State Education News
- School report card date set (Cincinnati Enquirer)
- State to release new report cards (Columbus Dispatch)
- Parent attacks dress code policy (Dayton Daily News)
- State board to release some report-card data (Toledo Blade)
- Ohio officials discuss Ledgemont Schools' fiscal emergency (Willoughby News Herald)
Ohio will be handing out state report card ratings for districts and schools Oct. 17, state officials said Tuesday, now that State Auditor Dave Yost’s investigations into enrollment…Read more...
A second round of preliminary school report-card data that includes school ratings and attendance rates will be released next week. The State Board of Education voted 12-3 yesterday to make the additional data public…Read more...
A Tippecanoe High School student’s mother isn’t happy with the new principal’s interpretation of the dress code…Read more...
The state board of education voted Tuesday to release some of the school report card information it has withheld pending a state auditor’s investigation of attendance-data manipulation in some districts…Read more...
Community and staff members filled Ledgemont Elementary School’s cafeteria Monday to hear an Ohio Department of Education official outline the ramifications of the school district’s fiscal emergency status…Read more...
Local Education News
- Riverdale, teachers union reach contract settlement (Findlay Courier)
- Schools, families adjust to healthier school lunches (Hamilton Journal-News)
- Parents cite bullying issue as reason to reject Lima schools levy (Lima News)
- Switzerland of Ohio schools paring $1M from budget (Marietta Times)
- Career center banks on surplus (Marietta Times)
- Catholic teachers will vote on union (Youngstown Vindicator)
Contract agreements have been reached between Riverdale school's administration and the teachers union, officials…Read more...
Many students and parents have reacted strongly to National School Lunch Program updates introduced this year that mandate calorie limits and more fruits…Read more...
Bullying is at the center of an effort to defeat next month’s Lima schools levy. Three families upset about what they say is a bullying problem in the district called a news conference…Read more...
The Switzerland of Ohio Local school district is working to cut $1 million from its budget. The district has already laid off three employees and instituted a teacher hiring freeze…Read more...
The Washington County Career Center is projected to be in the black for the next five years, even as expenses overtake revenue, according to a forecast approved…Read more...
About 100 Catholic elementary school teachers will decide later this month whether to be part of a union…Read more...
Editorial
- Why secrecy? (Columbus Dispatch)
The Dispatch has filed a lawsuit against the Columbus Board of Education for a simple reason: Public meetings should be open to the public. The board has ignored repeated requests by the newspaper to honor that legal requirement…Read more...