Opinion | Trump steps up a campaign against teaching English to immigrant kids The administration plans to dissolve the office that supports English instruction.

Trump steps up a campaign against teaching English to immigrant kids
The administration plans to dissolve the office that supports English instruction.
by Jim Geraghty
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How a law from 2012 is shaping Cleveland’s largest teacher layoffs in years In 2012, then-Mayor Frank Jackson worked with then Gov. John Kasich, the bipartisan legislature and the Cleveland Teachers Union to pass a bill known as the Cleveland Plan. Provisions of that bill are...

How a law from 2012 is shaping Cleveland’s largest teacher layoffs in years
by Laura Hancock
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Trump Admin. Removes Federal Guidance and Dept. of Ed. Office for K-12 English Language Teaching In the area of education for the nation’s five million English language learners in public schools, the Trump administration has pretty much succeeded in what Education Secretary Linda McMaho…

Opinion from Jan Resseger
Trump Admin. Removes Federal Guidance and Dept. of Ed. Office for K-12 English Language Teaching
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Property tax repeal would cause economic disaster, Ohio coalition warns COLUMBUS — School closures, public safety layoffs, and senior services cuts are just a few of the consequences Ohioans would face if voters approve a ...

COLUMBUS — School closures, public safety layoffs, and senior services cuts are just a few of the consequences Ohioans would face if voters approve a constitutional amendment eliminating property taxes, according to a new bipartisan coalition
by Danny Eldredge
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Cincinnati Public School Board closer to finalizing a district budget posing tough choices So far, Cincinnati Public Schools has allocated $472.5 million for the 2027 fiscal year, leaving the district with around $155 million to spend to maintain a balanced budget.

Cincinnati Public School Board closer to finalizing a district budget posing tough choices
by Zach Carreon
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Coalition pushes back against effort to abolish Ohio's property taxes Ohioans to Protect Public Services has started a public education campaign to oppose a proposed constitutional amendment.

COLUMBUS OH — A statewide coalition has launched a public education campaign to oppose a proposed constitutional amendment that would abolish all property taxes in Ohio, arguing the move could be devastating to public services and schools across the state
by Doug Petcash
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New Hampshire: The Dirty Secret of Vouchers for All Garry Rayno, writer of “The Distant Dome” for inDepthNH, has been covering the legislature for many years. The presence of a large faction of libertarians in the legislature make it dif…

New Hampshire: The Dirty Secret of Vouchers for All
They will subsidize the well-to-do while diminishing the resources of poor districts.
-from Diane Ravitch
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Ohio police chief, officer who made ICE checks at Cincinnati schools put on leave The police chief and an officer in a small Ohio village who came to 3 Cincinnati schools to conduct ICE checks on students have been placed on leave.

GRATIS, Ohio – The village police chief and officer who visited Cincinnati schools to check on children for Immigration and Customs Enforcement have been placed on leave.
by David Ferrara and Aaron Valdez
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Ohio school officials ask to keep power local in sale of school buildings in opposition to new bill • Ohio Capital Journal A new Ohio bill that would make changes to how and to whom school districts can use or sell school facilities received some criticism in a Senate committee this week, and major education unions asked ...

Ohio school officials ask to keep power local in sale of school buildings in opposition to new bill
by Susan Tebben
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OPINION: It takes a community to complete classroom puzzle Kevin Jones is the dean of the school of education at Cedarville University.

Opinion
Today, schools face the challenge of doing more with fewer resources, so they can’t tackle these issues alone.
It requires all of us to unite in this effort. Schools can’t do the work alone — get involved.
by Kevin Jones
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Opponents of Ohio property-tax repeal begin organizing against it: Thomas Suddes The formation of Ohioans to Protect Public Services to oppose property-tax repeal, and Curt Steiner’s association with it, demonstrates that public officials statewide – and schools, disability and me...

Opinion by Thomas Suddes
Opponents of Ohio property-tax repeal begin organizing against it
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'Why was she in Cincinnati?' | Gratis community demands answers after police chief visits CPS schools We traveled to the Village of Gratis Friday to try to speak directly with the police chief. Calls, texts and knocks on the door of the police department went unanswered.

GRATIS, Ohio — Days after a small-town police chief visited Cincinnati Public Schools claiming to conduct “wellness checks” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, residents in the community told us they’re frustrated, embarrassed and still waiting for answers.
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Ohio police, teachers, local officials join forces to push back on property tax abolishment More than 65 groups of local elected officials, unions representing first responders and teachers and others have united against a possible amendment to abolish property taxes in Ohio.

Ohio police, teachers, local officials join forces to push back on property tax abolishment
by Karen Kasler
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Ohio police chief claiming to be with ICE visits Cincinnati Public School campuses An officer claiming to be with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement visited multiple Cincinnati Public Schools on Wednesday, asking about students.

CINCINNATI —
Two officers claiming to be with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement visited multiple Cincinnati public schools on Wednesday, asking about students.
by Karin Johnson
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New perspectives about the voucher wars: Can Ohio and Texas learn from each other? • Ohio Capital Journal Even though most state constitutions like Ohio ban the use of public funds to support religious schools, Republican outreach to evangelical Christians has fueled the transfer of public funds to privat...

