This new test option comes at a time when colleges are abandoning college admissions tests.

We've seen heartbreaking news stories about teens in crisis who have been promoted to die by suicide by chatbots. This bill seeks to stop that.

This comes as at least 2 school crossing guards were hit on the job last year in Ohio.

Lourdes is the latest to close. Other schools in and around Ohio have closed recently as families have fewer kids, ed costs are rising faster than inflation.

So the DC-based Heritage Foundation and the Columbus-based Center for Christian Virtue were there. They talked a lot about "gender ideology." They don't believe people could be born one way and identify another and they're trying protect parents who feel the same.

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There's lower participation in career-tech ed in Ohio's metro areas, designated by the lighter colors on the map.

This can be layered on top of vouchers.

He also warns income tax could rise.

This bill is hoped to help recruit people during the teacher shortage

On average last year 37% of school district $$$ came from the state.

The OHSAA for a long time prohibited NIL, but then lost a round in court in October. In November, it adopted a policy allowing NIL. The legislature is trying to undo that.

Youngstown City Schools remain in academic distress/state takeover, after 16 years. It was the first district on and the last district to be off. I examine why it's still on academic distress, how it's clamoring to get off, and what can be done if state takeovers don't work.

OH Senate President Rob McColley (Vivek Ramaswamy's running mate) and House Spkr Matt Huffman objected to rule, saying it was unfair compared to trad public school financial disclosures, that commission didn't engage w/ charter community. There have allegations of mishandling $ in some charters

The tenured management professor was fired from CSU, a decision he's fighting in court.

The state requires students to have a minimum number of hours each year. Weather this year could have some districts, charter schools, teetering on the edge of those requirements

The legislature gutted the school board in 2023, after 3 democrats were elected to it. Craft worked under the new structure. But then the legislature further cut the board, and he said it's a good time to leave and bring in someone new.

This will be required for teachers of all subjects, administrators, psychologists too, in K-12.

ICYMI - The state has put out another AI guide. This is a model policy that school districts can borrow from. By July 1, all 600 Ohio school districts must have an AI policy. Plus charter schools.

On Oct. 3, CSU transferred the WCSB signal to Ideastream, which turned it into a jazz station. Now students who worked at the station, and their supporters, are suing CSU, its president and board of trustees. www.cleveland.com/open/2026/01...

The Center for Christian Virtue has increased fundraising, projects and influence with politicians in Columbus in recent years. Its president speaks at the City Club of Cleveland this week.

Allegations of pay to play stemming back to a 2024 anti-gerrymandering constitutional amendment proposal the Haslams contributed $100K to defeat.

So a judge issued a 14-day pause on the transfer of unclaimed funds to a grant program from which the Browns are to receive $600M. This transfer was supposed to happen Jan. 1.

Ohio bill changing K-12 intervention law requires free tutoring, extra help for students with lowest test scores in math, English

The Biden administration wanted to change how day care providers were paid for publicly funded child care, and cap parents' co-payments.

Courts have ruled that states have an interest in protecting children, but they cannot suppress business' First Amendment rights to truthfully communicate to adults, the lawyer wrote.

Hi everyone! Back from a lil break. ICYMI, this story ran while I was gone:

The clinics are a priority for Gov. DeWine and are increasingly offering vision and mental health services.

I got this info through a public records request. Parts of the NDA remain in effect for 3 years.

In Ohio, business can pay 14- and 15-year-olds less per hour.

This is higher than last year, and is interesting because people are unhappy with high property taxes right now.

This is the 2nd out-of-state college seeking to recruit Ohio students after state Senate Bill 1 passed.

Two Ohio Head Starts had to close; others on a Nov. 1 funding cycle were able to scrape $$$ together to keep going another 2 weeks.

There's a new panel that will look for opportunities for CSU students to participate in WCSB, now controlled by Ideastream Public Media. This comes after weeks of criticism over the station transfer.

Ohio House Bill 531 would require the chaplains be volunteers.

Several of these programs run on a Nov. 1 grant cycle. So the shutdown is hurting the private sector, too, as many parents will have to call off work.

This three-pronged theory is supposed to keep people out of poverty.

Among first graders who watch educational TV/videos PBS dominates, according to OSU study. This comes as Congress cut public media. www.cleveland.com/open/2025/10...

New Ohio House bill known as Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act would allow teachers teach the "positive" contributions of Christianity on American history.

1 in 4 Ohio kids are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school.) The state wants the rate to be about half this. What to know about the populations most absent and a law change the state made to address this.

Looking forward to an Ohio trifecta: Hudson Library on Tuesday, 10/7 at 6:30 p.m.; Joseph-Beth bookstore in Cincinnati 10/8 at 7 p.m. with @laurahancock.bsky.social and then onto OSU Law School on 10/9.

Ohio legislature passes schools bill that allows buildings to carry drug overdose meds - as well as an amendment to extend release time for religious instruction:

This isn't related to SB1, the school says, but part of program reviews that began in 2023.

Linda McMahon stops in Columbus, announces Ohio is getting nearly $105M to expand charter schools in the state.

Now 5.6% of Ohio kids are uninsured, mostly due to being kicked off Medicaid/CHIP. The rate is expected to increase since Congress cut $1T from Medicaid over next decade.

East Cleveland schools, which for decades had low test scores and a state takeover (it's also one of the poorest in the state, based on income tax returns), increased to 3 stars on state rpt cards. Find out how it and other improving districts did it:

With Ohio's population projected to drop, Gov. DeWine urges college recruitment:

Ohio report cards: Students math and English proficiency is still below pre-pandemic levels. In math, it is slowly crawling back:

Cleveland drops to 2.5 stars from last year's 3 stars, meaning it did not make state standards. Columbus and Cincinnati public schools also did not meet state standards.

Today, OH releases school and district report cards. I'm looking for 2 things: 1) Whether Cleveland was able to maintain a "meets state standards" ranking 2) how did Ohio students do in reading, now that we have this big push for the science of reading. www.cleveland.com/education/20...