

Editorial

  • Crossing the finish line (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Despite being the seventh-most-populous state, with colleges and universities almost everywhere one looks, Ohio is 37th in the nation for the percentage of adults…Read more...

Education News for 11-16-2012

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  • HB 555: What the New Ohio School Report Cards Could Look Like (State Impact Ohio)

    • Under a new, proposed school report-card system, Ohio schools would not get an overall grade on their performance for the next two school years,…Read more...

  • Nine schools held up for praise (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Photographs of smiling seniors at Eastmoor Academy fill boards Principal Alesia Gillison keeps on display at the high school on the East Side…Read more...

  • How High Poverty Schools Can Still Produce Excellent Students (State Impact Ohio)

    • Schools in high-poverty neighborhoods can produce excellent students, especially with the right leadership. At least that’s the finding of a new study commissioned by…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Lawyer denies he’s scaring school district witnesses (Columbus Dispatch)

    • A lawyer hired to help Columbus schools navigate their attendance-data scandal says he’s interviewing district employees in an “independent review of the facts.”…Read more...

  • 2 principals suspended for not making abuse report (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Two Morrow County elementary-school principals were suspended after detectives found that they had not reported the possible sexual abuse of one of the school’s students…Read more...

  • Schools pay for parallel audit (Columbus Dispatch)

    • A lawyer hired to help Columbus schools navigate their attendance-data scandal says he’s interviewing district employees…Read more...

  • Schools faced with 2 options: Lorain looks at $3M loan or slipping into fiscal emergency (Lorain Morning Journal)

    • The Lorain City School District is weighing borrowing $3 million to finish out the school year, using its recently passed 4.8-mill levy as collateral, or allowing the district to slip in to fiscal emergency and get a no-interest loan from the state…Read more...

  • Millions spent annually on professional development to prepare for common core (Middletown Journal)

    • As Ohio’s educators prepare for the statewide roll-out of common teaching standards in 2014, school districts are spending millions of dollars annually on professional development…Read more...

  • Local charter school wins six-figure counseling grant (Springfield News-Sun)

    • When third-grade math scores plummeted and reading scores dropped last school year at the Springfield Academy of Excellence, Principal Edna Chapman realized that many of her 242 students have “exceptional needs that aren’t necessarily academic.” Read more...

  • Quarter of Youngstown's students attend charter school (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • A quarter of the students living within the city school district attend public charter shools…Read more...

Editorial

  • Duck watch (part 2) (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • The Ohio House Education Committee is conducting hearings this week on legislation to revamp the grading system for public schools and districts…Read more...

  • Deeper trouble (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The stakes in the already-alarming investigation of data-rigging in Columbus City Schools have been raised enormously…Read more...