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Education News for 10-26-2012

State Education News

  • ACLU wants seclusion-room tactics halted at schools (Columbus Dispatch)
  • There’s no need for seclusion rooms in Ohio schools and they ought to be phased out within three years, the ACLU of Ohio says…Read more...

  • FBI joins probe of schools’ records (Columbus Dispatch)
  • The FBI has launched its own investigation into the data-scrubbing probe that began with Columbus City Schools and has spread statewide…Read more...

  • 2 city schools ranked excellent or above for first time (Springfield News-Sun)
  • For the first time, two Springfield City elementary schools were ranked as “Excellent” or above on the preliminary Ohio Department of Education report card…Read more...

  • Revere BOE OKs new electronic device policy (West Side Leader)
  • Students with iPads, Kindles, Nooks and other electronic devices will now be able to use them at school for educational purposes…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Coleman hears of employers' need for graduates to be 'work-ready' (Columbus Dispatch)
  • Companies that are developing business in Columbus are placing a higher premium on the talent of the work force…Read more...

  • NC'town BOE terminates teacher's contract (New Philadelphia Times)
  • The Newcomerstown Board of Education voted Wednesday to terminate the teaching contract of sixth-grade teacher Scott Thomas, effective immediately…Read more...

  • Riverside teachers earn $9,800 grant for robotics (Willoughby News Herald)
  • Students at two Riverside schools will spend their time playing with Legos after the Dominion Foundation awarded a grant to the district…Read more...

  • City students celebrate programs that begin after dismissal bell rings (Youngstown Vindicator)
  • More than 150 city elementary- and middle-school students marched along Wood Street, chanting the praises of their schools and the Youngstown Afterschool Alliance…Read more...