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Education News for 01-15-2013

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State Education News

  • Law allows principals to skip being teachers (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • When Gilbert A. Dater High School teacher Terri Wessel heard the school’s new assistant principal didn’t have a traditional license, she was nervous…Read more...

  • Teachers’ pay might be linked to quality, Kasich says (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Schools could tie teachers’ pay incentives to their performance as part of Gov. John Kasich’s yet-to-be-unveiled funding formula, the Republican governor said yesterday…Read more...

  • Leader is re-elected by state education board (Columbus Dispatch)

    • A united State Board of Education unanimously re-elected Cincinnati Republican Debe Terhar to a second two-year term as president yesterday…Read more...

  • STEM internship program wins state funding (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The state Controlling Board approved $11 million yesterday for a cooperative internship program designed to help make Ohio a leader in educating students in the high-demand fields of science, technology…Read more...

  • Painesville City Schools seeks grant funds to improve literacy, team up with Fairport Harbor (Willoughby News Herald)

    • Painesville City Local Schools will look to partner with a neighboring district in the future to improve student reading skills…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Chillicothe school board faces cuts regardless of levy approval (Chillicothe Gazette)

    • A number of significant changes, including the closure of Tiffin Elementary School, are on the table as Chillicothe City School officials look to cut $1 million from the district’s budget…Read more...

  • Ross County sheriff suggests deputy presence in schools (Chillicothe Gazette)

    • As schools across the nation continue to look for ways to boost their security, Ross County Sheriff George Lavender has proposed having deputies make daily appearances at all of the county schools…Read more...

  • CPS board puts open border policy on hold (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • Cincinnati Public Schools on Monday delayed a vote on a policy that would for the first time allow it to open its borders to out-of-district students…Read more...

  • Berea, Midpark wrestlers grappling successfully with schools' imminent merger (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • Imagine the carnage if St. Edward and St. Ignatius held a joint hockey practice, or if Massillon and McKinley tried to do anything together, even a clambake…Read more...

  • Phila schools seek $4 million levy to help boost security (New Philadelphia Times)

    • The New Philadelphia Board of Education has taken the final step to place on the May primary ballot a 9.6-mill, five-year emergency operating levy, which would pay for…Read more...

  • Columbus City Schools Book Purchases Come Under Fire For Alleged Conflict Of Interest (WBNS)

    • At Marion Franklin High School, questions are not coming from school books but instead are about school books…Read more...

  • Teachers institute ‘work to rule’ plan (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • School officials are responding with a little surprise and a little understanding to Austintown teachers’ new efforts to have their grievances heard…Read more...

  • Poland schools beef up security (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • The board of education agreed Monday to allow a Poland Township police officer in all school buildings and to spend up to $80,000 in security upgrades district-wide…Read more...

Editorial

  • Preventable tragedy (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Parents who are undecided about getting their children vaccinated against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, or HPV, might look at the statistics and heed the experience of a surgeon…Read more...

Education News for 01-14-2013

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  • Teacher evaluations to be more detailed under new standards (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • The teacher on the video had clearly worked hard on her lesson…Read more...

  • Past school-funding plans (Columbus Dispatch)

    • When Gov. John Kasich in February rolls out his formula for funding Ohio schools, he will become the fourth-consecutive governor to attempt to transform the way the state pays for education…Read more...

  • Kasich’s turn for school reform (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Gov. John Kasich soon will become the fourth-straight Ohio governor to propose sweeping changes for financing public schools and improving student performance…Read more...

  • Auditor targets 100 more schools (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The state auditor has identified about 100 more Ohio schools that show signs they might have “ scrubbed” student data…Read more...

  • Hamilton schools: ‘A’ in frugality (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Hamilton schools are celebrating a milestone this year that few districts in Ohio can: They’ve gone 20 years without increasing their operating taxes. And based on current financial projections…Read more...

