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Education News for 12-06-2012

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State Education News

  • Senate will redo bill on grading districts (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Republican leaders in the Senate say the goal of a new A-to-F report-card system and tougher school-accountability system is to ensure that all students graduate from high school ready for college…Read more...

  • Educators open to stricter standards (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • If making teachers take a rigorous exam to get their license, similar to the way lawyers take the bar exam in order to practice law…Read more...

  • Educators debate proposed exam (Springfield News-Sun)

    • Ohio educators responded with tempered support to the American Federation of Teachers’ call for a more stringent exam…Read more...

  • Political Fight Threatens To End Funding For Autism Treatment In This Session (WBNS)

    • The state education department spends over $250 million dollars annually in special education costs for children with autism…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Many kids miss school as 'stomach flu' spreads in Ross County (Chillicothe Gazette)

    • Several local schools reported a large number of students out sick Wednesday, one day after health officials said the so-called “stomach flu” appears to be fairly widespread…Read more...

  • Licking Heights school copes without busing (Columbus Dispatch)

    • There were a lot of whistles and hand signals, a few kids wandering through the parking lot yesterday with their cellphones pressed to their ears…Read more...

  • Schools create rainy day fund (Newark Advocate)

    • Granville school officials have established an emergency “contingency” fund that is dependent in part upon how quickly the Granville Inn is sold…Read more...

  • Custodians, groundskeepers laid off at Heights (Newark Advocate)

    • Licking Heights Board of Education last week moved forward with another round of reductions, laying off custodians and reducing the hours of dozens of bus drivers…Read more...

  • Teachers get STEM training (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • Some teachers were a little overwhelmed by the vast amount of information available in the new Defined STEM program…Read more...

Editorial

  • Short takes (Columbus Dispatch)

    • KIDS OFTEN are involved with activities at school beyond the traditional school day, and often when it’s dark. Combine poor visibility with a lack of sidewalks and well-marked or well-lit crosswalks…Read more...

  • Better busing (Findlay Courier)

    • Earlier this year, Gov. John Kasich's administration introduced "Beyond Boundaries," a program to help school districts, local governments and state agencies deal with less state funding…Read more...

Education News for 12-05-2012

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  • Ohio Senate passes student-athlete concussion bill (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Starting as soon as the spring sports season, Ohio’s young athletes would have to be immediately removed from a game or practice when they showed symptoms of a concussion…Read more...

  • Columbus school district must pay audit bill (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The cost to Columbus City Schools for being investigated for data-rigging continued to grow this week: The district has become the only one in a statewide probe…Read more...

  • Program to help Ohio schools teach historic texts (Newark Advocate)

    • An educational program unveiled Tuesday by the Ohio Historical Society is meant to help schools comply with a new state law requiring students in grades 4-12…Read more...

  • State audit finds discrepancy in school’s bank deposit (Springfield News-Sun)

    • A state audit released Tuesday included a finding that required the Graham Local School District to repay about $330 to the district’s athletic fund, because of an accounting error…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Adena students' service projects address multiple issues (Chillicothe Gazette)

    • This fall, one class at Adena High School spawned four service projects, most of which had students working within the school…Read more...

  • Cleveland schools CEO Eric Gordon rolls out draft plan aimed at lifting district's performance (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • Six failing schools in the Cleveland school district could be overhauled in the fall. New specialty schools could open in the district a year later…Read more...

  • Opinions split on freshman reading assignment in Grandview (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Any other year, students needed a signed form from their parents to read the book. If they got that, they would meet after school to discuss the novel with their teacher in small groups…Read more...

  • Vanlue takes over BVS busing service (Findlay Courier)

    • Going along with the recent statewide trend of sharing services to reduce cost, Vanlue schools has taken over busing for Blanchard Valley School's preschool and school-aged children…Read more...

  • High school seniors finding they can't procrastinate in college search process (Willoughby News Herald)

    • Preparing to apply to colleges is a task seniors often begin long before they’re set to make the jump from high school. For example, students at Mentor High School start thinking about career choices in the ninth grade…Read more...

  • CMSD to Restore Full K-8 School Day (WJW)

    • Changes are under way to kindergarten through 8th grade school days in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District…Read more...