Commentary
New perspectives about the voucher wars: Can Ohio and Texas learn from each other?
by Denis Smith
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Trump Administration Persists in Multi-Pronged Attack on D.E. I. and Civil Rights We have all watched the Trump administration turn the definition of civil rights protection on its head. President Trump’s Department of Education and Department of Justice and others in the …

Opinion by Jan Resseger
Trump Administration Persists in Multi-Pronged Attack on D.E. I. and Civil Rights
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Polio has no cure. The vaccine is the only way to save lives. | Opinion Polio remains only in the global regions where vaccine rates are low. The U.S. should take heed.

Opinion
Quiet push to make vaccines optional has a deadly cost
I fear it will only be when our children stop walking, or breathing, or die, that we will understand just how far we have been led astray. By then, it will be too late.
by Simone Blaser
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Dublin, New Albany school superintendents are finalists for regional job The superintendents of New Albany-Plain and Dublin school districts are finalists for the top job at the Educational Service Center of Central Ohio.

The superintendents of New Albany-Plain Local Schools and Dublin City Schools are finalists for the top job at Educational Service Center of Central Ohio
by Cole Behrens
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More Ohio kindergartners opt out of vaccinations amid measles outbreaks Franklin County students have a higher rate of vaccinations than the state, but around 13% of students haven't received the full list of vaccinations.

More Ohio students are claiming religious or conscience exemptions from vaccinations, a new Ohio dashboard shows, as the rate of children protected against preventable diseases remains well below post-pandemic levels.
by Cole Behrens
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Ohio launches school attendance dashboard to track chronic absenteeism In a joint statement, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Director Stephen D. Dackin announced the state was launching a new Statewide Attendance Dashboard.

Ohio launches school attendance dashboard to track chronic absenteeism
The dashboard tracks multiple metrics around attendance at the state’s schools with information gathered weekly by district school building and grade level.
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Cleveland Metropolitan School District layoffs spark student protest Campus International School students left class in protest Tuesday after Cleveland Metropolitan School District announced layoffs affecting 410 full-time employees.

More than 100 Campus International School students walked out of class Tuesday in protest of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s decision to lay off over 400 staffers.
by Mary Frances McGowan
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More levies on horizon as Ohio schools facing ‘funding crisis’ Ohio voters should brace for more school tax issues on local ballots as districts across the state say their budgets are harder to predict due to property tax reform, less

Ohio voters should brace for more school tax issues on local ballots as districts across the state say their budgets are harder to predict due to property tax reform, less state funding than expected and changes to the U.S. Dept. of Education
by Eileen McClory
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State Library of Ohio to close, move Downtown amid 419-unit apartment plans The State Library of Ohio will close indefinitely April 15 to prepare for relocation from its Italian Village site to downtown Columbus.

The State Library of Ohio, located in Columbus' Italian Village, is closing and relocating and the nearly two million items in the library's "priceless collections" will move to a specialized archival facility at 1831 Deffenbaugh Court in Gahanna
by Emma Wozniak
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Have We Forgotten the Principles and Values that Are the Foundation of Public Schooling? I was fascinated last Friday by Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria’s analysis of the meaning of one of President Trump’s comments about what he imagined might be the resolution of…

Opinion by Jan Resseger:
Have We Forgotten the Principles and Values that Are the Foundation of Public Schooling?
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Cleveland schools just laid off 410 employees, and it’s not the last cut coming Cleveland Municipal School District is eliminating 410 full-time jobs, including 86 administrators and 146 teachers.

Cleveland schools just laid off 410 employees, and it’s not the last cut coming
Cleveland Municipal School District is eliminating 410 full-time jobs, including 86 administrators and 146 teachers.
by Laura Hancock
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House Republicans push to limit mental health access for teens while trying to broaden its religious scope House Bill 531 opens the door to spiritual counseling in schools, while House Bill 172 limits independent pathways to licensed care.

House Republicans push to limit mental health access for teens while trying to broaden its religious scope
Ohio lawmakers can't seem to agree on what kind of mental health care students should be receiving and who gets to make that decision
by Karen Singh
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Little Miami Schools' vacant Board member seat to be filled by a judge Thirty-eight people applied for the seat vacated by former Board member Dan Smith, who resigned in March after social media posts he made denying the Holocaust and praising Hitler came to light.

Little Miami Schools' vacant Board member seat to be filled by a judge
by Zach Carreon
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Ohio sits atop U.S. in library usage, federal funding lawsuits resolve in favor of libraries • Ohio Capital Journal The State Library of Ohio is moving (literally) in a positive direction, as court battles over funding for U.S. libraries end, and the state gets recognized as the top state in library circulation.

Ohio sits atop U.S. in library usage, federal funding lawsuits resolve in favor of libraries
by Susan Tebben
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Some Ohio parents worried by education cuts in Trump’s 2027 budget proposal Ohio parents are petitioning the state’s congressional delegation after President Donald Trump’s next budget revealed hundreds of millions in cuts for Ohio schools.

Some Ohio parents worried by education cuts in Trump’s 2027 budget proposal
by Katie Millard
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Texas excluded Islamic schools from voucher program, lawsuit says Lawsuits say some states are targeting Islamic schools linked to a Muslim civil rights group. The states say the group has ties to terrorism.

Efforts by state officials in Texas and Florida are raising questions − and triggering lawsuits − over whether their taxpayer-funded school voucher programs discriminate against Islamic schools in violation of the First Amendment.
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