Stories and content dealing with Ohio's battle for the minds of the youth
Education
BY JEFF SKINNER SPRINGFIELD - Springfield area students representing a local organization called BATS, Bringing Awareness To Students, provided input to the Springfield Commissioners at the November 18 meeting, where they advocated against Ohio House Bill 172, a bill which looks to specifically target a large revenue stream for the
Springfield
BY JEFF SKINNER Springfield - Historic Wittenberg University, first founded in 1845, is currently facing a crisis which could jeopardize its ability to stay open. The university has been put on probation with its very accreditation hanging in the balance. Located in the heart of Springfield, Ohio, Wittenberg University has
Education
BY LIZZIE MARGOLIUS In part one of this series, we went into detail about the various forms of taxes and taxes specific to Ohio. In part two, we are going to talk about state and local spending. This past summer, the Ohio General Assembly passed its largest budget to date
Education
BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - A Franklin County Judge has ruled that the state's EdChoice program, a private school voucher program, currently utilized by low income students, is unconstitutional. The ruling comes after a two-year legal battle with Vouchers Hurt Ohio, a consortium of around 200 public schools
Education
BY LIZZIE MARGOLIUS In our most recent article on Whole Child we introduced some of the manipulative language used in the framework and gave you some quotes directly from the Whole Child model both from ASCD and from the adopted Ohio version. In this article, we are going to get
Education
BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - Last year the Ohio House passed House Bill 8, which mandated educational institutions to permit students to attend religious instruction off-campus during the school day. The bill left very few limitations to its mandate, which is being revisited through budgetary rules to impose restrictions on
Education
BY TOM HACH Part 1 of this series covered the changes to Ohio law which now require school boards to work with third parties offering Religious Release Time Instruction (RTRI) to public school students. While Ohio law is clear, there are still varying opinions regarding RTRI itself. Below are some
Education
CHESTERLAND - In an intensely watched meeting of the West Geauga Board of Education, the board voted to approve an emergency resolution to remove the district’s $128,000,000 bond from the May 6 special election. Members of the public voiced their concerns over the vote, stating concerns ranging
Education
CHESTERLAND - The West Geauga Board of Education has added a last minute resolution to their agenda for the Monday, March 10 meeting, seeking to remove the upcoming Bond Issue from the May 6 election ballot. The Bond issue seeks to drain an additional $128 million from the community, in
Education
STATEWIDE - In a “Dear Colleague” letter submitted last Friday, the executive branch is given Ohio public schools and universities until the end of the month to remove DEI initiatives for items such as school admission or risk losing federal funding. In the letter, Craig Trainor, Acting Assistant Secretary for
Healthcare
BY NICK ROGERS STATEWIDE - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has partnered with middle/high school teachers around the country participating in its Science Ambassador Program to create a new curriculum focused on viral outbreaks and disease prevention. The interactive classroom material, dubbed “Operation Outbreak,” is supplemented
Education
PAINESVILLE - It was a last minute addition to the Riverside school board agenda that finally ended a years long battle over Social Emotional Learning at the district. Riverside school board member Scott Fishel proposed a resolution at the August 15 meeting during new business to remove Social Emotional Learning