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Ohio largest teachers’ union says cell phone policies in their schools are good ideas
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Less than a month after Gov. Mike DeWine proposed K-12 schools in Ohio develop policies on the use of cell phones, state lawmakers put… Read More
![Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted lead a roundtable on phone ban policies, held at Dublin City Schools.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/npr.brightspotcdn-5-e1710446750490-900x422.webp)
DeWine says Ohio schools should consider phone-free policies for classrooms
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — In the last few years, a contingent of Ohio’s middle and high schools enacted policies banning phones, and Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday he… Read More
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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
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Growing ‘farm to school’ movement serves up fresh, local produce to kids
By: Rae Solomon | NPR
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GREELEY, Colo. (NPR) — On a hot, buggy morning in mid August, Derrick Hoffman poked around a densely packed row of bushy cherry tomato plants, looking for the ripest tomatoes…. Read More
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Ohio’s new education agency moves forward after a judge dissolves the order to stop K-12 overhaul
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The seven progressive-leaning elected state school board members who sued over the Republican-backed overhaul of K-12 education are considering their next move. A judge allowed… Read More
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The future of Ohio’s education system is unclear after a judge extends the restraining order on K-12 overhaul
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The future of Ohio’s public education system hung in the balance Wednesday after a judge once again extended an order preventing the state from moving forward… Read More
![The 2023 State of Poverty in Ohio report.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023-poverty-report-e1689028879388-900x422.jpg)
A new report on poverty in Ohio highlights three areas of pressing need
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Low-income Ohioans are falling behind despite the state’s improving economic prospects, according to the 2023 State of Poverty in Ohio report. The report, issued… Read More
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A judge says West Virginia can keep its ban against transgender school athletes
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s ban on transgender athletes competing in female school sports is constitutional and can remain in place, a federal judge ruled Thursday. “I recognize that… Read More
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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
![Protesters outside the Ohio State Board of Education meeting on October 12, 2022](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/download-2-e1665634258571-900x422.jpg)
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
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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
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Free Speech Provisions In School Bill Draw Opposition From ACLU
By: Will Price
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A bill in the state Legislature is looking to strengthen free speech protections at schools throughout Ohio. But it is opposed by one of the nation’s… Read More
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More Details Released on DeWine’s Cuts to Higher, K-12 Education
By: Aaron Payne
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOUB) — Public universities and colleges will each see a 3.8 percent reduction in state funds and K-12 school funds will be reduced based on student population and poverty,… Read More