State Education News
- Catholic schools embrace Common Core (Cincinnati Enquirer)
- Lawmakers aren’t near a school-funding resolution (Columbus Dispatch)
- Reports of child abuse, neglect increase (Columbus Dispatch)
- Ohio’s new chief educator is expected to seek change (Columbus Dispatch)
- Charter schools would receive 'F' in new standards (Newark Advocate)
The Common Core isn’t just for public schools anymore. These days, private schools across the country are jumping on the public education standards bandwagon…Read more...
Faced with an unpopular formula, a fast-approaching deadline, and an uncertain amount of money, Rep. Gerald Stebelton doubts a final school-funding plan can be crafted by the time the two-year state budget is approved…Read more...
Reports of possible abuse or neglect of children continue to rise in Franklin County, driven in part by more notices from schools, day-care centers and others who work with kids…Read more...
People who know Ohio’s new state school superintendent have called him provocative, direct and impatient…Read more...
Seven in 10 Ohio charter schools wouldn’t make the grade under Ohio’s new school rating system, which will replace ambiguous terms with an A-F scale…Read more...
Local Education News
- Treasurer predicts fewer students will leave Akron for charter, private schools (Akron Beacon Journal)
- Lobbying not part of education panel’s expenses (Columbus Dispatch)
- Campus Impact program helps students cope with bullying (Lorain Morning Journal)
- Linkage coordinators reflect on three years helping students stay in school (Newark Advocate)
- Mathews teachers, board OK contract (Youngstown Vindicator)
- Youngstown board members sound off on supt., each other (Youngstown Vindicator)
Each year in May, Treasurer Jack Pierson prepares a five-year financial forecast for Akron Public Schools…Read more...
The Columbus Education Commission had spent just under $360,000 through February and had about $640,000 in city cash and pledges from the business community, officials said last week…Read more...
In light of reports of bullying involving children, preventative programs such as Campus Impact are being sought locally to help students deal with the issue of bullying…Read more...
In July 2010, Josh Devoll and Dava Kaltenecker became linkage coordinators…Read more...
Mathews schoolteachers and the board of education have ratified a three-year contract containing no salary increases for the duration of the contract and increased medical premiums in the third year…Read more...
“Fractured” and “strained” are some of the adjectives city school board members used to describe their relationships with one another and with Superintendent Connie Hathorn — but so are “cordial” and "professional."…Read more...
Editorial
- Medina situation in a word: Disconnect (Canton Repository)
- Give consideration to school consolidation (Lancaster Eagle-Gazette)
Medina residents are rightly upset about their school board’s lax policies on spending. They aren’t likely to rest until they’re satisfied that the board and administration are making resolution of this issue a top priority…Read more...
This past week, we raised the question: Does Ohio need 612 school districts? There is no clear-cut answer, but we believe it’s a question worthy of closer scrutiny…Read more...