  • School reform: Outside help likely (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The Columbus school district isn’t the only education game in town. It’s the biggest. But a large, mayor-appointed commission that is meeting to help improve education for Columbus children is operating on the premise that other businesses…Read more...

  • Kasich appoints three to Ohio Board of Education (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Gov. John Kasich today made three more appointments to the Ohio Board of Education, among them a replacement for the last remaining appointee of his Democratic predecessor…Read more...

  • Private schools top public in average ACT, SAT scores (Dayton Daily News)

    • Local private high school students averaged much higher ACT and SAT scores than their public school counterparts in 2012, according to our study of schools across the Miami Valley…Read more...

  • State reports show most teacher candidates pass licensure test (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • Ohio has established a starting point for comparing and evaluating the college programs that train elementary, middle and high school teachers, releasing this week the first ever…Read more...

  • Use of seclusion, restraint to be restricted (Marion Star)

    • Ohio schools no longer will be allowed to use physical restraint or seclusion as a punishment for children under a draft policy, but those techniques still would be permitted to prevent dangerous situations…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Administrators tackle ‘school-to-prison’ pipeline (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • Claren Chandler was two months pregnant with her daughter when she threatened to stab a Garfield High School classmate with a pair of scissors…Read more...

  • Teacher with fear of kids sues district (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • A longtime French and Spanish high-school teacher is suing a suburban Cincinnati school district, alleging that it discriminated against her because she has a disability — a phobia of young children…Read more...

  • Students praising others on Facebook (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Students in central Ohio have a new reason to smile. By logging onto Facebook and sending a message, teens are anonymously paying homage to fellow classmates’ good deeds and admirable qualities...Read more...

  • Schools say no to old drug programs (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Realizing that more young people are no longer “just saying no” to drugs, local schools are changing their approaches to drug-prevention programs…Read more...

  • Board votes to table charter school study (Dayton Daily News)

    • The Springboro Board of Education voted 3-2 to table a proposed conversion charter school study Thursday night, after dozens of Springboro parents and community members spoke out against the study and the concept…Read more...

  • Armed janitors may provide school district's line of defense (Findlay Courier)

    • A rural school district in Ohio is drawing attention with its plans to arm a handful of its non- teaching employees with handguns this year -- perhaps even janitors…Read more...

  • No new security measures for city schools (Springfield News-Sun)

    • Springfield City Schools will wait to see what government changes come from a national debate about guns and mass shootings before making any changes…Read more...

  • Cameras, locked doors among precautions for area Catholic schools (Toledo Blade)

    • With new entrance procedures, an online reporting system for threats, and training for students and staff, schools in the Catholic Diocese of Toledo are beefing up security measures and reviewing policies in response to the shooting in Newtown, Conn…Read more...

  • Steubenville Supt Plans Expanded Sexual Harassment, Date Rape Curriculum (WBNS)

    • Two 16-year-old high school football players have been charged with sexually assaulting a young girl after a series of parties in August…Read more...

  • Ridge Middle School to try out Google Chromebooks in Mentor School District (Willoughby News Herald)

    • Mentor Schools will join neighboring school districts by adding new technology to its classrooms…Read more...

Editorial

  • Put the emphasis on educate, not regulate (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • In the fall of 2010, the Ohio Department of Education launched, with great fanfare, an initiative called Credit Flexibility…Read more...

  • Web-utation (Columbus Dispatch)

    • It might be hard for parents to get this message through, but teens and young adults should be made to understand that what they put online likely will be seen by a college- admissions officer or a potential employer…Read more...

  • Unwelcome comeback (Columbus Dispatch)

    • A malady mankind thought it had whipped, whooping cough, is again becoming a menace. More than ever, parents need to make sure that they and their children are current on immunizations…Read more...

  • Decency deficit (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The attention surrounding an allegation of rape at a high-school party in Steubenville isn’t surprising; the ugly details attract notice…Read more...

  • A first step (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The Ohio Department of Education’s effort to establish policies and rules for dealing with emotionally disturbed children with out-of-control behavior is welcome…Read more...

