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![All the 2023-2024 COMCorps members stand together at their Christmas party.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Comcorps-Christmas-party-e1717007037133-900x422.jpg)
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
![A group of climate protesters holding signs.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pbsclimate-e1716096672611-900x422.png)
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
![A crowd of people stand in the Federal Hocking gym to look at this year's senior projects.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Fed-Hock-senior-projects-crowd2-e1715881828279-900x422.jpg)
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
![A row of desks in a classroom with a backpack hanging up on the back wall](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/school-desk-e1471549255189-900x422.jpg)
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
![A cell phone](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/AP_883029211573-900x422.jpg)
A bill tells Ohio public schools to limit student phone use on property
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two state lawmakers have proposed requiring Ohio’s public middle and high schools to create and publicize internet safety policies, including disallowing student phone use… Read More
![Molly Wales dances in her carrot costume during a smoothie party at the front of the classroom with students at The Plains Intermediate School.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/photo-edit-e1713363809900-900x422.jpg)
How school nurse Molly Wales transformed sex education in Athens
By: Claire Schiopota
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THE PLAINS, Ohio (WOUB) — A packed class of 40 sixth graders at The Plains Intermediate School sit patiently and whisper to each other as a tall woman with a… Read More
![The Kentucky Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Kentucky_State_Capitol_-_DSC09141-e1519222997224-900x422.jpg)
A bill meant to improve math skills passes as Kentucky lawmakers reach the end of the legislative session
By: Bruce Schreiner | Dylan Lovan | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation aimed at improving the math skills of Kentucky students won final passage Monday as lawmakers considered the final stacks of bills before concluding this year’s… Read More
![Jim Justice](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Coach-Justice-e1533844070174-900x422.jpg)
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice vetoes the bill that would have loosened school vaccine policies
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday broke with West Virginia’s GOP-majority Legislature to veto a bill that would have loosened one of the country’s strictest school vaccine… Read More
![West Virginia Governor Jim Justice](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/091918Justice3-e1538772746314-900x422.jpg)
West Virginia’s governor signs a vague law allowing teachers to answer questions about origin of life
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice signed a law Friday that supporters say promotes the free exchange of ideas in science classrooms, despite objections from opponents… Read More
![The West Virginia Capitol dome is seen through some trees with a blue sky and a few clouds behind.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/AP24052731483459-e1708638484411-900x422.jpg)
West Virginia legislative session ends with pay raises, tax cut and failure of social issue bills
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Republican-dominated state Legislature in West Virginia on Saturday concluded a 60-day session marked by budget disputes and controversial social issue bills that advanced but ultimately… Read More
![The West Virginia Capitol dome is seen through some trees with a blue sky and a few clouds behind.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/AP24052731483459-e1708638484411-900x422.jpg)
West Virginia’s House OKs a bill to allow teachers with training to carry guns and removes local power to reject them
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Republican-controlled House of Delegates voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow teachers and other school staff who undergo training to carry guns in K-12 public schools…. Read More
![A whiteboard advertises Child Care sponsored by THS student council.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_9442-e1708379221255-900x422.jpg)
Trimble student council offers free childcare to attract more parents to parent-teacher conferences
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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GLOUSTER, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Students at Trimble High School stepped up to bolster attendance at parent-teacher conferences by offering free childcare Thursday evening. Trimble has struggled with poor… Read More
![Reps. Bill Seitz (R-Cincinnati) and Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati) testify in an Ohio House committee about a bill they are sponsoring that would create a pilot program that pays kids to attend school and graduate.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/npr.brightspotcdn-1-e1707325435531-900x422.webp)
A bill to create pilot projects to pay Ohio kids to go to school and to graduate appears stalled
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill to establish pilot projects that could pay Ohio students to attend school and graduate remains in an Ohio House committee. And it… Read More
![The Kentucky Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Kentucky_State_Capitol_-_DSC09141-e1519222997224-900x422.jpg)
Kentucky’s House boosts school spending but leaves out guaranteed teacher raises and universal pre-K
