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Ohio GOP leaders prioritize ‘Parents Bill of Rights’ passage before the lame duck session ends
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With only a few weeks left of lawmaking at the Ohio Statehouse this session, both GOP legislative leaders have said they want to pass… Read More
The head of Ohio’s teacher pension fund retires, saying the fund is strong despite staff vacancies
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The outgoing head of Ohio’s troubled teacher pension system said that she left the fund in strong fiscal condition, despite the turmoil at the top that her… Read More
West Virginia expands its education savings account program for military families
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A program that incentivizes West Virginia families to pull their children out of K-12 public schools by offering them government-funded scholarships to pay for private school… Read More
![A classroom is seen at the new East Elementary school, in Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. [Joseph Scheller | WOUB]](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/081021_NewSchools_064-scaled-e1629925951933-900x422.jpg)
Ohio offers a new way to use public money for Christian schools. Opponents say it’s unconstitutional
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Around the country, advocates for Christian schools have been finding legal ways to tap taxpayer money used more typically for public schools. One new approach in… Read More
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice appoints his wife Cathy to the state education board after his U.S. Senate win
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice appointed his wife to the state school board about a day after a decisive victory in a U.S. Senate race against his Democratic… Read More
SB 29, designed to protect student privacy, is causing headaches for some school districts
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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NELSONVILLE, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — When Nick Conroy teaches his class on 3D printing, he likes to wander around the room, checking on students’ work. Since Senate Bill 29… Read More
As HAPCAP prepares to buy the Sunset Motel, the family that owns it reflects on their life in Athens
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — In 1997, Jigna Bhakta and her husband Minoj moved from California to the small college town of Athens in southeast Ohio to buy and… Read More
The Kentucky school choice ballot measure pits competing messages from Gov. Andy Beshear and Sen. Rand Paul
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — As Kentucky voters ponder whether to allow some of their tax dollars to support students attending private schools, the high-stakes debate has turned into a test… Read More
Students drag race and drift their way to technical degrees at this Ohio college
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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LIMA, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Tire marks paint the black concrete of a secluded parking lot on University of Northwestern Ohio’s campus in Lima. This semester, student Eric Kananowicz… Read More
Ohio is funding the expansion of private, religious schools. Here’s what you need to know
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom, Zack Carreon | WVXU
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Last year, Ohio expanded its school voucher program so that all families, regardless of income, can apply for private school scholarships. Now, the state is… Read More
Federal Hocking parents share praise, concerns and potential changes for senior projects with the new superintendent
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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STEWART, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Parents at Federal Hocking had a chance to tell the district’s new superintendent exactly what they thought of a controversial graduation requirement at a… Read More
Test scores in Kentucky show mixed results, including low performance in science
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Students in Kentucky achieved mixed results in statewide testing, with math scores improving among older students but across-the-board struggles in science raising concerns, the state reported… Read More
After a shooting in Georgia, lawmaker wants Ohio to require panic buttons in schools
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Republican state lawmaker is proposing a bill to require panic buttons in schools, as were used at a high school in Georgia where… Read More
Community leaders pitch the Make Muskingum Home program to young adults as way to grow the community and get your loans paid
By: David Forster
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ZANESVILLE, Ohio (WOUB) — Gerald Hall was in a room with a group of his students when the principal unlocked the door and poked her head in. This, he thought,… Read More
Ohio public school statewide report cards show improvement, but students are still lagging in math
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — This year’s statewide report cards on Ohio’s public school districts shows reading levels and graduation rates are up from the previous year and absenteeism… Read More
Lunchroom, gym, optometrist? Ohio schools build on-site health centers
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Students returning to Springfield High School this year can access a full-service health center, complete with exam rooms, a lab with flu and COVID… Read More
Ohio has mandated schools follow the science of reading. Many southeast Ohio schools were one step ahead
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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JACKSONVILLE, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Sommer McCorkle knew early on that her son was behind in reading. “We had been working with a tutor, and I was working with… Read More
The Ohio State Board of Education got a cash infusion to avoid hiking the teacher licensure fee
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio State Board of Education got a more than $4 million cash infusion Monday that will likely stave off a hike in teacher licensing… Read More
Ohio’s school-based behavioral health services grow amid a youth mental health crisis
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Youth mental health has worsened across the country since the pandemic. Ohio has been no exception. A third of Ohio students reported challenges with anxiety,… Read More
Ohio’s bus driver shortage sets off warning lights for the fourth straight school year
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — For the fourth year, many of Ohio’s more than 600 school districts are starting classes with a bus driver shortage. Districts have to provide… Read More
Alexander will not put a levy on the November ballot as its financial outlook improves slightly
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ALBANY, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — After two consecutive electoral defeats, the income tax levy to fund Alexander Local School District will not appear on the ballot in November. The… Read More
COMCorps celebrates 25 years of serving children and others in southeast Ohio
By: Claire Schiopota
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — After traveling up and down the winding roads northeast from the city of Athens, visitors arrive at a white, open-door barn surrounded by spring fields of… Read More
Why young Americans are pushing for climate change to be taught in schools
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — As the planet warms and sea levels rise, eighty-five percent of Generation Z is concerned about climate change, according to a January Marist poll. In response,… Read More
Fed Hock’s senior project requirement draws criticism and praise as the district considers changes
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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STEWART, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Myles Vorisek has parked a black 1981 Yamaha motorcycle in the hallway of Federal Hocking High School. It’s not a senior prank. Vorisek, who… Read More
Experts fear ‘catastrophic’ college declines thanks to the botched FAFSA rollout
By: Collin Binkley | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The last thing standing between Ashnaelle Bijoux and her college dream is the FAFSA form — a financial aid application that’s supposed to help students go to college, but… Read More
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