- Welcome to the ‘Wild West’ of AI in schools: Research is scarce, but experiments abound
For a few weeks last school year, a small group of students in Dayton, Ohio, regularly sat in front of laptops in conversation with a social-emotional learning chatbot named Jordan.
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- Opinion: So Many Credentials, So Little Value — What States Can Learn From Ohio’s Reboot
The gap between workforce policy ambition and the infrastructure that’s needed to make it a reality is a defining story in American workforce policy. Ohio is an example of this problem and the pathway to solving it. ...
- Drop in Federal Oversight Hurts Efforts to Improve Absenteeism, Watchdog Says
Education Secretary Linda McMahon visited the Cleveland Browns’ training facility earlier this month to join the NFL team in recognizing students with excellent attendance. She used the event to talk about one of the...
- Ohio Reading Scores Rise. Is the Science of Reading Working?
Ohio students’ reading scores rose slightly last school year, the first the science of reading was mandated, but it’s too soon to say whether the phonics-based lessons are making a difference. About 63 percent of Ohio...
- Ohio’s Next Education Fight Could Be Over How Kids Learn Math
Ohio officials are tackling the math struggles of students with an effort resembling its science of reading push, but have yet to deal with perhaps the most fundamental issue — how instruction should change. That...
- An Ohio Hospital Is Screening Young Kids for Reading and School Readiness
At just 3 years old, Quintina Davis’ granddaughter, Juri, could name colors, numbers and shapes. Davis often heard from family and friends that Juri was smart and she should consider enrolling her granddaughter in...
- Ohio Won’t Approve Weak Credentials That Students Use as ‘Shortcut’ to Graduate
Hoping to make sure high school students don’t waste time earning career credentials that won’t help them find jobs, Ohio is slashing the credentials counted towards graduation, axing easy ones that thousands of...
- Ohio schools are among the most segregated in the nation, per report
A recent report from the Segregation Tracking Project and education advocacy group Brown’s Promise finds Ohio’s public schools are the fifth most racially segregated in the U.S.—behind New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania...
- Book Bans, Censorship and Funding Fears Challenge Ohio Public School Librarians
Public school librarians in Ohio are raising alarms about book bans and funding cuts. School librarians have been navigating challenges in their work as long as they’ve been among the stacks in their local districts....
- Ohio public school districts face teacher shortages amid reduced state funding, budget woes
Educators and advocates woory that reduced public school funding and a lack of resources has taken its toll already. But there is hope that opportunities exist, if the state can get behind them.
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- Ohio Republican Lawmakers Pass Bill That Includes Requiring Schools to Teach When to Have Kids
Ohio lawmakers have passed a bill that would require schools to teach students to graduate high school, get a job, and get married — in that order — before having a baby. They call this order of events the success...
- At This Ohio High School, Students Can Skip Lectures and Work on Their Own
Letting students decide how they learn is almost as important a goal of Mayfield High School near Cleveland as learning itself. The school lets students skip traditional classrooms and lectures if they don’t fit how a...
- Ohio Bill Would Require Increased Accountability for Schools Using Private School Vouchers
A new bipartisan bill would require more transparency for Ohio private schools receiving Education Choice and Education Choice Expansion vouchers. Ohio Sens. Kent Smith, D-Euclid, and Bill Blessing, R-Colerain Township,...
