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In a decision this week, the Franklin County Court of Appeals reaffirmed an earlier ruling demanding that White Hat Management, one of Ohio’s largest charter school management companies, disclose its financial records. Judge Julia Dorrian wrote the decision on behalf of the three-judge appellate court.
Late last week the Ohio Department of Education sent letters to Cleveland and Lorain School Districts, informing them that their failing grades have landed them in a state takeovers. According to Ohio law, if a district is in academic emergency and fails to make progress for four or more years, the Department of Education must take over [...]
erskinelibrary / Flickr Across all grades, Ohio students will spend an additional 49 hours a year taking standardized tests starting in 2014-15. But the Ohio Department of Education says the way the tests will be administered will actually be less disruptive than the state’s current testing system. “Even though there may be more hours of testing, we [...]
This morning, a figure wearing a robe resembling a Klu Klux Klan cloak was spotted walking around the South Quad of Oberlin College, prompting the school to cancel classes and all non-essential activities for a “day of solidarity.” This morning’s event was just the latest in a string of hate speech incidents at the liberal-arts [...]
Jason Pratt / Flickr The reasons why women have outpaced men in earning college degrees has less to do with how schools are run and more to do with the fact that boys are less likely to put as much time and effort into their studies, Ohio State University professor Claudia Buchmann and her co-author write [...]
Joe Gratz / Flickr The Cleveland school district will soon fall under state supervision, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Under state law, if a school district receives the equivalent of an “F” from the state and fails to meet federal standards for improving student performance for four years in a row, a committee — called an Academic Distress [...]
Dan Machold / Flickr The ACLU of Ohio sent a letter to the State Board of Education today asking them to include charter schools in the draft rules that will govern the use of seclusion and restraint in Ohio’s schools. The board passed a policy on seclusion and restraint in January, but that policy is [...]
Alix Clinkingbeard / Flickr About 60 percent of Cincinnati high school students graduate within four years, according to the most recent state figures. Now Cincinnati public media organization CET and television station WCPO have produced a television program explaining what schools, businesses, social service organizations and others are doing to help more Cincinnati-area students graduate from high [...]
The ACLU of Ohio and the Freedom from Religion Foundation have filed a lawsuit against the Jackson City school district over a depiction of Jesus that hangs in a district middle school. But in an effort to keep the painting, the district passed a policy at its last board meeting declaring some parts of the [...]
The Ohio Department of Education recently wrapped up an investigation into the Columbus school district’s use of seclusion and restraint, and found that the district had done nothing wrong. But Aimee Gilman, a special education attorney, is unsatisfied with the department’s findings. In a letter to department officials, Gilman writes: “The descriptions in your findings read [...]
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