Did you know that the Ohio General Assembly created new graduation requirements for students beginning with the class of 2018? *High school students must score well on new state tests to graduate- beyond earning credits and good grades in school. …
President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), an overhaul of federal education law, in December of 2015. According to the Ohio Department of Education’s website, “passed with bipartisan support, ESSA represents a shift from broad federal oversight of …
The Akron Area School Superintendents Association recognizes that the federal ESSA legislation gives states an opportunity to make meaningful reforms to educational practices and policies. They are concerned that Ohio’s draft plan does not appear to reflect the input that …
School leaders have so much education, experience, and knowledge to offer our lawmakers for the benefit of sound educational policy-making. According to Bill Phillis, of the Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding: Governors and legislators should depend heavily on …
In July of 2015, Ohio House Bill 70, a forward-thinking education bill involving community schools with wrap-around services, was hijacked with a 66-page amendment and turned into a school takeover bill, rushed to a vote, and quickly signed by Governor …
The Ohio Department of Education is in full force, head-in-the-sand, denial. Those in charge of ODE want to institute a policy that highly favors rich children over poor. Disproportionately, white people over African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans. Their refusal to recognize the …
In Ohio, instead of directly funding charter schools, the state subtracts the money from the bottom line for traditional districts, depending on where a student lives. For instance, when a student living in the Columbus City Schools district attends a …
A.J. Wagner, J.D. Ohio Board of Education, District 3 7 Stonemill Road Dayton, Ohio 45409 November 18, 2016 Honorable Tom Gunlock, President State Board of Education of Ohio 25 South Front Street Columbus, Ohio 43215-4183 Dear President Gunlock, It is …
The boards of education in the 613 Ohio school districts represent the same geographic territory and citizens as the governor and legislature. Boards of education are the fourth branch of government established to deliver quality education opportunities for all the …
VI.02 Schools funds (Ohio Constitution) The General Assembly shall make such provisions, by taxation, or otherwise, as, with the income arising from the school trust fund, will secure a thorough and efficient system of common schools throughout the state; but …