Stories and content dealing with Ohio's battle for the minds of the youth
North Western Schools Springfield
BY JEFF SKINNER SPRINGFIELD - The Northwestern Local School District is facing intense scrutiny following currently unverified community allegations that female students were subjected to intrusive physical searches for hidden cell phones during a school lockdown. The allegations, which began circulating on social media platforms this week, claim that an announcement
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PERRY - The Perry Board of Education confirmed on Monday, June 29, it has received no new updates or formal proposals regarding a controversial data center project that was approved without any due diligence on record with the village. The short update was delivered during the board's regular meeting,
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BY STAFF CONTRIBUTOR PERRY - At the Monday, May 11 meeting of the Perry board of education, board members heard an update from the Wellness Committee on a recent conversation with Harvard environmental research on questions surrounding the proposed data center in the area. A significant portion of the committee report
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BY JEFF SKINNER COLUMBUS - The Ohio State University has recently announced the new appointed president of the university. Interestingly enough the appointee has direct ties to Charles Lieber, the genetic research tied to the heart of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as Jeffrey Epstein and Les Wexner by proxy.
Education
BY JEFF SKINNER CHARDON - In February, Chardon Schools Superintendent Mike Hanlon took time to address the public regarding his concern that if the abolish property tax amendment is approved by voters, the school district would be completely out of money by 2027. It is a sentiment shared by most in
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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 massive
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 often
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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