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May 22, 2013

The Sound of Ideas: How It All Went Right For Stand out Members of the Class of 2013

Chaza Banda was born in Zambia and didn’t speak much English when she started school in the U.S. eight years. In a few weeks, she’ll graduate from Shaw High School in East Cleveland with credit in several Advanced Placement courses–including English. Our colleagues at the Sound of Ideas spoke with Chaza and other members of the high school Class of 2013 [...]

May 20, 2013

It’s Now Easier to Get Your Ohio Teaching License (As Long As You’re Not From One of These Five States)

Aaron Knox / Flickr It’s now easier for teachers coming from out-of-state to come work in Ohio – as long as they’ve been teaching for the last five years consecutively and are not coming from Alaska, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota or Wyoming. At its meeting this month, the State Board of Education voted on a policy [...]

May 14, 2013

AFT President Randi Weingarten’s New and Improved Definition of the Common Core

AFT President Randi Weingarten testified in Congress in support of common standards in 2009.

Every time I write about the Common Core, I describe it something like this: The Common Core is a set of expectations for what students should know and be able to do in math and English at each grade level. It was developed by teachers, math and language experts and others in an effort organized by state [...]

May 13, 2013

Catholic Teachers Union Will Not Support Fired Gay Teacher

Carla Hale, the gay teacher recently fired from a Columbus-area Catholic school, does not have her union’s support in her efforts to get her job back. Hale was initially fired from Bishop Watterson High School after naming her girlfriend in an obituary for her mother. Hale argues she was fired for being gay. The Catholic [...]

AFT President Randi Weingarten Explains How She Would Teach the Common Core

Randi Weingarten is president of the American Federation of Teachers.

Teachers in schools in Ohio and across the nation are changing how they teach. It’s part of the switch to the Common Core, a new set of national standards for what students should know and be able to do in reading and math. By next school year, all Ohio schools are supposed be teaching the Common [...]

May 8, 2013

Accused Cleveland Kidnapper Ariel Castro Enjoyed “Working With Children”

Ariel Castro, 52, has been arrested in connection with the disappearances of three young women.

Ariel Castro applied for a job as a Cleveland school bus driver more than 20 years ago because he enjoyed “working with children.” He was fired in November, just six months before his arrest in connection with the disappearances of three young Cleveland women: Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight. Berry and DeJesus both [...]

May 1, 2013

Ohio House Ed Committee Chair Says He’ll Fight for the Common Core “Kicking and Screaming”

The chair of the Ohio House Education Committee says he’ll fight “kicking and screaming” any effort to repeal the Common Core, a new set of expectations for what students should know and be able to do in math and English at each grade level. Rep. Gerald Steblelton tells Gongwer News Service he is a strong [...]

April 29, 2013

Ohio Charter Schools Could Enroll Out-Of-State Students

Brian McKechnie / Flickr Ohio charter schools could enroll out-of-state students — and charge them tuition — under a provision inserted into the House version of the state budget earlier this month, giving the publicly funded schools another source of revenue. Traditional public schools can already allow students from other states to enroll. Out-of-state tuition rates [...]

April 17, 2013

Let’s (Not) Talk About Gateway Sexual Activity, Baby

Mister Asta / Flickr An amendment added to the state budget bill yesterday prohibits teachers from talking about any “gateway sexual activity” and directs them to emphasize abstinence in sex education. Teachers who don’t comply could be fined up to $5,000 if the measure passes. So just what is “gateway sexual activity?” House members deferred to [...]

Core Questions: Will the Common Core Hurt Your Chances of Getting Into College?

StateImpact is answering reader-submitted questions about the Common Core, a new set of expectations for what students should know and be able to do in math and English at each grade level. Ohio is one of 45 states that have fully adopted the Common Core. Today, we answer a question about college admissions. The Common Core is supposed to raise expectations [...]

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