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Education News for 03-06-2013

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State Education News

  • Ohio school superintendent finalists have questions in past (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Richard A. Ross, Gov. John Kasich’s education adviser and former superintendent of Reynoldsburg City Schools, pleaded guilty to a operating a vehicle while intoxicated, reckless operation, speeding, and driving without a seatbelt after being pulled over in Powell, Ohio...Read more...

  • State no longer flags school-worker probes (Columbus Dispatch)

    • We used to be able to tell you whether the state was investigating local educators for misconduct. Those days, apparently, are over…Read more...

  • Officials concerned about looming cuts (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • Schools could see a loss in shared service programs and staff positions if proposed funding cuts are implemented, according to area officials…Read more...

  • Panel warns Yo. BOE: Keep Hathorn or we’ll take over (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Youngstown schools Superintendent Connie Hathorn is staying put in the district, and the board of education has been warned to keep it that way, or lose control of the schools altogether…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Jobs, busing may feel ax as Columbus schools face $25 million shortfall (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Eliminating more than 300 jobs, shortening the school day, dropping middle-school sports and ending all high-school transportation — including for charter and private schools…Read more...

  • Fairfield schools to increase security (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • Fairfield City Schools plans to increase security following a review of its buildings in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting…Read more...

  • Group of Strongsville High School students say they 'will not be silenced' from talking about (Sun Newspapers)

    • About 20 students at Strongsville High School held a silent rally outside the Board of Education office March 5…Read more...

  • All sides in Strongsville teachers strike say they want deal, but no talks are scheduled (Sun Newspapers)

    • It's official - all sides involved in the ongoing Strongsville teachers strike have said they are ready to continue negotiating…Read more...

  • Austintown teachers break off without a vote on a new contract (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Austintown teachers met Tuesday but broke off without a vote on a new contract with the school board…Read more...

Education News for 01-11-2013

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State Education News

  • Ohio’s public schools rate 12th in U.S. with B- grade (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Ohio’s public school system earned a better grade on the nation’s report card this year, but the state’s rank — fifth in the nation three years ago — fell to 12th…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Groveport schools offer 12 options for levy (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Groveport Madison school officials took their first steps to place a levy on the May ballot at last night’s school board meeting…Read more...

  • Huber Heights schools to cut 108 jobs, 64 teachers (Dayton Business Journal)

    • The board of the Huber Heights school district voted to cut 108 jobs and 64 teachers, according to WDTN-TV 2…Read more...

  • Lakota saves $1.5M after cuts to art, music (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • Elementary students within Lakota are getting less exposure this school year to subjects, including art and music…Read more...

  • Retired teacher group offering grants to current teachers (Lima News)

    • The Allen County Retired Teachers Association is accepting project proposals for teacher grants the group began giving last year…Read more...

  • Casino money: Not enough help for local schools (New Philadelphia Times)

    • Joe Edinger, superintendent of East Holmes Local Schools in Berlin, doesn’t plan on spending the $39,677.15 his district will receive as its share of state casino-tax revenue…Read more...

  • District facing state oversight (Springfield News-Sun)

    • Tecumseh Local Schools must further cut expenses and increase revenues or face a projected $1.6 million deficit and fiscal caution status in 2014, the state education department told the district this week…Read more...

  • Mathews student charged after describing school shootings as ‘easy’ (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Two buddies from Mathews High School were arraigned Wednesday on felony charges — one accused of making remarks that caused panic at the high school, the other accused of vandalizing a teacher’s house in Niles last week…Read more...

Editorial

  • Disruptive students (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • Tamika Williams has a problem. And so, unfortunately, does the Akron Public Schools, which has the responsibility to ensure a learning environment that is safe for all staff and students, including angry, young ones like Tamika…Read more...

  • Fine could have helped Jackson kids (Canton Repository)

    • Judge had noble idea, but ex-coach’s victims may need counseling, too. Scott D. Studer pleaded guilty last month for videotaping Jackson High School student athletes in the showers…Read more...

Why No Rights At Work Is Wrong

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Borrowed totally from OEA.

OUR OPPONENTS ARE ATTACKING WORKING AND MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE AGAIN

Our out-of-touch opponents are trying to deceive voters again like they did last year. This is worse than SB 5. It doesn’t have to be this way. The so-called, trick-titled “right to work" is WRONG because it is an unsafe and unfair attack on workers' rights, good jobs, families and the middle class. We call it No Rights at Work is Wrong and we don’t need it.