Editorial

  • Extended learning (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • Next year, 40 schools in five states will participate in a three-year pilot program to extend the school year by 300 or more hours. Research indicates that properly applied, more instructional time…Read more...

Education News for 12-04-2012

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  • Unpaid Lunch Charges Grow To $8,000 In Central Ohio School District (WBNS)

    • The Southwest Licking Local School District is facing a budget problem in its food department. Superintendent Robert Jennell says the district now has $8,000 in unpaid lunch charges from students and staff…Read more...

  • Riverside Schools gets SOAR award as 1 of Ohio's most improved districts (Willoughby News Herald)

    • Riverside School District has been recognized as one of the most improved districts in a statewide program geared at strengthening school and student performance…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Chillicothe school board plans levy to close gap (Chillicothe Gazette)

    • For the Chillicothe City School District to close a looming budget gap, the district and its taxpayers will have to share in the sacrifice…Read more...

  • Arlington schools consider options (Columbus Dispatch)

    • After the Upper Arlington schools’ first levy defeat in decades, district officials are trying to figure out how to plug a budget gap that they say is somewhere between $2 million and $4 million…Read more...

  • Licking Heights Begins School Week Without Busing (WBNS)

    • One of the first cuts following Licking Heights School District's failed levy started Monday morning. Students who typically used district buses to get to school were forced to find an alternative way…Read more...

Education News for 12-03-2012

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  • Group calls for charter crackdown (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • A national group of charter school sponsors is challenging states to crack down on failing charter schools…Read more...

  • E-schools: Innovative niche or educational bust? (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • The Hingsbergen family of Fairfield Township is an e-school family. Four of the five Hingsbergen children went to high school at Ohio Connections Academy, a statewide online charter school…Read more...

  • Could state-law fixes help city’s schools? (Columbus Dispatch)

    • A 20- to 30-person commission on improving Columbus City Schools will be appointed by Mayor Michael B. Coleman…Read more...

  • Five states to try more time in school (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Open your notebooks and sharpen your pencils. School for thousands of public-school students is about to get quite a bit longer…Read more...

  • Local scores lower than state, higher than U.S. (Dayton Daily News)

    • Students at Miami Valley school districts scored slightly below the state average but solidly above the national mark on both the ACT and SAT, according to data for 2012…Read more...

  • Local superintendents weigh in on the replacing of Ohio Graduation Test (Willoughby News Herald)

    • High school students will be given more rigorous tests that are better aligned with their coursework beginning in 2014-15. The change is positive overall, but will require a bit of work to make the transition, according to local school officials…Read more...

  • Longer Days at School? (WJW)

    • Some 10 school districts in five states will add up to 300 hours to their calendars starting next fall. The effort, according to the New York Times, is to help underperforming students catch up on standardized tests…Read more...

Local Education News

  • 20 mph speed limit may apply even after school day (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The flashing signals that now warn drivers to slow down in school zones at the beginning and end of the school day would also blink during sports games…Read more...

  • Loss of farm subsidy may have doomed levies (Dayton Daily News)

    • Increased taxes on farms and a call for money to build and maintain a new school were issues that apparently hampered this township’s 2.7-mills general funds levy that failed by 164 votes in the last election…Read more...

  • Online learning gains students (Mansfield News Journal)

    • Once the Internet reached critical mass in our society in the late 1990s, it wasn’t long before one industry after another began to feel its powerful effects…Read more...

  • State budget cuts run deep (Newark Advocate)

    • Street lights were turned off in Mansfield. Teachers were cut in Oak Harbor. The number of families assisted in Licking County was cut by 90 percent…Read more...

  • Chinese students flock to area schools (Toledo Blade)

    • Ruihan Hu didn’t buy the Marina District or the Docks, but she’s as much the face of a growing tie between Toledo and China as are the businessmen who made those high- profile deals…Read more...

  • Columbus Parent Files Lawsuit Against Schools Over 'Data Scrubbing' Investigation (WBNS)

    • A Columbus City Schools parent has filed lawsuit against the school district in connection with alleged data scrubbing. The parent, Marvin Perkins, is now hoping to make the lawsuit a class-action suit so other parents can join him in his fight…Read more...

