StateImpact Ohio’s The Week That Was: Top Five Stories

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It’s Friday afternoon, and a chance to catch up on any StateImpact Ohio stories you missed during the week. Here’s a roundup of our top five Ohio education posts for the past week:

1. Is the International Baccalaureate Program Anti-American?
2. Highest and Lowest Spending Districts are Both Affluent, ExcellentThe Ohio district with the highest per-student spending and the district with the lowest per-student spending are both affluent suburbs with “excellent” schools.
   • See How Much Each Ohio School District Spends Per Student

1. How the Ohio Department of Education Hopes to Avoid Another Charter School Sponsorship Debacle The last time they tried this, it didn’t end well.
   • Read White Hat’s Applications to Open New Ohio Charter Schools All the applications for new Department of Education-sponsored schools are from White Hat Management.
2. New Ohio School Funding Formula Likely Delayed Until 2013 Ahead: a year of hearings on school finance.
3. Community College Gears Up Shale Drilling Training Program Community colleges are helping Midwest residents train for the growing natural gas drilling industry.