IT'S UNFAIR

If you work hard and play the rules, you should be treated fairly You should be able to earn a fair wage for a hard day’s work RTW is unfair because it degrades the value of hard work and the worker

IT IS AN ATTACK ON WORKERS' RIGHTS

RTW strips workers of their collective bargaining rights Voters have spoken on this issue: they support collective bargaining rights Workers should be able to speak up for themselves, their coworkers and their community on the job

IT HURTS JOBS/COMMUNITY

RTW means lower wages and fewer benefits for you, me, all of us We need good paying jobs for working and middle-class Ohioans Communities thrive and grow when Ohioans have good paying jobs

IT'S UNSAFE

It makes it harder to collectively bargain for life-saving equipment, staffing and other safety issues for the brave men and women that protect us, like police officers and firefighters It takes away the professional voices of those we trust to take care of our children and families, such as teachers and nurses It is wrong because it means less money, lower wages and fewer benefits for you, me and all of us in the middle class. Communities thrive and grow when Ohioans have good paying jobs. Let's stand up together and stick together for a decent standard of living.

We Deserve It.

Education News for 11-19-2012

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State Education News

  • A school-rating revamp? (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Ohio schools won’t receive an overall grade on state-issued report cards for the next two years under a Republican plan to ramp up the school-accountability system…Read more...

  • 35 district jobs to be cut to fill $2.8M budget hole (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Teachers cried and students begged the school board to change its mind, but in the end, few in a crowd of probably 200 people left on Thursday night with much hope that 35 district jobs can be saved…Read more...

  • Disabilities board asks districts to pay fee for school programs (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Starting next fall, the Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities will ask local school districts to pick up part of the tab when children attend its preschool and school-age programs…Read more...

  • Schools changing texting policies (Middletown Journal)

    • At a time when many school districts are crafting stricter regulations about teachers text messaging with students…Read more...

  • Student turnover dependent on several factors at local schools (Zanesville Times-Recorder)

    • Elementary school students in Zanesville City Schools lost about 20 percent of their classmates in two years. In contrast, the turnover in the East Muskingum Local Schools was only 8 percent between 2009 and 2011…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Fourteen more Jackson High victims identified, total is 38 (Canton Repository)

    • Police have identified 14 more Jackson High student-athletes who were videotaped nude in locker room showers…Read more...

  • Two panels debate options for schools levy (Columbus Dispatch)

    • After the Columbus Board of Education scrapped plans to put a tax increase on the presidential-election ballot, Superintendent Gene Harris has been preparing for the next push with two groups of community leaders…Read more...

  • Diabetes a challenge for schools (Columbus Dispatch)

    • A rapidly rising rate of students with diabetes in Columbus public schools and persistent struggles in reading proficiency are among the challenges…Read more...

  • Districts recognized for financial transparency (Middletown Journal)

    • Twelve of the 45 school districts or schools in Ohio that earned a Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting for fiscal year 2011 are located in the Miami Valley…Read more...

Editorial

  • Crossing the finish line (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Despite being the seventh-most-populous state, with colleges and universities almost everywhere one looks, Ohio is 37th in the nation for the percentage of adults…Read more...

Support kids not cuts

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Across the board cuts (also know as sequestration), scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 2, 2013, are a bad idea and would be devastating to the programs and services ordinary Americans depend on including education, transportation, public safety, medical research, and environmental protection. These cuts could also lead to the loss of nearly 80,000 education jobs.

Here's a broad look at what these cuts mean at the national level

Across the board cuts would be particularly devastating for education, where cuts would result in:
• Services cut or eliminated for more than nine million students
• Funding for children living in poverty, in special education, and Head Start slashed by billions
• Class sizes ballooning
• After-school programs eliminated
• Programs for our most vulnerable – homeless students, English Language Learners, and high-poverty, struggling schools – decimated
• Financial aid for college students slashed
• Nearly 80,000 education jobs lost – at early childhood, elementary and secondary, and postsecondary levels.

Despite the fact that 5.4 million more students are in our schools today and that costs have increased by 25 percent since 2003, these cuts could actually cause education programs to drop to pre-2003 levels.

And in Ohio

Ohio Sequestration

Obama's 2nd term plan for education

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In a newly published policy brochure, the President outlines his second term plan for education

President Obama’s plan for America’s future: Highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020 so we can compete and win in the 21st Century economy:

1. Cutting tuition growth in half over the next ten years. We can make college more affordable by continuing tax credits to help middle-class families afford college tuition, doubling the number of work-study jobs and creating incentives for schools to keep tuition down.

2. Recruiting and preparing 100,000 math and science teachers. We can out-compete China and Germany by out-educating them. The STEM Master Teacher Corps and investments in research and innovation into the best ways to teach math and science will help improve math and science education nationwide.

3. Strengthen public schools in every community. Because we can’t compete for jobs of the future without educating our children, we must prevent teacher layoffs. We also must expand Race to the Top to additional school districts willing to take on bold reform. The President will offer states committed to reform relief from the worst mandates of No Child Left Behind, like incentives to teach to the test, so they can craft local solutions.

4. Train 2 million workers for good jobs that actually exist through partnerships between businesses and community colleges.