  • 9th Grade English Assignment Prompts Some Parents To Ask For Book Ban (WBNS)

    • An English assignment turned into controversy in one central Ohio school district. The book “The Perks Of Being A Wallflower” is billed as a coming-of-age novel…Read more...

  • School mobility linked to test scores (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Student mobility — students who move into and out of school districts for reasons other than promotion — is higher in urban districts such as Youngstown, linking to lower test scores, according to a recent study…Read more...

Editorial

  • Grade acceleration (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • How much teaching and learning goes on in public schools is everybody’s business, and school rating…Read more...

Education News for 11-28-2012

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State Education News

  • Black grad rate lags in Ohio (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • Ohio is the sixth worst state in the nation at graduating black students from high school on time, a new federal study says…Read more...

  • Ohio’s grad rates show racial disparity (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Ohio has one of the nation’s lowest graduation rates for black students but one of the better rates for white students. The gap between black and white students’ success is so wide — white students’ rate is 26 percentage points higher…Read more...

  • House tweaking schools legislation (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Majority Republicans in the House say legislation to ramp up the school accountability system and create new report cards for schools and districts could be voted on as early as Thursday…Read more...

  • Ohio ties for 8th in U.S. for high school graduation rates (Dayton Daily News)

    • Twenty two states have better high school graduation rates than Ohio under a new, more uniform method of calculation, according to data from the U.S. Department of Education…Read more...

  • Local HS Introduces Unique Texting Program (WJW)

    • A Lake County high school is now using a unique text messaging program which allows students to anonymously send tips about any potential dangers at their school…Read more...

Local Education News

  • New Albany levy passes; district will build a school (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Voters approved a New Albany schools tax that will pay for a new school building, according to final, official results the Board of Elections certified yesterday…Read more...

  • Vanlue, Kenton agree to share school treasurer (Findlay Courier)

    • Vanlue and Kenton school districts have agreed to share a treasurer, school administrators announced this week…Read more...

  • Mansfield school district rethinking budget situation (Mansfield News Journal)

    • A gamble by the Mansfield City Schools Board of Education backfired at the polls this month, and the district will operate with $4 million less next year…Read more...

  • No comments for proposed 'double dip' (Newark Advocate)

    • No one spoke up at a public hearing Tuesday concerning the proposed retirement and rehiring of the superintendent of the Career and Technology Education Centers of Licking County…Read more...

  • Austintown teens learn work skills (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Hartford Orchard has hosted many families and events throughout the season, but on Tuesday, those visiting the orchard were put to work…Read more...

Editorial

  • Plenty of big questions facing Ohio's schools (Chillicothe Gazette)

    • When it comes to the state government in Columbus and big issues involving Ohio’s public schools, there are more big unknowns than knowns at the moment…Read more...

  • Ohio ready to reform tests, data (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • At long last, Ohio seems on the brink of simple, common-sense school reforms. One would compare the performance of students to those in other states. Another would eliminate the bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo…Read more...

Education News for 11-27-2012

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  • Kasich offers Coleman help with school reform (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Gov. John Kasich pledged to assist Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman with efforts to reform the city’s school system, much like the support he gave this year to Cleveland…Read more...

  • New buildings may doom school levies in elections (Dayton Daily News)

    • Voters who approved bond issues in recent years to build new schools rejected requests for new operating levies in those same districts earlier this month…Read more...

  • Title IX 40th anniversary: High school, college athletes, coaches see benefits and challenges (Willoughby News Herald)

    • As an All-Ohio volleyball player at Lake Catholic High School as well as a University of Florida recruit, Abby Detering has felt the effects of Title IX. And she likes what the future holds…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Bomb threat holds up Dublin classes (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Dublin school officials took the unusual step of delaying the start of school throughout the district yesterday after emails said there were bombs in several buildings…Read more...

  • Free school lunch numbers continue to rise (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • During the past decade, the percentage of students participating in the Free and Reduced Lunch program has nearly doubled in some Butler County school districts…Read more...

  • Reynoldsburg Police Pull Dare Officer Out Of Schools (WBNS)

    • The new administration at the Reynoldsburg Police Department has decided to implement term limits for its school resource officer…Read more...

  • Teens steal iPads, laptops (WEWS)

    • Eleven iPads were stolen from an Akron middle school…Read more...