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Everyone knows how much it can hurt to be left out, to be excluded from a playground game or not invited to a party. But the hurt doesn’t end there. The movie Reject, being screened Thursday at the Cleveland International Film Festival, looks at the long-term consequences of social exclusion. This week I talked with [...]
T.J. Lane, the student who shot and killed three students in the Chardon High School cafeteria last February, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. At today’s sentencing, the judge in the case suggested Lane, now 18, committed the killings because he wanted to “make a name for himself.”
Ohio educators gather on Twitter Mondays at 9 p.m. to solve–or at least discuss–the big issues in Ohio schools. It’s called #ohedchat. The new Common Core curriculum, technology in schools, standardized testing, new teacher evaluations and more–They’re all fair game for discussion under the #ohedchat hashtag. On June 29, #ohedchat jumps to a new level with #ohedchat Tweetup 2013. [...]
The Strongsville teachers union has deleted an online photo gallery of staff brought in to replace teachers who have been on strike since Monday. The album had been posted on the Strongsville Education Association’s Facebook page, but was deleted Wednesday. StateImpact Ohio wrote about the album on Wednesday:
The Strongsville Education Association has taken to Facebook to rally support for its strike. Among status updates about the negotiation process and thank you’s to community members for their support is a photo album titled “Wall of Shame.”
Ninja M. / Flickr Is making fun of someone bullying or just kids being kids? Is not being picked for a team bullying or just tough luck? Depends whom you ask. Official definitions of bullying in state law and school district policies don’t always match up with what parents and children think of as bullying. [...]
After union contract negotiations came to a standstill last week, Strongsville’s 385 teachers, guidance counselors and other members of the Strongsville Education Association have opted to strike. The teachers union and the school board have been in negotiations since June, but talks broke down early this year. Teachers say they made concessions in their last [...]
StateImpact Ohio wants to help answer your questions about the big changes the Common Core is bringing to schools in Ohio.
Like many education majors, Melissa Beaune knew it would be tough to find a job after graduation, especially since she wanted to work with young children. Beaune, a sophomore at Cleveland State University, thought—briefly—about going into a medical field where jobs might be more plentiful. But science and math were never really her things. She [...]
Peyri Herrera / Flickr You might not know it from much of the coverage of MetLife’s annual survey of teachers and principals, but teachers are about as satisfied with their jobs as workers in other fields — and perhaps even more satisfied. About 82 percent of teachers surveyed reported being very or somewhat satisfied with their [...]
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