In Ohio, school funding from one company could be reduced, sexters in New York City could be suspended, Ohio’s revenue shortfall is still menacing and up to 31 Ohio charter schools could be shuttered. Join The CEA Blog as it presents a sampling of facts and figures that pertain to the education world, brought to light during this past week.
In a ruling released today, the Ohio Supreme Court will not hear the appeal of All Children Matter, a pro-charter school Political Action Committee (PAC). The group had been fined a record $5.2 million by the Ohio Elections Commission for violating Ohio campaign finance laws in 2006.
Across the nation (some) states are racing, (some) students are graduating, Ohio’s revenue shortfall is menacing and one Columbus City School …Read the Rest
Ohio charter schools enrolled nearly 90,000 of more than 1.3 million Ohio students during the 2008-2009 school year. According to the charter school “Watch List”, 26 Buckeye state charter schools that enroll more than 7,800 Ohio students could be closed by the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) at the end of the 2010-2011 school year.
Diplomas Count: Graduation by the Numbers, a report produced in conjunction with Education Week and Editorial Projects in Education (EPE) was released today. The intensive study measures high school graduation rates across the nation. The class of 2007 is the most recent graduating cohort to be profiled by the annual report. According to the study, a total of 74.6 percent of Ohio students from the class of 2007 graduated.
By a 17-0 vote of Ohio Board of Education, the Ohio Department of Education (ODE), Ohio has become the seventh state in the nation to adopt common math and language arts standards. State adoption of the Common Core Standards has a significant connection to the Department of Education’s Race to the Top (RttT) competitive grant program.
Ohio is among 35 other applicants competing for federal funding in the second round of Race to the Top (RttT).
