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Governor:John Kasich
Superintendent of Public Instruction:Stan Heffner
Quality Counts state grade:C+
Pre-K-12 enrollment:1,754,191
Number of school districts:955
Number of public schools:3,758
Number of public school teachers:109,282
Unadjusted education spending per student:$11,224
Percent minority students:25.8%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:42.5%
Percent of students with disabilities:14.8%
Percent of English-language learners:2.1%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:45.3%
8th grade math:38.9%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:33.7%
8th grade reading:36.9%

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The Ohio Department of Education is seeking to establish teacher-preparation schools that are free from state regulations so long as they produce high-quality teachers—a variation on the concept that has led to the creation of more than 3,000 K-12 charter schools in 41 states since 1992.
April 28, 2004 - Education Week
Ohio’s latest school funding tussle finds the state bailing out bankrupt school districts, a practice that critics contend defies a court ruling that was among the decisions declaring the state’s education finance system unconstitutional.
April 7, 2004 - Education Week
Ohio education officials say they will provide teachers with more training on how to administer a primary-grades assessment after the state recently halted the test, at least for this school year.
December 3, 2003 - Education Week
After 12 years of litigation that resulted in Ohio's school finance system being declared in violation of the state constitution on four separate occasions, the U.S. Supreme Court last week let stand a ruling that closed the books on the marathon funding fight.
October 29, 2003 - Education Week
In the final ruling of a 12-year old school funding case, the Ohio Supreme Court reiterated its judgment that the current system for financing education violates the state constitution, and that the duty to fix the problem lies with the legislature.
May 28, 2003 - Education Week
Over the past decade, an Ohio program has nurtured dreams of a college education among an often-overlooked subset of the American population: teenagers in rural, poverty-stricken Appalachia.
May 21, 2003 - Education Week
A standoff among Ohio's Republican state leaders has left the state's schools grappling with a $90 million budget cut.
March 19, 2003 - Education Week
Just as students in Ohio are expected to meet state standards for what they need to learn, teachers in the Buckeye State should have a set of teaching standards to guide how they teach, a new report recommends.
March 5, 2003 - Education Week
An unlikely alliance of urban superintendents and teachers' union presidents is slowly emerging as an influential player in education in Ohio and could become a model for similar networks nationwide.
January 22, 2003 - Education Week
It's back to the drawing board for Ohio leaders, following the recent ruling by the state supreme court that the school aid system violates the state constitution and must be overhauled.
January 8, 2003 - Education Week

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