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Education News for 02-01-2013

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State Education News

  • Governor outlines plan for funding education (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • Invited to Columbus on Thursday to catch a sneak peak at the governor’s plan to fund education, Mogadore Superintendent Christina Dinklocker walked away with the same feeling as many others…Read more...

  • Governor's school spending plan puts focus on students (Canton Repository)

    • Funding the student, not the district, is the theme of Governor John Kasich’s education funding plan for the next two years…Read more...

  • Kasich unveils plan to fund, reform schools (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • Governor John Kasich offered a new way of funding schools Thursday that he says will be more equitable for poor and rural districts and add to the school choices of working class families…Read more...

  • Gov. John Kasich's school plan would dramatically overhaul Ohio's funding formula (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • Gov. John Kasich wants a major overhaul of Ohio school funding that focuses on bridging the wide gaps in income and property values among districts…Read more...

  • Study to evaluate ‘green’ school buildings (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Ohio has more environmentally friendly school projects than any other state…Read more...

  • Schools need quicker progress in Race to Top, report says (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Ohio has made some progress in using federal Race to the Top funds to improve schools but needs to move more quickly, a new report says…Read more...

  • Proposed eligibility change seen as long-term boost to school vouchers (Columbus Dispatch)

    • More families probably would take advantage of school vouchers under Gov. John Kasich’s income-based plan, but it wouldn’t immediately lead to an exodus from public schools…Read more...

  • Kasich’s school-funding plan greeted with relief (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Ohio school superintendents were relieved yesterday when Gov. John Kasich told them his two-year school-funding plan would not cut their current levels of state aid. In fact, the $15.1 billion education plan…Read more...

  • OSU wants $100 million for in-state scholarships (Columbus Dispatch)

    • To help make college more affordable for more students, Ohio State is challenging the community to help raise $100 million to pay for scholarships for needy and high-achieving…Read more...

  • Kasich's plan gives more money to schools (Dayton Daily News)

    • Gov. John Kasich’s school funding plan tackles growing disparity between poor and wealthy school districts and allows Ohio students living in poverty to attend private schools with state dollars…Read more...

  • Teachers, parents learn to take aim (New Philadelphia Times)

    • Staring down at the target ahead of her, Tasha McConnnell lifted the small revolver and gently squeezed the trigger…Read more...

  • Kasich school plan prompts optimism for area educators (Toledo Blade)

    • Ohio school superintendents reacted with guarded optimism Thursday to Gov. John Kasich’s school funding proposal, as they hailed a guarantee that no school districts will receive less money under the plan…Read more...

  • Kasich school funding formula gives more to poor, less to rich (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • The state will provide increased funding for poorer school districts statewide through a new formula that takes into account property values and income levels…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Bullying lawsuit dismissed against Mentor school officials (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • A federal judge has dismissed a 2010 lawsuit that accused Mentor school officials of ignoring a pattern of bullying…Read more...

  • Local schools optimistic about funding plan )Lima News)

    • Area school officials liked what they heard from Gov. John Kasich Thursday, but say they they still need to see the numbers before declaring a final verdict…Read more...

  • Big Walnut Schools Continue to Focus on Improving School Security (WBNS)

    • Gone are the days that visitors can just open a door and walk into a Big Walnut school building. Visitors now have to check in through a video intercom system…Read more...

  • Area superintendents react to Kasich's plan for schools (Willoughby News Herald)

    • Ohio Gov. John Kasich unveiled a school-funding overhaul on Thursday that he said is aimed at helping students in poor districts compete while introducing changes meant to reward and highlight innovation…Read more...

Education News for 01-31-2013

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  • New college degrees respond to evolving job market (Canton Repository)

    • At 47, Frank Phillips is back in school. The Canton native is taking a mobile app development class at Stark State College of Technology to prepare for a career change forced on him by a disability…Read more...

  • Sale of naming rights may be option for schools (Canton Repository)

    • Could selling naming rights to high school football stadiums be a viable option for financially strapped school districts…Read more...

  • Kasich says two-year budget has $1B surplus (Chillicothe Gazette)

    • When the governor publicly releases his proposed two-year operating budget Monday, it will show a $1 billion surplus, he said…Read more...

  • U.S. to propose limits on snacks sold in schools (Columbus Dispatch)

    • After more than a year’s delay, U.S. schools soon will see proposed federal rules restricting the kinds of snacks sold to students…Read more...

  • Kasich rolling out his plan for schools (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Gov. John Kasich will unveil his long-promised school-funding plan today, in which he’ll propose creating a $300 million “innovation fund” to support school initiatives to improve teaching and learning…Read more...

