- As one might have expected, the kerfuffle between Ohio’s largest online school and the department of education over an attendance audit did not remain contained between those two entities. Other online schools seem to be experiencing attendance tracking issues when checked, many of which are enumerated in this piece. (Columbus Dispatch, 9/11/16)
- The state board of education is meeting this week. One item on members’ agenda: discussion of proposed new rules for gifted education in Ohio. Here’s a piece that purports to showcase the debate over said rules but seems to me to present only one side of the argument in interviews. But I might have missed something. (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 9/11/16)
- The payment method for College Credit Plus (that’s early college courses for credit while students are still in high school) gets a look-see in today’s Dispatch. Opinion is decidedly mixed among those interviewed. (Columbus Dispatch, 9/12/16) Meanwhile, Denison University in Granville with help from the I Know I Can college access organization, announced it will give four-year tuition-only scholarships to 20 Columbus City Schools graduates each year for the foreseeable future. Recipients will be chosen based on academic record, extracurricular achievements, essays and recommendations from teachers/counselors. Students with a GPA of 3.5 or higher, or who are in the top 10 percent of their graduating class, will be given preference. Students accepting the scholarship and enrolling at Denison will still be responsible for $11,000-ish per year in room/board/etc. But that’s still pretty cheap for a schmancy private college. I think. (Columbus Dispatch, 9/12/16)
- Commentator Bertram de Souza opined this weekend on the CEO’s plan to turn Youngstown City Schools around. Not the strategic plan itself, but Mohip’s own vision and, shall we say, “intestinal fortitude” for achieving it. (Youngstown Vindicator, 9/11/16) Meanwhile, in the arena of seemingly-mundane decisions with broader implications, Mohip announced on Friday that the district’s dress code will continue to be waived until at least September 30. And that a community meeting on the topic of said dress code will be held prior to that date and any lifting of the waiver. (Youngstown Vindicator, 9/9/16)