  • A start (Columbus Dispatch)

    • One of the most-talked-about topics amid all the media coverage of the Newtown school shootings was a blog item written by a mother who sympathized with what shooter Adam Lanza’s mother…Read more...

  • Schools should be instructed to be open about discipline issue (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • There’s a saying that when God closes a door, He opens a window. But politics isn’t divine, and experience shows that when government cracks a window, it often tries to slam shut a door…Read more...

Education News for 01-11-2013

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  • Ohio’s public schools rate 12th in U.S. with B- grade (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Ohio’s public school system earned a better grade on the nation’s report card this year, but the state’s rank — fifth in the nation three years ago — fell to 12th…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Groveport schools offer 12 options for levy (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Groveport Madison school officials took their first steps to place a levy on the May ballot at last night’s school board meeting…Read more...

  • Huber Heights schools to cut 108 jobs, 64 teachers (Dayton Business Journal)

    • The board of the Huber Heights school district voted to cut 108 jobs and 64 teachers, according to WDTN-TV 2…Read more...

  • Lakota saves $1.5M after cuts to art, music (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • Elementary students within Lakota are getting less exposure this school year to subjects, including art and music…Read more...

  • Retired teacher group offering grants to current teachers (Lima News)

    • The Allen County Retired Teachers Association is accepting project proposals for teacher grants the group began giving last year…Read more...

  • Casino money: Not enough help for local schools (New Philadelphia Times)

    • Joe Edinger, superintendent of East Holmes Local Schools in Berlin, doesn’t plan on spending the $39,677.15 his district will receive as its share of state casino-tax revenue…Read more...

  • District facing state oversight (Springfield News-Sun)

    • Tecumseh Local Schools must further cut expenses and increase revenues or face a projected $1.6 million deficit and fiscal caution status in 2014, the state education department told the district this week…Read more...

  • Mathews student charged after describing school shootings as ‘easy’ (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Two buddies from Mathews High School were arraigned Wednesday on felony charges — one accused of making remarks that caused panic at the high school, the other accused of vandalizing a teacher’s house in Niles last week…Read more...

Editorial

  • Disruptive students (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • Tamika Williams has a problem. And so, unfortunately, does the Akron Public Schools, which has the responsibility to ensure a learning environment that is safe for all staff and students, including angry, young ones like Tamika…Read more...

  • Fine could have helped Jackson kids (Canton Repository)

    • Judge had noble idea, but ex-coach’s victims may need counseling, too. Scott D. Studer pleaded guilty last month for videotaping Jackson High School student athletes in the showers…Read more...

Education News for 01-10-2013

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  • Teacher education programs at public, private state colleges can now be compared (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • Prospective teachers, school superintendents and parents can now judge the quality of teacher education programs in Ohio's public and private colleges…Read more...

  • Secrecy to shroud school seclusion, restraint use under new state rules (Columbus Dispatch)

    • New state rules would require schools to keep records of how often and why educators place children in seclusion rooms or physically restrain them…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Casino money headed this way (Marion Star)

    • School districts are getting their first taste of casino-tax revenues, though this new revenue stream won’t be a windfall…Read more...

  • Newcomerstown schools' recycling drive helps beat budget crunch (New Philadelphia Times-)

    • Staff and teachers of Newcomerstown Exempted Village Schools have been earning free technology equipment by participating in the FundingFactory Recycling Program…Read more...

  • Scioto schools get $277,500 from Casino Tax (Portsmouth Daily Times)

    • The state of Ohio announced Wednesday nearly $38 million will go to Ohio schools…Read more...

Education News for 01-09-2013

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  • Ohio schools to share $37.9 million in casino taxes (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • The state will distribute $37.9 million in casino taxes to more than 1,000 school districts and charter schools across Ohio…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Carrollton officials address parents' concerns about school safety (Canton Repository)

    • Carrollton Exempted Village Schools Superintendent Dave Quattrochi said that parents picked up hundreds of their children and removed them from school…Read more...

