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Residents react with outrage after the Federal Hocking board chooses not to renew High School Principal Jake Amlin’s contract
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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COOLVILLE, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Residents of the Federal Hocking school district packed the Coolville Elementary cafeteria for a marathon board meeting to decide the fate of the high… Read More
Federal Hocking High School students leave class to protest the potential loss of their principal
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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STEWART, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Students gathered outside the front doors of Federal Hocking High School Tuesday morning after word spread that the district may not renew Principal Jake… Read More
Ohio’s private colleges may soon be subject to higher ed overhaul provisions
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — In their version of the budget, Ohio House GOP lawmakers extended the Governor’s Merit Scholarship program, which awards scholarships to students who make the… Read More
An Ohio House Committee makes last-minute changes to K-12 funding in its budget
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House Finance Committee passed its version of the state budget Tuesday afternoon but not before making a few tweaks to it. And one… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine calls on Ohio lawmakers to ban cell phones from public schools
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Under a state law signed in 2024, Ohio K-12 public schools had to pass a policy limiting student device use in classrooms and elsewhere, though districts were… Read More
Ohio school leaders say the GOP plan for a 25% cap to trigger tax refunds could cost districts $5 billion
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio school groups are asking lawmakers to cut from the state budget a provision that Republicans say will provide immediate property tax relief, but… Read More
A bill would require schools to teach Ohio students the ‘success sequence’ as a life path
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio lawmaker has introduced a bill to require middle and high schools to teach students what’s known as the “Success Sequence.” The Success… Read More
A public school district outside of Cincinnati is out of money. Others worry their funds will run dry too
By: Zack Carreon | WVXU
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MT. HEALTHY, Ohio (WVXU) — Public school districts across Ohio say they’re running out of money. From the largest city districts to the smallest ones in urban and rural communities,… Read More
The Federal Hocking School Board moved to reduce seven teacher positions to address a looming budget deficits
By: Alison Patton
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AMESVILLE, Ohio – The Federal Hocking School Board voted 3-2 to eliminate seven teacher positions and one teacher at Tuesday’s board meeting as a way to cut down on operational… Read More
The Federal Hocking school board will consider laying off teachers to address projected budget deficits
By: David Forster
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STEWART, Ohio (WOUB) — The Federal Hocking school board may vote to cut teachers at its meeting next week to address budget deficits projected to begin this year and grow each… Read More
More than half of Ohio adults aren’t proficient in literacy and numeracy. One organization is trying to help
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CLEVELAND (The Ohio Newsroom) — When Delores Landers was 16 years old, she dropped out of high school. She was failing math classes and unable to find the academic support… Read More
A GOP leader rebuffs fully funding school meals statewide in the Ohio budget
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Although advocates are lobbying Ohio lawmakers to fund free school meals for K-12 students in the biennial state budget, one key legislative leader has… Read More
Advocates are again asking for funding to provide free, universal school meals in Ohio’s budget
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A coalition that includes CVS Pharmacy, Kroger and the Ohio Education Association is again pushing Ohio lawmakers to put funds providing free school meals for… Read More
Ohio’s K-12 students would spend more time in school under a new bill
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s K-12 students would have to spend a little over two weeks more in school if a pair of Republican Ohio lawmakers get their… Read More
A bill would require party affiliation on ballots for local, state school board candidates in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State and local school board elections in Ohio are non-partisan, like many municipal and local races. But a new bill in the Ohio Legislature would change… Read More
How Ohio mothers secured their children’s education – with two years of marching
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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HILLSBORO, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Virginia Harewood was eight years old in 1954 when the Supreme Court Case Brown v. Board of Education supposedly ended segregation in schools. But… Read More
Ohio’s Senate passes the anti-DEI higher ed bill as Democrat, faculty and student groups protest
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The higher ed bill that Republicans say will stop liberal indoctrination in universities is now the first piece of legislation approved by the Senate this… Read More
As costs increase and enrollment declines, small Ohio colleges adapt to survive
By: Conor Morris | Ideastream Public Media
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PEPPER PIKE, Ohio (Ideastream Public Media) — A perfect storm of rising costs and enrollment challenges has some private small Ohio colleges, and across the country, facing an existential crisis…. Read More
How Ohio became a model in the nationwide movement to expand private school vouchers
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — The private school vouchers program started small in Ohio. Students at underperforming schools in the city of Cleveland could use the vouchers, funded by… Read More
Ohio’s House Speaker again raises doubts about keeping the current K-12 public schools funding plan
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As Ohio lawmakers head into budget season, one question is whether they will continue to fund K-12 public schools through the Fair School Funding Plan… Read More
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A law expanding school expulsion in Ohio gets signed, but not without some worries
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A new law that allows school districts to expand their expulsion polices will go into effect later this year, but not everybody is embracing… Read More
The Trimble school district expects the state to declare a fiscal emergency after it turns to outside help amid its budget crisis
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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GLOUSTER, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — The Trimble school district is working with a northeast Ohio group to rectify its ongoing budget crisis. The board certified the $25,000 contract with… Read More
Ohio’s new House Speaker says the current formula for funding public K-12 schools might be “unsustainable”
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The new speaker of the Ohio House said the current bipartisan method of funding the state’s public K-12 schools that has been used in the… Read More
The outgoing speaker says he didn’t block a controversial Ohio higher ed bill – it didn’t have the votes
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill that conservatives say is needed to combat what they view as liberal ideology in higher ed didn’t get through the last session of… Read More
Ohio Republicans passed two controversial measures combined into the “Parents’ Bill of Rights” as the lame duck session closes
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse New Bureau) — What’s been called the “Parents’ Bill of Rights” passed the Ohio legislature on the last day of the lame duck session. The bill that… Read More
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