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THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 11/16/07

One teacher fired, one suspended at charter

 

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER - Editorial - 11/16/07

New rules for teacher discipline

 

THE PLAIN DEALER 11/16/07

Cleveland students' scores on National Assessment of Educational Progress rise, lag

Eighth-graders' results up while 4th-graders' barely budge

 

THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER - Editorial - 11/16/07

Editorial: It's not that teacher personnel records should be open; it's that they already are

 

THE AKRON BEACON JOURNAL - Editorial - 11/16/07

Waiting for Strickland

Don't forget those ambitious words about school funding

 

THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS 11/16/07

Board of Education Picks Lee to replace Littlejohn

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 11/15/07

Teacher discipline stiffened

Law calls for deeper background checks

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 11/15/07

Mercury spill closes North High School

Students being checked for contamination, moved to Linmoor

 

GONGWER NEWS SERVICE 11/15/07

GOVERNOR SIGNS NEW LAW EXPANDING CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS

FOR SCHOOL EMPLOYEES

 

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER - Editorial - 11/15/07

New rules for teacher discipline

 

THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER 11/15/07

Weapons screenings planned at Cleveland high school games, after-school events

 

THE CANTON REPOSITORY - Editorial - 11/15/07
Education board on the right track

 

THE TOLEDO BLADE 11/15/07

Ex-official at defunct Toledo school faces 28 counts

State says man, wife owe nearly $120,000

 

THE NEW YORK TIMES 11/14/07

Study Compares States’ Math and Science Scores With Other Countries’

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 11/14/07

U.S. math, science education

Study condemns old-school ways

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 11/14/07

Columbus cocaine case

School-bus driver who had drugs sent to prison

 

GONGWER NEWS SERVICE 11/13/07

STATE SCHOOL BOARD SIGNS OFF ON TEACHER DISCIPLINE RECOMMENDATIONS;

OSBA ADDS TO LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM

 

THE PLAIN DEALER 11/14/07

Study says early behavior problems don't predict failure in school

 

THE AKRON BEACON JOURNAL 11/14/07

Hiring goals violated

$14.8 million for Innes Middle School approved; bidders short on using Akron residents, minorities

 

THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS - Editorial - 11/14/07

Our View: Brave Dayton school board would appoint David Bohardt

 

THE TOLEDO BLADE 11/14/07

Public school students' data available to anybody

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 11/13/07

School violence drops in Ohio

Emergency plans still a must to prevent 'chaos,' official says

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 11/13/07

The ABCs of betrayal | Transparency needed, board agrees

Vote likely today on recommendations to tighten system of teacher discipline

 

THE AKRON BEACON JOURNAL 11/13/07

Akron school district faces change in new era

 

THE CANTON REPOSITORY 11/13/07

Kent Stark program helps students apply to college

 

THE CANTON REPOSITORY - Editorial Page - 11/13/07
Schools have few sales-tax options

 

THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS 11/13/07

Retired teacher up for board seat

 

THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS 11/13/07

Fire reported at Meadowdale

High school in session today after cause first was believed to be electrical.

 

THE TOLEDO BLADE 11/13/07

TPS promotes parent-teacher face time

Sessions touted to help students

 

THE TOLEDO BLADE 11/13/07

State upholds TPS in dispute

Couple sued district over care, education of disabled child

 

THE TOLEDO BLADE - Editorial - 11/13/07

Weeding out bad teachers

 

THE YOUNGSTOWN VINDICATOR 11/13/07

Y-town school officials deny rumors about town

 

THE PLAIN DEALER - Editorial - 11/12/07

Editorial: Hats off to retiring Akron schools Superintendent Sylvester Small

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 11/11/07

ABCs of Betrayal | Contracts crafted to shield teachers

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 11/11/07

No fix in sight for school funding

Strickland doesn't have a plan to confront key campaign issue

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 11/10/07

Teachers' saucy Web profiles risk jobs

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 11/10/07

Enrollment higher than expected

Class sizes set at 36 students for some Columbus teachers

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH - Editorial - 11/10/07

Education for all

Strickland, Fingerhut aim to expand college education among Ohio's black men

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH - Editorial - 11/9/07

Not good enough: Congress' inaction on the No Child Left Behind Act leaves flaws uncorrected

 

GONGWER NEWS SERVICE 11/9/07

TEACHERS UNION CHALLENGES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

IN OHIO SUPREME COURT CASE

 

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER 11/10/07

School board says it will be upfront this time around

 

THE CANTON REPOSITORY - Editorial - 11/12/07
Students need art, music

 

THE CANTON REPOSITORY - Editorial - 11/10/07

Public is served

 

THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS 11/12/07

What is the school board's future?

Election results mean uncertainties with the direction the board will take and questions about leadership changes.

