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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
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
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
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’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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Ohio commits to nearly $240 million for EdChoice voucher expansion, and more might be needed
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state will spend nearly $240 million on vouchers for Ohio families to send their children to private schools through an expansion of the EdChoice… Read More
Ohio public university trustees meet to discuss a bill that makes big changes in higher education
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Trustees from Ohio’s public colleges and universities gathered at the Statehouse Monday for the first-ever statewide trustees symposium. It was organized by the Republican… Read More
ACT test scores for U.S. students drop to a 30-year low
By: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — High school students’ scores on the ACT college admissions test have dropped to their lowest in more than three decades, showing a lack of student preparedness for… Read More
A USDA policy change allows more Ohio schools to serve free meals, but advocates say many won’t
By: Alejandro Figueroa | WYSO
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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WYSO) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently changed a policy that could allow more Ohio schools to serve free meals. But advocates say it may not be… Read More
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