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Ohio Orders Cyber Charter to Return $60 Million

The Ohio board of education last week voted to order the state's largest full-time online charter school to repay $60 million in state aid.




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Gov. Strickland would like to make every high school student who meets certain academic requirements eligible to spend the 12th grade in an Ohio public university, tuition-free.




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State of the States: D.C., Ohio

Here are summaries of recent annual addresses by governors around the country.




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Ohio Sues Cyber Charter Founder, Pursuing Millions in Disputed Funds

Ohio is seeking to recoup millions of dollars in funds from now-defunct online charter school, the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow.




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Lion's Share of Ohio Districts Rank No Teachers as 'Ineffective'

About 94 percent of Ohio school districts did not rate a single teacher as "ineffective," the lowest rating on the state's four-rung teacher-evaluation scale, according to the 2016-17 state report card.




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Ohio Sues Cyber Charter Founder, Seeking Millions in Disputed Funds

Ohio's attorney general last week filed suit against the founder of the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, aiming to recover millions of dollars in public funding that the state claims wrongfully went to the cyber charter school.




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School Resource Officer Activates Taser to Awaken Sleeping Student in Ohio

Police in northeast Ohio have placed a school resource officer on unpaid leave for activating a Taser to wake up a sleeping student.




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ECOT Looms Over Ohio Gubernatorial Candidates' Education Plans

Any discussion in politics of the future of education in Ohio inevitably turns to the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow.




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Eligibility for Federal School Improvement Grants Helped Ohio Students, Study Says

Academic achievement at Ohio schools eligible for School Improvement Grants during the Obama administration increased for a few years, a new study says, but SIG's legacy remains complicated.




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Ohio Expected to Ban Most Suspensions, Expulsions for Youngest Students

Ohio Gov. John Kasich is expected to sign a bill into law that would ban suspensions and expulsions for children in prekindergarten through 3rd grade for minor offenses.




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Bill Protecting Ohio E-School Heads to Governor

A bill shielding what is now Ohio's largest online school and its sponsor from the negative consequences of accepting thousands of former Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow students is headed to Gov. John Kasich for his signature.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Ohio

This Quality Counts 2019 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.




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Like College Athletes, These High School Players Get an Assist on Academics

An unusual program in Cincinnati provides academic coaches to help high school players meet eligibility requirements to stay in the game.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Ohio

This Quality Counts 2020 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.




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Ohio District's Armed-Employee Program Struck Down Over Training Requirement

An Ohio appellate court struck down a district's policy allowing staff members to carry concealed weapons in school with 24 hours of "active shooter/killer training."




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Ohio primary voters approved fewer school tax issues




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Ohio governor: $775 million budget cut as revenue crashes




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After Okla. Historic Pay Raise, Morale Is Up—But Teacher Shortage Persists

Despite a $6,100 teacher pay raise this spring, school districts report that they're starting the new academic year with nearly 500 teaching vacancies.




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Election Night Brings Highs and Lows for Oklahoma Teachers

About a dozen teachers running for state legislative seats gathered with their supporters in Tulsa for a watch party on election night. The results were better for some than others.




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Will Child-Care Services Help Recruit Teachers? Oklahoma District Aims to Find Out

A small school district in Oklahoma plans to offer low-cost daycare services to its employees next year in an effort to better compete with larger districts when it comes to recruiting and retaining teachers.




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Wisconsin high court won't let unions join stay-at-home suit




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Teachers, We Cannot Go Back to the Way Things Were

Injustice in our education system was normalized long before the pandemic, writes Bettina L. Love. Now is the time to radically dream for a better future.




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District Hard-Hit by COVID-19 Begins 'Tough Work' of Getting On

No place in Georgia has suffered a higher rate of coronavirus cases than Dougherty County. And the school system, largely rural and poor, is in the middle of it.




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Ohio primary voters approved fewer school tax issues




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Murphy tells Trump at White House NJ will need billions




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A Blueprint for Reopening This Fall: What Will It Take to Get Schools Ready?

There are six areas of key work ahead, write John P. Bailey and Frederick M. Hess.




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Vermont school district eliminates 36 teaching assistants




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Special-needs children facing challenges amid virus outbreak




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Riots, escapes and pepper spray: Virus hits juvenile centers




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North Dakota spring high school sports, activities cancelled




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Florida sheriff defends keeping childhood shooting a secret




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This Pandemic Is No Time to Backtrack on Special Education

It's worth remembering how far we've come on educating students with disabilities, writes Nebraska's education commissioner Matthew L. Blomstedt.




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New Louisiana education chief to be selected May 20




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Tiny Teaching Stories: 'I Wish I Had Known'

Super-short stories written by teachers about their triumphs and frustrations, and the hilarious or absurd moments from their lives.




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Are Math Coaches the Answer to Lagging Achievement?

A sizable body of research shows that intensive, one-on-one coaching can improve instructional practice and student achievement more than other professional development offerings for teachers.




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Ohio governor: $775 million budget cut as revenue crashes




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New Hampshire offers guidance on high school graduations




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3 found shot dead in high school parking lot




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Teachers at Higher Risk of COVID-19 Wonder: Should I Even Go Back?

As the national conversation on reopening schools accelerates, experts say the best way to protect vulnerable teachers might be to not have them in school buildings at all.




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Next Up at Supreme Court: Employment Rights of Parochial School Teachers

A pair of cases being heard by the high court will likely determine whether job-discrimination laws apply to tens of thousands of teachers at religious schools.




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Educators, This Is Our Moment to Defend the Teaching Profession

In this moment of loss, the coronavirus pandemic offers four opportunities to demand the rebirth of public education, writes Amy Stuart Wells.




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Budget Cuts Lead Wyoming to Scale Back Relationship With Accrediting Agency

AdvancED, the national accreditation company, has for the last two years operated Wyoming's entire accreditation process but the state will now do the work on its own.




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Why Is This Teacher Running for Office? To Help 'Students Get What They Deserve'

High school teacher Jenefer Pasqua is running for Wyoming's state legislature to fight against education funding cuts.




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Curbing the Spread of COVID-19, Anxiety, and Learning Loss for Youth Behind Bars

Coronavirus is spreading rapidly in pre- and post-trial correctional facilities across the United States, and the challenges of social distancing for students in regular districts are all massively compounded for students behind bars.




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Wyoming Schools Chief on the Coronavirus Challenge

"In communities most devastated by COVID-19, academic achievement is pretty far down on the priority list—this is the reality," says Wyoming state chief Jillian Balow.




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School Leadership Institute Launched in Texas

The chairman and CEO of H-E-B, a Texas-based grocery chain, is sinking more than $100 million into the launch of a new institute focused on improving school leadership in Texas' public schools.




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Texas District Apologizes for Comments on Hijabs

A Houston-area school district is apologizing after an administrator told Muslim students they need to obtain permission from an imam to wear hijabs in school.




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Assistant Principal Removed After Writing Book With White Nationalist Symbol

The assistant principal wrote a children's book featuring Pepe the Frog, a cartoon character that has been adopted by the alt-right.




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Eight States Add Citizenship Test as Graduation Requirement

Advocates have plans to push more state legislatures to pass laws requiring high schoolers to pass a citizenship test in order to graduate in coming years.