 

THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS 11/12/07

School board split could crack further

 

THE TOLEDO BLADE - Editorial - 11/11/07

Cool the TPS rhetoric

 

THE NEW YORK TIMES 11/8/07

Ohio Goes After Charter Schools That Are Failing

 

THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE 11/7/07

Vouchers go down in crushing defeat

Vouchers' money man says Utahns 'don't care enough about their kids'

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 11/8/07

Teacher legislation sails to governor

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 11/8/07

Levies getting hard to pass

Just over half of 200 school tax requests were approved in Tuesday's election

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH - Editorial - 11/8/07

Editorial | Hard work ahead: Columbus school board has one year to lay groundwork for new levy

 

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER 11/8/07

Levy failure pushes CPS toward cuts and second try

 

THE CANTON REPOSITORY

Levy losses: What will they mean to you?

 

THE CANTON REPOSITORY - Editorial - 11/8/07

Where will schools’ downward spiral end?

 

THE TOLEDO BLADE 11/8/07

2 say election tilts TPS board in union's favor

 

THE YOUNGSTOWN VINDICATOR 11/8/07

Panel seeks cuts for schools

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 11/7/07

Columbus school board: 4 Democrats returned, but not GOP's Cabot

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 11/7/07

Schools chief to get 7 percent pay raise

Columbus leader had turned down increases 3 times

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH - Editorial - 11/7/07

Editorial | Good choice: Ohio House should approve fee-based all-day kindergarten

 

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER 11/7/07

Emphatic 'no' to CPS tax increase

 

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER - Editorial - 11/7/07

CPS faces biggest challenge yet

 

THE AKRON BEACON JOURNAL - Editorial - 11/7/07

Leading by results

Sylvester Small set ambitious goals as superintendent, and then he delivered for the Akron Public Schools

 

THE CANTON REPOSITORY 11/7/07

School levies lose; tough choices loom

 

THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS 11/7/07

Two new members elected to Dayton board

Taylor, Nerny replace Gallin, Massoud; Mims, Thompson keep seats.

 

THE TOLEDO BLADE 11/7/07

Ford retains post; Sobecki to take seat

Victors cite desire for reform

 

THE YOUNGSTOWN VINDICATOR 11/7/07

Youngstown schools levy falls to defeat

 THE NEW YORK TIMES 11/6/07

For a Key Education Law, Reauthorization Stalls

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 11/6/07

House will bless checks on teachers

 Bill expected to be approved this week

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 11/6/07

Schools' Internet filters let in porn

 Technology doesn't block all images

 

THE PLAIN DEALER 11/6/07

Akron school Superintendent Sylvester Small to retire

 

THE AKRON BEACON JOURNAL 11/6/07

Charter school in Akron to close

 Enrollment has shrunk at Ida B. Wells Academy

 

THE AKRON BEACON JOURNAL 11/6/07

Era coming to an end for district

 Small retiring; school board plans search

 

THE AKRON BEACON JOURNAL 11/6/07

Close Ida B. Wells

 For how long must a charter school fail?

 

THE TOLEDO BLADE 11/6/07

 TPS gets $1.1M to aid at-risk male students

 

THE AKRON BEACON JOURNAL 11/5/07

UPDATE: Small announces retirement as Akron school superintendent

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 11/5/07

Dozens of seats on the line

School-board races don't rouse voters

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 11/4/07

ABCs of Betrayal | Former teacher pledges change

 Kids are priority, director of agency on conduct says

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 11/4/07

Columbus school-board candidates like merit pay

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH - Editorial - 11/4/07

Editorial | Crucial choice: In Stephanie Groce, voters have the kind of candidate the city schools need most

 

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER - Editoiral - 11/4/07

Active play boosts brain power

 

THE PLAIN DEALER - 11/5/07

Tutors' work not getting checked

 Districts pay for unmonitored help

 

THE AKRON BEACON JOURNAL - Editorial - 11/5/07

All-day or not?

 

THE CANTON REPOSITORY - Editorial - 11/5/07

Endorsements

 

THE CANTON REPOSITORY 11/5/07

Graduation rates at urban schools, McKinley, going up

 

THE CANTON REPOSITORY 11/5/07

Men in classrooms at an all-time low

 

THE TOLEDO BLADE 11/5/07

No end in sight for TPS suit by student's family

 Case has cost taxpayers $100,000

 

THE TOLEDO BLADE 11/4/07

Contenders for 2 TPS positions set their sights on change

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THE TOLEDO BLADE 11/4/07

Contenders for 2 TPS positions set their sights on change

 Incumbents face challengers for 2 school seats

 

THE TOLEDO BLADE 11/3/07

Site lists teachers punished for conduct

 

THE TOLEDO BLADE - Editorial - 11/3/07

Dropout factories

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 11/2/07

State's teacher data put online

Database includes details officials once kept hidden

 

