State Education News
- Voters OK’d 60 percent of levies for schools (Columbus Dispatch)
- Just 7 percent of voters go to polls in central Ohio (Columbus Dispatch)
- State takeover closer after levy defeat (Dayton Daily News)
- Senator Looking For $100 Million In Budget To Support Preschool Vouchers (Gongwer)
- Liberty schools hopeful about teacher negotiations (Youngstown Vindicator)
Ohio voters approved 60 percent of 137 local tax requests for schools on Tuesday…Read more...
Tuesday was far from a proud day for democracy in central Ohio. It also was a costly one in terms of citizen participation…Read more...
State fiscal watch is imminent for Fairborn City Schools following voter rejection Tuesday of an 11.7-mill emergency levy by a 2-to-1 margin…Read more...
Sen. Peggy Lehner (R-Kettering) said Wednesday she hopes to amend the budget to add $100 million for a new voucher program to cover preschool costs for three- and four-year- olds…Read more...
State officials are hoping contract negotiations with the Liberty teachers union will save the school district “hundreds of thousands of dollars.”…Read more...
Local Education News
- Conneaut BOE, City Council building deal in jeopardy (Ashtabula Star-Beacon)
- Cleveland school district and teachers union reach agreement on Cleveland Plan details (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
- Huber schools continue staff reduction plan (Dayton Daily News)
- Avon schools prepare to go wireless (Lorain Morning Journal)
A possible partnership between the city of Conneaut and its school district to share use of a commercial building is in jeopardy over the cost of rehabilitating the structure…Read more...
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District and Cleveland Teachers Union have reached a tentative agreement on how the two will work together to implement…Read more...
The Huber Heights school board will continue implementation of more than $6 million in cuts by reducing 34 support staff…Read more...
Students can ready their Ipads and other Wi-Fi capable devices as Avon schools prepare to go wireless…Read more...
Editorial
- Minority decides for the majority (Columbus Dispatch)
- School spirit (Findlay Courier)
A look at Tuesday’s primary-election results shows that many important races and issues were decided by only a handful of the people…Read more...
Most would agree there's no better investment in the future than education. But by cutting funding in recent years, state government has shifted more of the burden of operating public schools to taxpayers and property owners…Read more...