  • School safety high on legislators’ list (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The Ohio House and Senate will take a deeper look into school safety in the wake of the shootings in Newtown, Conn., and Chardon in northern Ohio…Read more...

  • Kasich to unveil plan to fund Ohio schools today (Dayton Daily News)

    • Gov. John Kasich will unveil his plan for funding Ohio’s public schools today, just days before he releases a state budget plan for the next two years…Read more...

  • School chiefs heading to Columbus (New Philadelphia Times)

    • Superintendents from throughout the Tuscarawas Valley are headed to Columbus today to attend a special meeting where they are expected to learn about Gov. John Kasich’s plan to fix school funding…Read more...

  • Who teaches the teachers? (Portsmouth Daily Times)

    • Educators from four regional schools participated in a professional development program this week, at New Boston School…Read more...

  • Ohio school funding formula unlikely to be cut (Toledo Blade)

    • Details remained tight Wednesday, but the amount of money going into the new school funding formula that Gov. John Kasich will publicly unveil today is not expected to be reduced again…Read more...

  • House Dems seek input on Kasich schools plan (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Democrats in the Ohio House hope Gov. John Kasich includes all-day kindergarten, smaller class sizes and charter-school accountability…Read more...

  • Legislation aimed at making schools safer (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • A Republican lawmaker from the Akron area introduced legislation Wednesday aimed at making schools safer…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Akron students receive free eye exams, glasses (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • The Ohio Optometric Foundation, Akron Children’s Hospital and Akron Public Schools joined forces with several volunteers Tuesday and Wednesday to offer free eye exams and glasses to about 88 district students…Read more...

  • Coleman’s influence over schools growing (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Mayor Michael B. Coleman might have been adamant that he’s not out to take over the Columbus City Schools…Read more...

  • Details of Centerville schools cuts plan released (Dayton Daily News)

    • Details regarding Centerville City Schools’ $2.6 million plan to reduce spending and generate revenue were released this week, and it will impact academics, busing…Read more...

  • Lakota to see enrollment drop, study says (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • A detailed, 10-year enrollment study for Lakota schools includes a drop of more than 2,300 students by the 2022-23 school year…Read more...

  • Madison school officials defend response on bullying (Mansfield News Journal)

    • Through numerous parental accusations that the district’s approach to bullying is poor, Madison Local Schools Superintendent Lee Kaple stood firm…Read more...

  • Superintendent to part ways with Toledo Public Schools after contract expires in July (Toledo Blade)

    • Toledo Public Schools Superintendent Jerome Pecko will part ways with the district when his contract runs out this summer, pushing the Toledo Board of Education…Read more...

  • Hubbard superintendent to receive $1 salary next year (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • A school official may have given new meaning to the value of a dollar. The Hubbard Board of Education has approved a contract to pay Superintendent Richard J. Buchenic one dollar for the entire 2013-14 school year…Read more...

Editorial

  • Universities face more competition (Columbus Dispatch)

    • An announcement last week by the University of Dayton is causing a stir around the country: The private Catholic university is promising prospective students that they will pay the same amount…Read more...

  • Marietta board takes steps that will protect students (Marietta Times)

    • In the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school massacre, many local education officials have said they want to step up discussions about ways to increase security at their facilities…Read more...

Education News for 01-30-2013

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  • Educators speculate on Kasich’s budget plans (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Every school district in Ohio is waiting to hear Gov. John Kasich’s plan for school funding, to be unveiled on Thursday..Read more…

Local Education News

  • Columbus schools seek public input on new superintendent (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The Columbus City Schools are inviting members of the public to weigh in on what they want in a new superintendent at a series of regional “focus groups” starting next week...Read more…

  • School worker now at home (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • WARREN - A city school district employee charged earlier this month with carrying a concealed weapon was placed on home assignment pending the outcome of an investigation...Read more…

  • Shared services with Hubbard may end in Liberty (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • A shared-services agreement between adjoining school districts soon may end...Read more…

Editorial

  • Take a close look at attendance (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • Officials in some of Ohio's biggest school districts, including Columbus, were caught lying about student attendance numbers last year. They were inflated to make the school systems appear to be doing a better job than actually was the case...Read more…

Education News for 01-29-2013

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  • Ohio business leaders urge education reform (Canton Repository)

    • A group of major Ohio business leaders is urging Gov. John Kasich to push hard on educational changes…Read more...

  • Bucknell inflated its SAT scores (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Bucknell University has disclosed that for several years it reported inflated SAT scores for incoming freshmen, making the private liberal-arts school in Pennsylvania…Read more...