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Republican-led Kentucky House endorsed higher school spending for education in its two-year state spending plan on Thursday but left out two of the Democratic governor’s… Read More
![Ohio Department of Public Safety Director Andy Wilson stands in front of a screen at a news conference](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/download-21-e1706808791221-900x422.webp)
An Ohio task force does not recommend mandating seatbelts on school buses
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A statewide task force released its guidance to boost safety among Ohio’s fleet of school buses Wednesday, but mandating seatbelt restraints on all of them… Read More
![The State Board of Education passes a resolution opposing a proposal to transfer much of the board's authority to the governor.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/download-16-e1706029449371-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s state school board head warns of a looming $2 million deficit after GOP overhaul
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state school board’s new leader said it could be in a multi-million dollar deficit by the summer, which would be just a year after… Read More
![Rep. Gary Click (R-Vickery) testified to an Ohio House Committee about his bill to provide educational savings accounts to children in non-chartered schools](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/download-14-e1705693643438-900x422.webp)
An Ohio bill would provide savings accounts for kids attending non-chartered religious schools
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio House committee is considering a new bill designed to help those who don’t qualify for that money by allowing the creation of educational savings… Read More
![A row of desks in a classroom with a backpack hanging up on the back wall](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/school-desk-e1471549255189-900x422.jpg)
An Ohio bill would create a pilot programs to pay kids for attending and graduating high school
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers are considering a bipartisan bill that would establish two pilot programs to fight truancy and encourage high school graduation. They’d be run… Read More
![Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear speaks to a joint session of the legislature to deliver his State of The Commonwealth address in the House chambers at the Kentucky State Capitol](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24004047769205-e1704395980822-900x422.jpg)
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear calls for unity in GOP-leaning Kentucky to uplift the economy and education
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear reached across the partisan divide Wednesday night to urge a unified effort with Republican lawmakers to uplift education, health care and the… Read More
![William Neville, the executive director of the State Teachers Retirement System, is interviewed on the set of "The State of Ohio"](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/download-23-e1700532795527-900x422.webp)
Ohio teachers’ pension fund board suspends executive director after accusations of bad behavior
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The board of the state’s $90 billion pension fund for retired teachers has suspended its executive director after staffers accused him of violent behavior… Read More
![Steve Dackin poses for a portrait in front of what I think is an Ohio flag](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/download-21-e1699646626254-900x422.webp)
A state school superintendent who served for three weeks is picked to head Ohio’s education agency
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A former state school board member who served as the state school superintendent for just over three weeks last year has been appointed as… Read More
![A young person wearing a hoodie over their head lays their head down on an open book.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/gettyimages-187327282-4a3430c3d2f2c75b410524060b00980d2bd64447-scaled-e1699587262157-900x422.jpg)
Science says teens need more sleep. So why is it so hard to start school later?
By: Catherine Sweeney | WPLN
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WPLN) — High school classes start so early around this city that some kids get on buses at 5:30 in the morning. Just 10% of public schools nationwide… Read More
![Education Secretary Miguel Cardona talks to reporters during the daily news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/gettyimages-1506077843_slide-c0a4bc626a60200e8ee1548b1eb7fe1fe857993a-scaled-e1698854141326-900x422.jpg)
Education Department punishes student loan servicer for billing mistakes
By: Cory Turner | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Department of Education has taken the unusual step of punishing one of the largest federal student loan servicers for failing to send on-time billing statements… Read More
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This teacher shortage solution has gone viral. But does it work?
By: Kavitha Cardoza | NPR
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ST. MARY PARISH, La. (NPR) — School custodian Jenna Gros is teaching a group of fourth-graders how to convert fractions to decimals. “How would you write 6/100 in decimal form?”… Read More
![A row of desks in a classroom with a backpack hanging up on the back wall](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/school-desk-e1471549255189-900x422.jpg)
The demand for private school vouchers is so much that the price tag is exceeding budgets in some states
By: Geoff Mulvihill | AP
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PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) — In some states, higher-income families can now use taxpayer money to cover private school tuition with school vouchers — and more people than projected are taking… Read More
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