News Briefs
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland called the state’s schools superintendent “one of our nation’s premier education leaders” as she announced her resignation about two months after he criticized her as being neither a leader, an advocate, nor a good manger.
June 4, 2008
Court’s refusal to hear the appeal means that the suit will go forward on a First Amendment retaliation claim.
May 20, 2008
A study that examines how 13 schools in inner-city Cleveland are producing strong academic performance among poor students found common threads.
May 6, 2008
March 11, 2008
Gov. Strickland would like to make every high school student who meets certain academic requirements eligible to spend the 12th grade in an Ohio public university, tuition-free.
February 12, 2008
Nearly half of Ohio’s charter schools within the state’s eight largest school districts exceeded the state’s expectations for improved learning from the 2005-06 school year to 2006-07, concludes a study.
January 22, 2008
Federal pressure to improve student test scores is prompting some school districts to pay students for improved performance.
Updated: February 27, 2008
The public-private partnership is intended to connect 100,000 students over the next 10 years to high-tech careers aimed at helping to fuel the economy.
Updated: February 14, 2008
Joe Nathan examines "significant and successful" changes in Cincinnati public schools.
January 8, 2008
Ohio’s new attorney general is turning to the court system to shut down charter schools he argues have shown consistently poor academic results.
October 16, 2007
An extreme heat wave putting temperatures as high as 102 degrees in the South and Midwest United States has prompted a rash of school closings.
August 28, 2007
Eliminating the program would cut out "wastefulness and giveaways," according to Gov. Ted Strickland.
March 20, 2007
Efforts would scrutinize their own institutions of higher education to see what they are doing right, or wrong, in preparing new teachers.
February 20, 2007
One family is seeking a ruling that nonlawyers may represent their children.
February 20, 2007
The state's academic standards and funding method are viewed as in need of changes.
February 15, 2007
Updated: November 19, 2008
Updated: January 17, 2008