  • Ohio Governor John Kasich sets online 'town hall' on education (WEWS)

    • Ohio's governor is planning an online "town hall" session…Read more...

Local Education News

  • County Commissioners OK part-time deputies for schools (Chillicothe Gazette)

    • Within two weeks, a pair of Ross County sheriff’s deputies will begin making their rounds of the county’s schools…Read more...

  • Defeating the math monster (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • The move to high school isn’t just for ninth-graders anymore. Next year, in an effort to bolster academics – especially math – Cincinnati Public Schools will expand all of its high schools to house grades 7-12 instead of the 9-12 model…Read more...

  • Girl’s suicide spurs second-guessing (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Hailey Petee hated her glasses, the ones with lenses so thick that they distorted the look of her pretty blue-gray eyes…Read more...

  • Centerville to make $2.6M in cuts (Dayton Daily News)

    • Centerville City Schools, which saw its November levy fail by less than a percentage point, approved on Monday night $2.6 million in cuts from its budget next school year…Read more...

  • Delaware County Schools Considering Changes To Safety Policies (WBNS)

    • The Delaware City Schools Board of Education plans to join with city council Monday night to host an annual meeting. One of the topics will be school safety…Read more...

  • Jurors in T.J. Lane Chardon shooting case to be sequestered (Willoughby News Herald)

    • Jurors selected in the Thomas Lane III aggravated murder trial will be sequestered during deliberations, Geauga County Common Pleas Judge David L. Fuhry ruled in an opinion made public Monday…Read more...

  • Group calls board member’s comments racist (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • A community group is taking offense at what it calls “racist” comments made by a veteran city school board member and threatens sanctions if the school board doesn’t take corrective action…Read more...

Editorial

  • Put the money on early education (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • I was watching a gymnastics competition on television, admiring the strength of those tight and incredibly lithe bodies when something caught my ear from the chatter of the commentators…Read more...

  • Unfunded guarantee (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • On Thursday, John Kasich plans to unveil his proposal for revamping the way the state pays for public schools. He will be the fourth governor to take a stab at the problem since the Ohio Supreme Court found the funding formula…Read more...

  • Ohio school board member's Facebook fiasco warrants an apology (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • Gov. John Kasich ought not to fire Debe Terhar, president of the State Board of Education, despite her offensive Facebook posting quoting…Read more...

  • A lesson on life (Toledo Blade)

    • Usually, teachers teach and students learn in a classroom. But kids can also teach adults a thing or two. Take Perrysburg Junior High School seventh-grader Michael Skotynsky…Read more...

  • Liberty plan has already been charted (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • A local state audit that showed a $12,720 overpayment to former Liberty schools treasurer Tracey Obermiyer is peanuts…Read more...

Education News for 01-28-2013

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  • Local taxpayers may pay heavy price for state legislature’s reading mandates (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • The state legislature in June invoked a “third-grade reading guarantee,” requiring school districts beginning in 2014 to keep children from advancing to the fourth grade…Read more...

  • Schools brace for teacher retirements after pension reform (Canton Repository)

    • Even before state lawmakers passed reforms to the state’s five pension systems, North Canton City Schools Treasurer Todd Tolson watched a mass…Read more...

  • Educators on edge as funding plan nears (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • Gov. John Kasich is expected to release a new school funding formula this week, becoming the fourth Ohio governor to try to fix a funding system the state Supreme Court has said is inequitable and unconstitutional…Read more...

  • Ohio's state tests slated to get much harder in two years (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • Ohio is about to raise the bar on its state tests for students in third through eighth grade. And just about everyone is predicting…Read more...

  • Local school officials brace for the worst as they wonder what Gov. John Kasich's budget will have (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • Local school officials are bracing themselves for Gov. John Kasich's plan for funding schools…Read more...

  • Some on state board press for special meeting over Terhar controversy (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Several members of the Ohio Board of Education want a special meeting to discuss the controversy surrounding Board President Debe Terhar…Read more...

  • Ohio schools look at adding police officers (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Most Ohio high schools and some middle schools have an armed, uniformed police officer or deputy sheriff…Read more...

  • Schools move quickly to boost security (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Within days of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting last month, officials in Ohio schools began to sign off on safety updates that had long sat on the back burner…Read more...

  • Bill to get police in school (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Many students might not dwell on the possibility of violence erupting at their school, but some Reynoldsburg seniors say a plan aimed at encouraging off-duty law-enforcement officers…Read more...

