Stories and content dealing with Ohio's battle for the minds of the youth
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
Education
By Brian Massie Originally posted on Lobbyists for Citizens Lake County Probate Court Judge Mark Bartolotta selects Dennis L. Keeney to fill the vacant position on the Riverside School District Board. A seat on the Lake County Riverside School Board became available when Jennifer Harden decided to resign her long
Education
BY TOM HACH Have you ever wondered why all levels of our educational system seem to do more and more, and yet less and less on academics? The roots of this phenomenon go in many directions, but one can make the argument that the taproot goes back to John Dewey.
Education
BY NICK ROGERS CHARDON - Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are no longer just the stuff of entertainment. These mediums are now integrating into the education sector, as evidenced by Saint Joseph Academy (Cleveland) and their 2023 press release touting the institution as “…the first high school in