Ramaswamy wants to consolidate Ohio universities, but that may be a hard sell Experts say Vivek Ramaswamy's proposal to merge state universities will encounter resistance from legislators, local leaders and families who depend on their regional schools.

In which NIMBYism gets in the way of cuts

These 21 Ohio employers are now paying nearly half of their workers’ child care costs A state program launched last year splits child care expenses between employers, parents and Ohio. These 21 businesses state have signed up to participate.

I have the list here. These employers are all over the state, including in some rural areas.

Ohio launched chronic absenteeism tracker, but biggest school districts aren’t contributing Ohio's school absenteeism dashboard offers the public data on school rates of chronic absenteeism, in hopes that the information will better isolate the root causes. But many key districts aren't part...

The state's 3 largest districts - Columbus, Cincinnati and CMSD are not participating. Also, I found a ton of districts and charter schools in Cuyahoga County (in addition to CLE) missing from the dashboard.

21 Ohio employers are now sharing costs of child care with working parents, state A state program launched in 2025 requires businesses to pay at least 40% of child care expenses. The state also offers support, making access more affordable for parents.

The program requires employers to pay at least 40% of child care costs, parents to pay 40% and the state to pay 20%

Ohio AG sues Hebrew Union College over Cincinnati rabbinical school closure Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost alleges the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati is violating a 76-year-old promise to maintain the school.

Ohio AG suing Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati (founded in 1875!!!) over decision to close rabbinical program, saying that there's a fiduciary responsibility to keep assets in Ohio and not transfer to campuses out-of-state, based on the intent of donors when they wrote checks.

Cleveland Metropolitan School District is also closing about a third of its buildings.

Private school voucher transparency bill is back, but narrower; Here’s what changed Rep. Gayle Manning says House Bill 715 doesn't include everything she wanted, such as separate accounting for voucher funds or mandating use of performance tests that public school students take but s...

2 years ago, state Rep. Gayle Manning had a bill that would require Ohio private schools receiving taxpayer-funded vouchers to release info for more transparency and help parents chose schools. Tons of resistance from privates. So the bill is back and narrower.

Ohio college placed in fiscal watch after not paying taxes, deficit spending Ohio officials placed Terra State Community College on fiscal watch after discovering late vendor payments, unpaid payroll taxes, and financial errors ranging from $47,000 to $5.2 million.

The school used restricted funds on expenses, which is not allowed. It didn't reconcile its bank account, at one point having $500K in checks and spending but not having the cash in the bank. It's accused of misusing federal Pell Grants.

Retired Ohio teachers to receive cost-of-living increase starting July The board for the State Teachers Retirement System has approved a 1.6% cost-of-living increase for retired educators, beginning July 1.

Lots of turmoil in recent years at the teacher's pension organization. Removal of board members, litigation, revolt. But it appears they're trying to move forward.

JobsOhio isn't subject to public records laws or much public scrutiny since they're organized as a nonprofit. And the Ohio Supreme Court rejected a case that would have required it to open the books.

Ohio lawmakers dueling over high school name, image, likeness agreements: One bill would ban NIL deals for high schoolers. Another would permit them.

Vivek Ramaswamy, Ohio gubernatorial candidate, says Ohio's universities are clones of one another.

Trustees name Ravi Bellamkonda the 18th president of OSU. The previous president - Ted Carter - resigned amid scandal.

50 new reading coaches to work side-by-side with Ohio teachers in science of reading. They're also hiring science of reading implementation teams. I have more about these jobs (and the differences between them) here:

Gov. DeWine backs bill requiring more recess for Ohio students in K-8:

The host of the podcast related to the resignation of the OSU president was paid $15K/episode by JobsOhio, a separate entity from OSU. Good money if you can make it!

Columbus-area firm questioned over $220M Noem ad controversy: www.cleveland.com/news/2026/03...

A new dashboard will go live to track student attendance. The state is trying to bring down chronic absenteeism.

We've got Ohio State of the State Bingo cards! Today Gov. DeWine delivers his last SOTS address. The middle square is him eating a cream puff at the Ohio State Fair, lol. www.cleveland.com/open/2026/03...

Lots of news today: Judge issues hold (prelim injunction) on the state distributing unclaimed funds for sports venues, incl. new Cleveland Browns stadium, while litigation over it continues: www.cleveland.com/open/2026/03...

ICYMI: New superintendent over Ohio State Board of Education named:

UPDATE: OSU is now doing an investigation into the circumstances of Ted Carter's resignation - inappropriate relationship with someone who had biz before school

Punish by purse: 2 Ohio House bills would withhold state $$$ from K-12 and higher ed when the schools don't do what the legislature wants.

The daughter held medical licenses in Ohio before becoming a cancer specialist at Emory, before she was fired from there.

Why is this not showing the photo?
Ok, story's about a new study about teacher morale. In Ohio, it's slightly lower than national average.

Ohio House unanimously passes bill to boost funding for Junior ROTC, NCDD programs

CSU was sued in January over the transfer of WCSB to Ideastream.

I asked the sponsor whether he brought receipts to the press conference. He didn't, just vague accusations.

The legislature offers donors to Scholarship Granting Organizations income tax credits, another layer of state subsidies to private education. Now, a small number of public school districts have figured out how to start SGOS too.
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On Sunday, a 26-story tower opens at OSU's Wexner Medical Center.