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A legislative report estimates the universal school voucher bill will cost Ohio more than $1 billion
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s estimated a bill to provide a school voucher to any student who wants them will cost the state of Ohio more than a… Read More

An Ohio University group brings the world to local classrooms
By: Jack Demmler
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ALBANY, Ohio – Alexander High School welcomed five international guest speakers last week for a global education The speakers are a part of the Ohio Valley International Council’s (OVIC) efforts… Read More

An Ohio Senate panel OKs a bill to overhaul Ohio’s education oversight
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Republican-proposed overhaul of how Ohio oversees K-12 education and decision-making on academic standards, model curricula and school district ratings has cleared a Senate committee and… Read More

Schools and local governments could lose over a billion dollars from tax changes backed by Ohio’s House Speaker
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The bill that’s listed as the top priority of Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) and the Republican representatives who support him involves… Read More

A nationwide substitute bus driver shortage leaves Alexander Local Schools looking for help
By: Madison Moore
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ALBANY, Ohio (WOUB) – Alexander Local Schools and school districts nationwide are struggling to get enough substitute bus drivers behind the wheel. With only two full-time substitute bus drivers, Alexander… Read More

The College Board slams Florida for what it calls ‘slander’ of AP Black history course
By: Joe Hernandez | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The College Board is hitting back at top officials in Florida over the state’s ban on a new AP African American Studies course that’s being piloted… Read More

Educators try to turn around pandemic-era learning loss
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — Nearly three years into the pandemic, students and teachers in the U.S. are still trying to close the education gap formed by COVID-induced school shutdowns and remote learning… Read More

Ohio officials react to reports of a Nazi homeschooling group in Upper Sandusky
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Nazi homeschooling group is being run by a couple out of Upper Sandusky in northwest Ohio, according to reporting from Vice and HuffPost…. Read More

Educators worry about students using artificial intelligence to cheat
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — Earlier this month, New York City public schools blocked access to the popular artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT. Educators are concerned that students could use this technology… Read More

West Virginia’s GOP-controlled Senate fast-tracks “CRT” and health bills in first day of session
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Republican-dominated Senate in West Virginia fast-tracked two monumental health proposals and another bill that would restrict how subjects like race are taught in the classroom… Read More

State lawmaker reintroduces a bill to limit the power of the Ohio State Board of Education
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill to take power away from elected members of the Ohio State Board of Education has been reintroduced after falling short in the… Read More

Some of the highest-profile bills failed to advance in the Ohio Legislature this year
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Abortion, education, and LGBTQ issues dominated conversation in the statehouse in 2022. But most of the bills dealing with those topics ended up on… Read More

Ohio House rejects Ohio Senate’s education overhaul bill
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Lawmakers were locked in a stalemate over a few issues on the last day of the lame-duck session in Ohio, that included a proposal to… Read More

Ohio education board passes controversial resolution against federal anti-discrimination policy
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio State Board of Education has passed a controversial resolution — after months of debate— to push back on an anti-discrimination policy passed… Read More

DeWine likes idea to shift authority away from State Board of Education and into his office
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Senate is scheduled to take up a vote on a bill that would take power away from the non-partisan Ohio State Board of… Read More

Judge rules to erase the student loans of 200K borrowers who say they were ripped off
By: Cory Turner | NPR
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SAN FRANCISCO (NPR) — A federal judge in San Francisco granted final approval Wednesday to a settlement that could cancel at least $6 billion in federal student loans for approximately… Read More

Lawmakers consider big changes for the Ohio State Board of Education
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Three candidates who had backing from two large teachers’ unions won big in Ohio State Board of Education races last week. Now, as Ohio lawmakers… Read More

The culture wars are pushing some teachers to leave the classroom
By: Scott Neuman | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — In the spring of 2020, James Whitfield had just become the first African American to be named principal at Colleyville Heritage High School, located in a… Read More

Ohio State Board of Education considering several proposals regarding new federal LGBTQ policy
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Conservative members of the Ohio State Board of Education have offered different proposals to counter a pending federal rule that would require schools to… Read More

Student math scores are down from pre-COVID levels, the National Report Card finds
By: Sequoia Carrillo | NPR
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WASHINGTON D.C. (NPR) – Math and reading scores for students across the country are down following years of disrupted learning during the pandemic. On Monday, the National Assessment of Educational… Read More

Supporters say Ohio’s third grade reading guarantee is ‘more necessary now than ever’
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An education policy research group is voicing its support for Ohio’s current reading education laws as legislators prepare to consider a bill that would… Read More

The college enrollment drop is finally letting up. That’s the good news
By: Elissa Nadworny | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Undergraduate college enrollment is continuing its years-long decline, though at a much less drastic rate than during the pandemic. According to preliminary data released Thursday, U.S…. Read More

Federal Valley Resource Center provides accessibility through music lending library
By: Morgan Anderson
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STEWART, Ohio (WOUB) – The building that is now better known as the Federal Valley Resource Center first opened its doors as Rome High School in 1897. Flash forward 125… Read More

State board of education hears more on resolution opposing LGBTQ protections, doesn’t hold a vote
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After listening to more than four hours of testimony from supporters and opponents on a controversial resolution that would push back on a federal anti-discrimination… Read More
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Ohio’s third grade reading retention law faces opposition from broad coalition
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state’s largest teachers’ union rolled out a collection of state leaders and education experts Monday to voice their opposition to Ohio’s “third grade… Read More
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