State Education News

Lax sex ed lets fallacies flourish (Columbus Dispatch)

Plenty of Americans thought Missouri Rep. Todd Akin was out of line, wrong and maybe even a little nutty when he said that a woman’s body has a way of preventing pregnancy in cases of “legitimate” rape...Read more...

Attendance scandal claims a casualty (Columbus Dispatch)

State Auditor Dave Yost warned Columbus schools leaders a month ago that contacting the district’s internal auditor as she investigates claims of data rigging could have serious consequences...Read more...

Hathorn predicts improvements in Youngstown schools (Youngstown Vindicator)

Although the release of the state report cards is weeks away, city schools Superintendent Connie Hathorn expects it to show improvement...Read more...

Local Education News

Bay Village school district sees health insurance premium hike (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Health and prescription insurance premiums for school district employees will increase by more than 9 percent beginning...Read more...

Man challenges effort to roll back school tax (Columbus Dispatch)

Gene Hollins says he has friends on both sides of the ballot issue that aims to repeal part of a property tax for the Westerville school district...Read more...

Crawford County partnership links education, economic development (Mansfield News Journal)

Adding the word education isn't just a change in semantics for a local group...Read more...

Lakewood teachers to receive base pay raises (Newark Advocate)

For the first time since the 2009-10 school year, Lakewood teachers will receive a base pay raise...Read more...

Preschool programs return to Southwest Licking (Newark Advocate)

At this time last school year, the classrooms inside Southwest Licking's former kindergarten center were empty and quiet, but that no longer is the case...Read more...

Parents Threaten To Take School District Back To Court Over Busing Issues (WBNS)

Parents were threatening to take a school district back to court over whether their children should be bused to private schools...Read more...

Willoughby-Eastlake Schools to bring new technology into the classrooms (Willoughby News Herald)

The Willoughby-Eastlake School District is preparing to train 200 teachers as it moves to bring in newer technology in the classroom...Read more...