THE PLAIN DEALER - Editorial - 11/2/07

Editorial: Ohio Department of Education should take HIV education grant

 

THE CANTON REPOSITORY 11/2/07

Fighting Dragons are Canton’s first martial arts team

 

THE TOLEDO BLADE 11/1/07

Area schools trying to defuse fears of 'superbug'

 

THE TOLEDO BLADE - Editorial - 11/2/07

Ford, Sobecki for TPS

 

THE YOUNGSTOWN VINDICATOR - Editorial - 11/2/07

There are costs involved when schools must react to threats

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 10/31/07

Bill calls for checks on school workers

Senate panel also supports use of national database

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 10/31/07

Study of nation's high schools

Columbus on list of 'dropout factories'

Data skewed by transfers, charter schools, officials say

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 10/30/07

Schools not panicking over MRSA

Many emphasizing cleanliness as cases grow

 

GONGWER NEWS SERVICE 10/30/07

TEACHER MISCONDUCT, ALL-DAY KINDERGARTEN PROVISIONS ATTACHED

TO ACHIEVEMENT TEST BILL; FBI BACKGROUND CHECKS TO BE REQUIRED

 

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER  -Editorial - 10/31/07

No to CPS levy: Clean up finances

 

THE CANTON REPOSITORY 10/30/07

State aid to schools won’t fund operations

 

THE CANTON REPOSITORY 10/31/07

3 vie for two seats on Canton Board of Education

 

THE CANTON REPOSITORY - Editorial - 10/31/07

Rinaldi, Jones for Canton City board

 

THE CANTON REPOSITORY - 10/30/07

Are schools dropout factories?

 

THE TOLEDO BLADE 10/31/07

TPS forecasts growing deficits starting in 2010

 

THE TOLEDO BLADE 10/31/07

Ohio schools study criticizes dropout rates

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 10/29/07

Multi-age classrooms continue to thrive in some schools

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 10/27/07

Preschool education to receive grants

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH - Letter to editor - 10/27/07

Teachers union cares about pupils

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH - Editorial - 10/28/07

Time for change: Elected state school board has proved unresponsive to public

 

THIS WEEK (COLUMBUS) 10/25/07

New forecast shows better bottom line

 

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER 10/28/07

Better board is critical for CPS

 

THE AKRON BEACON JOURNAL 10/29/07

Charter school struggles to attract new students

 

THE CANTON REPOSITORY - Editorial - 10/28/07
Levy will keep cuts away from classroom

 

THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS 10/29/07

School board may get new look

 

THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS 10/28/07

Are voters suffering from 'levy fatigue?'

 

THE YOUNGSTOWN VINDICATOR - Editorial - 10/28/07

Youngstown BOE race presents clear choices

 

THE YOUNGSTOWN VINDICATOR - Editorial - 10/27/07

Youngstown schools face bleak futures if levy fails

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 10/26/07

Band is loud, proud once more

 

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER 10/26/07

CPS reports several MRSA cases

 

THE PLAIN DEALER 10/26/07

Security footage shows Asa Coon stalking, firing at SuccessTech Academy

Asa Coon is seen stalking, firing in silent security camera footage

 

THE CANTON REPOSITORY - Editorial - 10/26/07
Our teaching star

 

THE TOLEDO BLADE 10/26/07

Toledo school board hopefuls engage in lively debate

Candidates field questions at DeVeaux

 

THE YOUNGSTOWN VINDICATOR 10/26/07

Blue Ribbon Committee pushes for passage of 9.5-mill school levy

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 10/25/07

Columbus school board debate

Religion, rewards hot topics

Candidates sound off on prayer, quality of teachers

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 10/25/07

Teachers sometimes are victims, union reminds legislators

The ABCs of betrayal

 

GONGWER NEWS SERVICE 10/25/07

TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS OFFER DIFFERENT APPROACH

TO RESPONDING TO ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT

 

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER 10/25/07

Records don't back charge

School board candidates had alleged a conflict

 

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER 10/25/07

Education pays

Two local middle-school teachers are among the best in the nation

 

THE PLAIN DEALER 10/25/07

Cleveland schools will get review by safety experts

Team to look at each school

 

THE PLAIN DEALER 10/25/07

Editorial: Get serious about bad schools

 

AKRON BEACON JOURNAL 10/25/07

Buchtel teacher slashed, beaten, robbed

Assailants use decoy tactic on street, pull driver from his truck

 

THE CANTON REPOSITORY 10/25/07

Worley teacher surprised with national honor

 

THE YOUNGSTOWN VINDICATOR 10/25/07

Teachers honored for making impact

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 10/24/07

School officials push for reform

State begins hearings on teacher discipline

 

GONGWER NEWS SERVICE 10/24/07

HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE WEIGHS DUE PROCESS

RIGHTS FOR TEACHERS ACCUSED OF MISCONDUCT

 

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER 10/24/07

Doubters dissect CPS levy

Backers try to explain why fewer need more

 

THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS 10/24/07

District will have to live with thin cash balances

Projected budgets going forward assume programs cut this year won't return, treasurer says.

