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March 29, 2013

State Legislators Trying Again to Get Student Trustees the Vote

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Brian Talbot / Flickr State legislators are trying again to give students at public universities a greater say in how their schools are run, Ohio public radio’s Bill Cohen reports. State representatives Michael Stinziano (D-Columbus) and Mike Duffey (R-Worthington) have again introduced a bill that would give student members of the schools’ boards of trustees [...]

March 20, 2013

What Teachers in Beirut Can Learn From Ohio Teachers Unions and the Fight Against SB 5

A Lebanese teacher demonstrates in Beirut during a national strike protest in 2011.

The president of Ohio’s second largest teachers union is traveling to Beirut to explain what teachers there can learn from last year’s successful campaign to repeal Ohio collective bargaining legislation. Ohio Federation of Teachers President Melissa Cropper will speak about union and community organizing and, in particular, about the union’s fight against SB 5, which would have sharply limited [...]

March 15, 2013

Acting Ohio Department of Education Head Michael Sawyers to Move On

Michael Sawyers is Ohio's acting superintendent of public instruction.

Michael Sawyers, the current acting head of the Ohio Department of Education, will leave the department next week, the Columbus Dispatch reports. The news of Sawyers’ departure comes less than a week after the state Board of Education passed over him to fill the post permanently. Sawyers has served as acting state superintendent of public instruction since the August resignation [...]

Jesus Painting Moved from Jackson Middle School to High School

A painting of Jesus that has recently come under fire for promoting one religion over others inside a public school has been moved – into another school building. Officials at the Jackson City School District moved the painting of Jesus from the middle school to the high school. They say the painting was a gift [...]

March 13, 2013

State Board of Education Member Jeff Hardin Dies at 58

State Board of Education member Jeff Hardin died today of a heart attack. He was 58. Hardin was in his second term as the State Board of Education representative for District 10 in south central Ohio. He won reelection to his seat in November.

March 12, 2013

Richard Ross Named Ohio State Superintendent

Kasich education advisor Richard Ross presents the new school funding formula.

The Ohio Board of Education named Richard Ross the new state superintendent of public instruction today. Ross, 63, is currently the lead education advisor for Gov. John Kasich. He served as superintendent of the Reynoldsburg school district in central Ohio for 20 years before retiring in 2008.

March 8, 2013
March 7, 2013

How to Tell the Difference Between the Contenders for Ohio State Superintendent

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In one corner, vying for the post of Ohio’s next state superintendent, is Dick Ross, Gov. John Kasich’s lead education advisor and the guy who crafted many of Ohio’s major education policy changes of the past year. In the other corner is Michael Sawyers, the former number-two at the Ohio Department of Education and the [...]

February 27, 2013

Q&A: Ohio Education Association’s School Safety Initiatives

Just one day before the one-year anniversary of the school shootings at Chardon High School, alleged shooter T.J. Lane pled guilty. But questions about how to keep schools safe linger. After the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown this past December, the nation was rattled, and began searching for ways to prevent future [...]

February 25, 2013
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