State Education News
- Lockland fires superintendent (Cincinnati Enquirer)
- Superintendent, son fired in data-scrubbing scandal (Columbus Dispatch)
- Report card delay won’t affect Canton City Schools (Canton Repository )
- Schools offer additional data (Cincinnati Enquirer)
- Warrensville Heights school audit finds student fees money is missing (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
- Toledo schools defend policy on data (Columbus Dispatch)
- Engaging technology prepares schools for new state standards (Hamilton Journal-News)
- Let’s Play the Ohio School Attendance Data Rigging Blame Game (State Impact Ohio )
Lockland's school board voted Thursday night to fire its superintendent and her son – who also worked in the district – becoming the first Ohio district to push out its top administrator over the recent accusations of student records manipulation…Read more...
Lockland’s school board voted last night to fire its superintendent and her son, who also worked in the district, becoming the first Ohio district to push out its top administrator…Read more...
Ohio has delayed the scheduled Aug. 29 release of school report cards amid the state auditor’s investigation…Read more...
Ohio’s annual report cards give only a “snapshot” on how high-achieving school districts are performing, complain officials from 10 Greater Cincinnati school systems who are banding together to produce their own reports…Read more...
More than $13,000 in student fees disappeared from the Warrensville Heights school district in the 2009-10 school year, according to a state audit…Read more...
The Toledo school district continued to erroneously label as dropouts those who missed at least four weeks of school a year, even after someone at the state Department of Education told the district…Read more...
Laptops, iPads and interactive white boards are replacing overhead projectors, textbooks and chalkboards in local classrooms…Read more...
The fingers of blame are pointing every which way as the investigation into whether Ohio schools are improperly manipulating student attendance data to make their state report cards look better unfolds…Read more...
Local Education News
- Lorain recalls 17 teachers because of high enrollment, retirements in the district (Lorain Morning Journal)
- New program provides netbooks for every Licking Valley High School student (Newark Advocate)
- Schools Hope Dress Code Changes Will Reduce Classroom Distractions (WBNS)
- Six months since the shooting, Chardon High students, staff look forward (Willoughby News Herald)
A projected enrollment increase and retirements will return 17 teachers to classrooms in Lorain City Schools in an effort to keep classroom sizes low. Ninety-three teachers were notified they’d be out of a job in April…Read more...
Amanda Yates isn't using any textbooks or worksheets in her classroom this year. In fact, the science teacher probably won't be using any paper at all…Read more...
Several schools announced that they have changed the dress codes to prevent distractions in the classrooms…Read more...
The Chardon High School campus was bustling with activity prior to the first day of school on Thursday. Sports teams gathered on lawns and fields as they concentrated on strategies and skills…Read more...