Ohio Department of Education News
The science behind reading success
Bellefontaine Examiner
A literacy training classroom at Riverside Local Schools...provided the backdrop during the last three school years for all elementary staff to undergo extensive literacy training that has paid large dividends in terms of student success. Tuesday in the same classroom, Ohio Department of Education representatives from the Committee on Teaching, Leading and Learning Committee along with State Support Region 6 members visited the district to glean insights into some of the training background and how the school was able to pull off significant gains on its recent state testing. Riverside was one of 11 school districts in Ohio to receive an A letter grade on the K-3 Literacy standard on the state report card, as previously detailed in the Examiner.
State deputy superintendent visits WCLA
Lima News
The Ohio Department of Education Deputy Superintendent Dr. John Richards visited West Central Learning Academy on Monday to explore the school’s dropout prevention recovery program. Sheila Vitalie, director of school sponsorship for ODE, also participated in the visit.
Heights Schools' Preschool Program Given 5-Stars By State
Cleveland Heights Patch
The Noble Elementary preschool program has again been given a five-star rating by the Ohio Department of Education's Step Up To Quality division. This is the second-straight five-star rating awarded to the program. The Step Up To Quality rating system uses star-tiers to recognize early learning programs that meet quality standards over and above basic licensing requirements.
2019 Optimas Award Winners for Partnership
Workforce (Human Capital Media)
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and DPI Specialty Foods received the top two awards for Partnership in the 2019 Optimas Awards... “The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is very proud of the partnership with the Ohio Board of Education and being one of the pioneer employers to assist with this very important initiative. We are delighted to offer Ohio high school students an opportunity to develop job readiness skills,” said Carman Wirtz, senior vice president of human resources. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium does this by specifically filling a mentorship requirement in the Readiness Seal, a formal designation that high school students can earn on their diploma by demonstrating the professional skills that are required for success in the workplace.
State and Local Education News
Wake-up call? Later school day urged in Ohio as ‘public-health issue’
Columbus Dispatch
Debates about school start times are ramping up again after California approved a law this month prohibiting middle schools from starting earlier than 8 a.m. and high schools from starting earlier than 8:30 a.m. beginning in the 2022-23 school year. It’s the country’s first state law to impose such a restriction, although it exempts some rural districts. In Ohio, state Sen. Sandra Williams, a Cleveland Democrat, introduced similar legislation recently.
Trumbull County high schoolers come together for huge college and career fair
Youngstown CBS-27
What to do after high school? It’s a tough question for many students. On Tuesday in Niles, over 3,000 of them had the chance to learn more about universities and other options. Dozens of schools and hundreds of opportunities filled an empty space inside of the Eastwood Mall to show students what life can be like after high school. The students participated in TED talks explaining how finances work, applying to college and networking with college admissions staff.
New Ravenna Apparel Business is Run Entirely by Students
Ohio Spectrum News 1
It's a full-service T-shirt printing business at Education Alternatives... 16 students work every week at PawPrints, creating and selling clothing with original designs... The students at Education Alternatives are part of Vision Quest – a transitional and vocational program for students with moderate disabilities between the ages of 15 and 22. The T-shirt printing business, launched this year, is providing real-life job skills outside the classroom.
National Education News
New, Strong Evidence For Problem-Based Learning
Forbes
Two new large-scale reports provide convincing empirical evidence that problem- or inquiry-based learning is effective and that teachers, students and parents prefer it as an instructional method – along with other active, immersive techniques. Problem-based learning works. Using randomized experimental trials, the gold standard in this type of research, economists Rosangela Bando, Emma Naslund-Hadley and Paul Gertler conducted ten field experiments in four countries (Argentina, Belize, Paraguay, and Peru) covering more than 17,000 students.
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