  • Cuyahoga Heights school district sues to recover over $4 million in stolen technology funds (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • The Cuyahoga Heights school district is suing to get back more than $4 million that a state audit said was stolen by Joseph Palazzo, the district's former technology director…Read more...

  • Columbus school board president re-elected (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Despite state and federal investigations into district data-rigging, the Columbus school board re-elected its president last night to her fifth consecutive term…Read more...

  • Fairfield schools struggle to keep up with technology (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • The same shortage of funds that has caused Fairfield City Schools to forgo some needed repairs and bus purchases, has also made it difficult for the district to keep up with technology…Read more...

  • Amherst schools look to prevent $4.7 million in cuts (Lorain Morning Journal)

    • The renewal of two Amherst school levies set to expire this year will prevent $4.7 million in cuts to programs, staff and services, said Superintendent Steve Sayers…Read more...

  • Early-dismissal Wednesdays coming to all city schools (Marion Star)

    • All Marion City School buildings will be impacted by a plan to dismiss students early on Wednesdays…Read more...

  • 3 students join city school board (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Three new city high school students have been sworn in as student board members…Read more...

  • South Range to offer open enrollment (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • South Range is combatting dwindling class sizes and declining revenues by offering limited open enrollment in the upcoming school year, officials say…Read more...

Education News for 01-08-2013

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  • Disadvantaged on the report card (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • It’s a complicated business, telling people whether they are getting good value for their public schools and how well their students stack up against those across the street or the oceans…Read more...

  • Ohio’s education laws 10th-best, group says (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Ohio ranked 10th for state education laws that include performance pay for teachers, school choice for students and parents, and spending and governance flexibility for schools and districts…Read more...

  • Tax revenue from casino offsets lower home values for South-Western schools (Columbus Dispatch)

    • South-Western schools, Columbus and other government entities will get their first taste of property-tax revenue from Hollywood Casino Columbus this year…Read more...

  • State tax revenue beats December projection (Columbus Dispatch)

    • December was a good month for state tax revenue: It came in nearly 5 percent higher than projected, thanks largely to strong income-tax receipts…Read more...

  • GED test changes include rising price (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • Beginning in 2014, there will be significant changes in the content and procedures regarding the test for the General Educational Development diploma…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Reduction in Duke tax costs area schools $11M (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • School districts in Hamilton County have lost about $11 million in tax revenue from utility giant Duke Energy in three years…Read more...

  • Charter school sponsor rules in place for Cleveland (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • The Transformation Alliance, a new panel created through the Cleveland schools legislation passed by state legislators last year, has agreed on broad principles for evaluating charter schools and their sponsors…Read more...

  • Columbus schools on verge of hiring info officer (Columbus Dispatch)

    • As investigations continue into the accountability of Columbus City Schools student data, the Board of Education is ready to hire an executive…Read more...

  • New evidence delays trial in Ohio school killings (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Because “voluminous” new evidence has emerged, a judge agreed yesterday to indefinitely delay the murder trial of an 18-year-old charged in the high-school shooting…Read more...

  • Schools OK transfer (Marion Star)

    • A plan by the Boys and Girls Club of Marion County to open a youth center proceeded another step Monday…Read more...

  • Schools warned of threat (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • Local schools are being watchful after they were told of a potential threat on Monday. Youngstown police were notified of the threat Sunday, which was made in the form of an online message board post…Read more...

  • School Choice, Lottery Process Starts For Columbus City Schools (WBNS)

    • Columbus City Schools started its school choice/lottery process on Monday. Parents of 2013-2014 high school students have until Jan. 31 to return completed applications to put their children in the lottery process…Read more...

Editorial

  • Uniformity across county could have life-saving impact (Canton Repository)

    • To say that Roger Wiandt is well-traveled when it comes to school buildings in Stark County is an understatement…Read more...