- We’ve heard a lot about parents opting their kids out of testing. In Columbus, that number is now up to two. Yes, two parents. (Columbus Dispatch)
- Two down, two to go. Governor Kasich has appointed a new member of the state board of education. (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
- “It is astonishing that we can predict so well in Kindergarten how well kids will be able to read in third grade.” So says a researcher from Ohio State University, sounding what might be a new salvo in the arguments about Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee. Fascinating (Dayton Daily News)
- This is a fascinating dig into data on enrollment changes in districts all around the larger central Ohio area. Open enrollment openings and closings are mooted as big motivators on the changes, but surely population fluctuation and the economy have got to play larges part here. Don’t they? (Columbus Dispatch)
- This story has more twists and turns than an O. Henry story. Less than a week after the approval of a use permit that would allow Horizon Science Academy to buy and move to the Toledo YMCA building, Toledo Public Schools has come out of left field to propose to locate not only a currently non-existent Head Start program to the Y building, but also its administrative offices. Despite this last-minute shocker, the Y will still get the raw end of the financial deal, losing between $53,000 and $400,000 over the already-inked Horizon deal. More as it is reported. (Toledo Blade)
- Mansfield city schools system is under a May 2 deadline to submit a plan to the Ohio Department of Education on how and where it will make required cuts. The clock is ticking and discussions are still ongoing. (Mansfield News Journal)
