Week Ahead: Free College Fair, Grants for Shared Services and More

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Coming Up This Week

Monday: Big college fair in Columbus. The 33rd Annual Kiwanis College Fair features than 160 colleges and universities ready and willing to answer questions. Evening session from 6-8 p.m. is open to the public and includes free seminars on college financing.

Thursday: An Ohio Department of Development council meets to award some of the $45 million allocated by the state to support shared services, collaboration and mergers among schools and other public entities. Last time around, the Local Government Innovation Council awarded more than $1 million in grants to Ohio schools and educational service centers.

Thursday: The Ohio Council of Community Schools hosts a screening of parent-trigger movie Won’t Back Down. It’s like Waiting for Superman, but not really. Info on other Ohio screenings here and here.

What We’re Working On

We’re working with the Cleveland Plain Dealer to finish up some stories about online schools in Ohio. Did you graduate from one? Want to talk about it? Email Molly at molly@stateimpact.org.