Akron City Schools

Akron Public Schools and its teachers union aren’t seeing eye to eye on issues like teacher pay and how the district defines student assaults, according to a copy of a fact finder’s report released by the school district recently amid ongoing negotiations.

The pandemic exposed glaring inequities in America's education system, and school districts were forced to rethink the way they've operated over the last century.

The Akron Civic Theater is now holding auditions for A Broadway Cabaret.

The Akron Board of Education is considering candidates for superintendent. The person they choose will take over when David James retires at the end of June.

Akron school officials are looking into whether they can return to in-person classes sooner than planned; a small committee of legislators could overrule the Ohio governor’s health orders under a bill approved Wednesday by the state Senate; a report finds that nearly one out of 10 bills introduced by Ohio lawmakers are criminal justice-related; and more stories.

The University of Akron and its faculty union have come to terms on a tentative contract that both sides are recommending be ratified; Akron Public Schools received more doses of COVID-19 vaccine than it originally thought it would and on Saturday was able to administer vaccines to 900 teachers and staff; The Cleveland Metropolitan School District is ready to vaccinate thousands of educators starting the middle of this week; and more stories.

Hundreds of students in Akron were among those prevented from beginning a state-required exam Wednesday due to a computer glitch that impacted testing…