State Education News
- Heffner lost job over bill's provision (Cincinnati Enquirer)
- Ohio Superintendent Resigns Following Ethics Report (Education Week)
- Voters To Decide On School Issues (ONN)
- Ohio Dems decry lack of charges in scandal (Toledo Blade)
- Back to School: New rules for lunch (WKYC)
- Attendance data not likely to be rigged (Youngstown Vindicator)
Tucked in the 3,262 pages of last year’s state budget bill is a provision that cost state schools Superintendent Stan W. Heffner his job...Read more...
Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction Stan Heffner has announced his resignation following a report that identified his apparent conflict of interest...Read more...
On Tuesday, more than 30 school districts will be asking voters to pass levies. Special elections are being held in 31 counties across the state...Read more...
Democrats said Monday that Ohio's top education official should not be allowed to simply walk away from his job...Read more...
For the first time in 15 years, school lunches are going to look and taste differently. New federal guidelines are now in effect for schools across the country...Read more...
While a statewide investigation examines data rigging in school attendance reporting, Mahoning Valley school officials believe safeguards are in place...Read more...
Local Education News
- Dragonfly director resigns following release of ODE review (Canton Repository)
- Getting the school year off to a healthy start (Springfield News-Sun)
- 11 Rossford school officials make concessions (Toledo Blade)
Brianne Bixby-Nightingale resigned Monday as executive director of Dragonfly Academy. The school’s board of directors accepted her resignation effective immediately, according to Ben Weisbuch, Dragonfly’s attorney...read more...
Summer is winding down, and the school year is quickly approaching...Read more...
Administrators in the Rossford school district have volunteered to freeze their wages, pay more of the cost of their medical insurance, and forfeit a personal day for savings...Read more...
Editorial
- Departure time (Akron Beacon Journal)
- Youngstown schools district not off hook with resignation (Youngstown Vindicator)
Stan Heffner quickly apologized “for my lack of judgment.” His words came in response to a report delivered Thursday by the state inspector general...Read more...
Youngstown city schools of- ficials should not take comfort from the resignation of the state’s education chief, Stan Heffner, because the future of district ultimately rests with Republican Gov. John Kasich...Read more...