Education News for 01-30-2013

State Education News

  • 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…