 

THE YOUNGSTOWN VINDICATOR 10/24/07

Students chosen for board

GONGWER NEWS SERVICE 10/22/07

TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM DROPS HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR WORKING

RETIREES OVER SCHOOL DISTRICTS' OBJECTIONS

 

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER 10/23/07

CPS likes enrollment numbers

Decline continues, but at slower rate as charters lose students

 

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER 10/23/07

Early foreign language promoted in Ohio

 

THE AKRON BEACON JOURNAL 10/23/07

School board rolls out runway

Student models try out potential uniforms as Akron panel begins discussion of policy

 

THE CANTON REPOSITORY 10/21/07

Girls sample new careers

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 10/22/07

Tracking teachers' misdeeds

Officials want national database of abuses, disciplinary actions

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH - Editorial - 10/21/07

Editorial: Protect children - Open records and strict monitoring needed

to weed out dangerous teachers

 

GONGWER NEWS SERVICE 10/19/07

STATE SCHOOL BOARD RECOMMENDS REMOVING ARRESTED TEACHERS FROM

CLASSROOMS; HOUSE PANEL TO INVESTIGATE MISCONDUCT REPORTING

 

GONGWER NEWS SERVICE 10/19/07

CHARTER SCHOOL AUDIT QUESTIONS PAYCHECKS ISSUED TO STUDENTS

 

THE PLAIN DEALER 10/21/07

School shootings like SuccessTech often leave victims for life

Life, after death, is never the same, other cities say

 

THE PLAIN DEALER - Editorial - 10/21/07

Editorial: As urban schools narrow the achievement gap, Cleveland's have farthest to go

 

THE AKRON BEACON JOURNAL 10/22/07

Schools in area confident in plans for safety

Procedures put to test last week in the Akron and Revere districts

 

THE CANTON REPOSITORY 10/21/07

Schools, voters face tough choices

 

THE CANTON REPOSITORY 10/20/07

Wrestling with school funding

 

THE TOLEDO BLADE 10/21/07

7 in hunt for 2 seats on board

Candidates stress need for change

 

THE TOLEDO BLADE 10/20/07

Charters siphon off 18% of TPS students

Percentage ranks city 5th in major markets in U.S.

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 10/19/07

Schools chief pledges reform

Teacher-misconduct system to become more transparent

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 10/19/07

Student confrontation

School bus trouble was brewing for weeks

 

THE PLAIN DEALER 10/19/07

Cleveland schools use voting machines for student council elections

 

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER 10/19/07

GE gift to CPS keeps on giving

 

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER 10/19/07

But not potential cuts

Candidates unite behind levy

 

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER 10/19/07

School board votes called into question

Allegations called smear campaign

 

THE AKRON BEACON JOURNAL 10/19/07

State to provide $2.5M for Cleveland school security upgrades

 

THE TOLEDO BLADE 10/19/07

Audit of West Toledo charter school reveals missing funds

Former director, husband owe $119,393

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 10/18/07

Strickland seeks reform

State must outline, track teacher misconduct, governor says

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 10/17/07

Felons keep right to teach

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 10/16/07

Secrecy shrouds disciplined teachers

Parents face high hurdles in finding information about educators punished for misconduct.

Education Department officials insist many records are private.

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 10/16/07

Tutor: 'I've taken to fondling' the students

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 10/15/07

District slow to investigate teacher

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 10/15/07

Schools often keep state in the dark

The biggest districts typically fail to report teacher discipline to the Ohio Department of Education.

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 10/14/07

Rule breakers: The ABCs of betrayal

Disciplined teachers can stay in class and keep their misdeeds secret

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 10/14/07

Teachers get a second chance

Some educators keep their teaching licenses despite masturbating in public, dating students and

downloading pornography at school.

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH – Editorial – 10/18/07

Editorial: Reprehensible - Rejection of school-board candidate is a shameful moment for

Democrats, union

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 10/18/07

Bus halted for a brawl

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 10/17/07

County Democrats withdraw endorsement of Groce

School board member lost union's vote

 

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH – Editorial – 10/17/07

Editorial: For Columbus schools

These candidates bring the managerial, fiscal know-how needed for such a large district

 

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER 10/18/07

Schools' financial outlook a bit better

 

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER 10/17/07

Charter schools to raise bar

Pressure builds on the 57% of programs getting low grades

 

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER 10/16/07

Charter schools feel the heat