  • Casino money 'drop in bucket’ for schools (Lima News)

    • School districts will take every dollar they can get, but officials don’t want the public to confuse casino tax money expected this week to be anything more than what it really is…Read more...

  • Incentive would help cops work as substitute teachers (Mansfield News Journal)

    • U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi wants to encourage off-duty police officers to serve as substitute teachers by giving them a break on their federal taxes…Read more...

  • New online tool reports teacher, school employees’ salaries (Springfield News-Sun)

    • A searchable online database of 2012 salary data for every public school employee in Ohio is now available online, thanks to a right-leaning Columbus-based think tank that published the information…Read more...

  • Kasich set to unveil school funding plan (Toledo Blade)

    • It’s been a decade since the Ohio Supreme Court issued its fourth and final ruling declaring the state’s funding of schools unconstitutional because it placed students in poorer districts at a competitive…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Chillicothe schools' orchestra spared from cuts for good measure (Chillicothe Gazette)

    • It’s been called the “crown jewel” of the Chillicothe City Schools. The orchestra program, which is the only one of its kind in the region…Read more...

  • CPS open enrollment plan meets opposition (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • The Cincinnati Public Schools board of education expects to vote tonight to open enrollment to out-of-district students…Read more...

  • School launches natural resources program (Springfield News-Sun)

    • The Springfield-Clark Career Technology Center will introduce a natural resources management program next school year, the school’s first new addition…Read more...

  • Chinese students show off talents at Toledo schools (Toledo Blade)

    • It was Pen Tsou’s classroom, but at least for a moment, another teacher took the lead…Read more...

  • Shared treasurer decision pending in Liberty, Hubbard (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • A decision will be made in May as to whether two neighboring school districts will share a treasurer…Read more...

Editorial

  • Link performance to review of parents (Columbus Dispatch)

    • According to the Jan. 15 Dispatch article “Teachers’ pay might be linked to quality,” merit pay for teachers would be based on several things but “more on performance than experience…Read more...

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  • Teaching the teachers (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • Classroom teachers increasingly are feeling the heat to raise student achievement levels. It is quite appropriate that close attention is falling…Read more...

  • New emphasis (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Mental-health care is a critical and underserved need, as was underscored in the wake of recent shootings by mentally disturbed young men…Read more...

  • Protecting confidences (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The unfolding statewide scandal involving school districts accused of cheating on their state report cards makes abundantly clear why employees willing to blow the whistle…Read more...

  • Bad bet (Findlay Courier)

    • Ohio school administrators say they won't rely on state casino revenues to balance their budgets. That is a wise approach, considering their cut of gamblers' wagers at the state's casinos will never make up for state funding…Read more...

Education News for 01-25-2013

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  • State auditor: School data system broken (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • Ohio Auditor Dave Yost is expected to recommend multiple changes to the way school districts and the state report attendance data…Read more...

  • ‘Hitler’ reference offensive (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The Anti-Defamation League is calling on Ohio School Board President Debe Terhar and other critics of gun-control legislation to stop referencing Adolf Hitler…Read more...

  • Galion ponders armed teachers (Mansfield News Journal)

    • Come February, Galion schools could be among the first in Ohio to discuss arming teachers after the tragic shooting in Connecticut…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Sycamore students follow passions, earn high school credits (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • If you think high school is boring and irrelevant, you need to talk to Sycamore High School students Mitchell Bie and Matt Rickert…Read more...

  • Schools need to get online (Columbus Dispatch)

    • More online learning could be coming to a school near you, based on a meeting yesterday of Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman’s Education Commission, which is examining how to improve education in the city…Read more...

  • Washington-Nile School switches to natural gas (Portsmouth Daily Times)

    • The Washington-Nile Local School Board voted during their meeting…Read more...

  • Berea, Olmsted Falls schools exploring alternative approaches to keep kids safe (Sun Newspapers)

    • As a parent, Sarah Fox was amazed to learn her son’s school practices a lockdown drill that includes remaining in rooms, essentially hiding from an active shooter…Read more...

  • Still no response from CMSD on outrageous violence videos (WOIO)

    • Still no response from Cleveland Schools on outrageous videos of violence at John Adams High School. Two weeks and counting…Read more...

Editorial

  • This H-bomb is a dud (Columbus Dispatch)

    • State school-board President Debe Terhar, if she hasn’t given up social media entirely, likely is getting an education this week in what the Internet-savvy know as Godwin’s Law of Nazi Analogies…Read more...

  • Ms. Terhar must go (Toledo Blade)

    • State Board of Education President Debe Terhar apparently doesn’t have the decency or good sense to resign. So it falls to Gov. John Kasich to make that happen…Read more...