State Education News
- Some high-rated districts failing with gifted students (Columbus Dispatch)
- Columbus schools pitch data safeguards (Columbus Dispatch)
- Changes made to state report cards (East Liverpool Review)
- Huffman wants to make school funding more stable (Lima News)
- Controversy downplayed; Naming of Ramos, Patterson to academic commission (Lorain Morning Journal)
- Students to take OAA tests this week (Newark Advocate)
- ACT, AP can cut college costs (Springfield News-Sun)
Most Ohio schools earn passing grades for making progress with gifted students…Read more...
Columbus principals would have to get permission to change students’ grades at the end of the school year under rules the superintendent is proposing…Read more...
Changes made by the Ohio Department of Education have report cards for schools taking on a whole new look, according to a report…Read more...
State Rep. Matt Huffman is working on a school funding plan he says will create a consistent and steady increase in education money…Read more...
Local school officials said that concerns about the appointment of Raul Ramos and Henry Patterson Jr. to the Academic Distress Commission…Read more...
This week, students will begin taking this year’s Ohio Achievement Assessments. One of the best things parents can do to help their students do well on the test…Read more...
Data included on the state report cards for high schools about how students performed on the SAT, ACT and AP tests can translate into money saved for families…Read more...
Local Education News
- Buckeye Local School District does administration shuffle (Ashtabula Star-Beacon)
- Cleveland District considers using money from sale of headquarters to offer more (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
- Columbus shuffling principals (Columbus Dispatch)
- Parents to rally over teacher contract talks (Dayton Daily News)
- Vermilion to expand student drug testing (Lorain Morning Journal)
- Newark schools preparing for curriculum shift (Newark Advocate)
- After no deal to end Strongsville teachers strike (Sun Newspapers)
A reshuffling of administrators in the Buckeye Local School District will result in a familiar face returning to Edgewood High School next year…Read more...
Although the Cleveland School District is leaving its longtime offices on East Sixth Street this summer, school board member Eric Wobser wants the district to increase…Read more...
More than 1 in 4 Columbus schools will get new principals this fall as the district makes new efforts to rescue poorly performing schools…Read more...
Parents and teachers rallied Friday in front of the Springboro Board of Education in support of the district’s teachers and in opposition to the school board…Read more...
Drug testing at Vermilion High School will expand to include all students next school year, Superintendent Phil Pempin announced yesterday…Read more...
For decades, there have been students sitting in their classrooms wondering, “Why do I have to learn this?” and “When am I going to use this in the real world?”…Read more...
Yet another negotiation session in the seven-week teachers strike failed to produce a deal…Read more...