The state’s grades for school districts took a mostly-expected plunge for the second year in a row on new state report cards released Thursday. With state tests changing and with the state raising test score expectations for schools and districts, the days when 75% of schools would receive an A or B are long gone. […]
Local school districts hit hard by tougher state report cards, RV highest with C
September 16, 2016 by
Parents of young athletes urged to review insurance for sports injury coverage
August 24, 2016 by
Another school year has arrived and Ohio’s youth are also returning to athletic competition. News headlines remind parents of concussion risks and appropriate protective gear. But parents, are you financially protected if your child is injured requiring medical treatment? Ohio Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor, as part of her “Think Again” initiative that addresses different insurance […]
Ohio Bill would push start of school to after Labor Day
August 24, 2016 by
It’s back to school time in Ohio, but future first days might not happen until after Labor Day. Sen. Gayle Manning introduced a bill last week that would push back the first day for public and private schools into September. Manning said she heard from several Northeast Ohio parents who were upset with mid-August start dates. Manning, a […]
Leader in Me co-author visits Marion City Schools
August 19, 2016 by
Muriel Summers, an educator known worldwide for her influence on student leadership, began to tear up as she talked about her own fourth grade teacher. She remembered Miss Rose fondly for taking time each day to express her love to students. “I can’t tell you too much about what she taught me,” Summers said while […]
New partnership offers truck driving training locally
August 5, 2016 by
Marion Technical College, Southern State Community College (SSCC) and Marion Industrial Center are coming together to offer a new truck driving academy. Interested students can sign up for the four-week classes which starts August 15, 2016. Completing the training academy qualifies them to take the test for a commercial driver’s license, or CDL. “We are […]
Heard of Ever Student Succeeds Act? It takes effect in 2017
August 1, 2016 by
Parents and teachers, prepare to start hearing a lot about the new Every Student Succeeds Act. Prepare, as well, to speak up this fall if you want to change the way Ohio handles testing and how it judges schools. The new law passed by Congress last fall replaces the often-villified No Child Left Behind laws […]
ECOT loses bid to block state audit
July 12, 2016 by
Ohio’s largest charter school, the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT), lost an attempt in court moments ago to block a state audit of its attendance and state funding that the school says threatens its ability to survive Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Stephen McIntosh denied ECOT’s request to stop the audit, which was scheduled to […]
Ohio State Marion and Sakamura enjoy symbiotic relationship
July 11, 2016 by
Sakamura USA, a forging machinery manufacturer based in Kyoto, Japan, with its U.S. operations located in Marion, Ohio’s Dual Rail Industrial Park, has found a ready supply of new employees on Ohio State’s Marion campus. The burgeoning relationship between Ohio State Marion and Sakamura is the kind of win, win relationship the campus would like […]
Let’s Eat, Let’s Read program kicking off with summer meal program
June 17, 2016 by
United Way and Let’s Read 20 are partnering with the Marion City Schools Summer Meal Program to help prevent learning loss during the summer. On average, students who don’t engage in summer learning lose the equivalent of two months’ worth of grade-level math and reading skills, according to the National Center for Summer Learning at […]
State school board approves small change in exam scores required to graduate
June 15, 2016 by
The state school board lowered today the scores that students need on two new high school math exams to graduate, but declined to make the major reductions to graduation requirements that some board members sought. The adjustment in scores sparked a long and passionate debate about what a high school diploma should mean between board […]
