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Ohio's graduation rules change for class of 2023

Published on July 21, 2019 | Updated 12:49 a. m.

The path to a high school diploma will look a little different for districts across Ohio, after the governor signed a biennial budget including changes to graduation requirements Thursday. The new requirements are designed to give students who →

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Several schools item in state budget

Published on July 18, 2019 | Updated 6:51 a. m.

Up against a second deadline, legislators passed the state biennial budget with provisions focusing on several facets of education throughout the state. After passing a 17-day interim budget — the first time since 2009 the Legislature has →

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Center ranks LCCC high for affordability

Published on June 28, 2019 | Updated 6:35 a. m.

Lorain County Community College is one of the most affordable two-year public colleges in the nation, according to a report to be released by the Department of Education. The school placed 35th in the country out of 88 ranked colleges and 1,200 →

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Wellington Schools gets $275,000 grant for advanced placement courses

Published on June 26, 2019 | Updated 5:16 p. m.

WELLINGTON — Wellington Schools announced Tuesday a grant $275,000 to give students a greater chance for advanced education and college enrollment. The Expanding Opportunities for Each Child Grant will last three years and will go toward →

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Legal opinion says Lorain school administrator may have violated privacy laws

Published on June 26, 2019 | Updated 11:01 a. m.

LORAIN — A Lorain Schools administrator could have violated student privacy laws, according to a legal opinion presented at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting. While testifying to the Ohio Senate Education Committee last month, Rae →

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LCCC receives grant to provide apprenticeships

Published on June 25, 2019 | Updated 7:09 a. m.

ELYRIA — Lorain County Community College is one of 23 recipients of a federal grant for apprenticeship programs. The college, in collaboration with the Ohio Manufacturers’ Association, will manage a $12 million award from the U.S. →

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State report cards may be studied

Published on June 22, 2019 | Updated 2:06 a. m.

Changes could be coming to schools’ state report cards, with the Senate’s version of the biennial budget calling for a study on the achievement measure. The Senate unanimously passed its substitute bill to the House-introduced biennial →

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Lorain community gives input on proposed amendment to state takeover process (VIDEO)

Published on June 14, 2019 | Updated 8:35 a. m.

Hoping to give input on an amendment to the current academic distress model, representatives from Lorain joined counterparts from Youngstown, East Cleveland and other districts at Thursday’s Senate Education Committee in Columbus. The →

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Ohio Senate amendment could change state takeover law

Published on June 14, 2019 | Updated 7:05 a. m.

Districts under state takeover could see a shift toward local control, but not a full repeal of the current governing model under an amendment discussed at Thursday’s Senate Education Committee. Sen. Peggy Lehner, R-Kettering, described the →

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'Homework gap' shows millions of students lack home internet

Published on June 10, 2019 | Updated 8:37 a. m.

HARTFORD, Conn. — With no computer or internet at home, Raegan Byrd's homework assignments present a nightly challenge: How much can she get done using just her smartphone? On the tiny screen, she switches between web pages for research →

National News

Schools reckon with social stress: 'I'm on my phone so much'

Published on June 7, 2019 | Updated 8:01 a. m.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — High school biology teacher Kelly Chavis knew smartphones were a distraction in her class. But not even her students realized the psychological toll of their devices until an in-class experiment that, of course, was then →

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Oberlin College grads told to 'stay woke'

Published on May 28, 2019 | Updated 8:03 a. m.

OBERLIN — Lisa Jackson, vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives at Apple Inc., who gave Monday’s commencement address at Oberlin College, echoed the commencement speech that Martin Luther King Jr. made to the Oberlin →

Ohio's graduation rules change for class of 2023

Several schools item in state budget

Center ranks LCCC high for affordability

Wellington Schools gets $275,000 grant for advanced placement courses

Legal opinion says Lorain school administrator may have violated privacy laws

LCCC receives grant to provide apprenticeships

State report cards may be studied

Lorain community gives input on proposed amendment to state takeover process (VIDEO)

Ohio Senate amendment could change state takeover law

'Homework gap' shows millions of students lack home internet

Schools reckon with social stress: 'I'm on my phone so much'

Oberlin College grads told to 'stay woke'

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