Ohio Department of Education

The reason is due to non-compliance with the state's new pupil transportation provisions, but some large districts say those rules aren’t fair.

After less than 2 years on the job, FirstEnergy CEO Steve Strah is retiring today and also resigning from the board of directors; Northeast Ohio schools show some recovery from pandemic; and more stories.

For the first year, all students in kindergarten through third grade will be required to take a Tier 1 dyslexia screening test. Fourth through sixth graders can take the Tier 1 dyslexia screener if a parent or a teacher, with permission from the parent, requests it.

Starting in July, the local school boards will implement academic improvement plans with the goal of showing how students can improve.

Akron will distribute around 3,200 free, at-home COVID tests this Saturday at four locations; three parents in Hudson have filed a lawsuit challenging the school district's quarantine and mask-wearing rules; University Hospitals has closed its freestanding Madison Health Center emergency room in Lake County; and more stories.

The suit filed by the Groveport Madison Local School District is against Ohio's Department of Education.

Northeast Ohio has so far avoided the worst as the latest surge in new coronavirus cases slowly wanes; groups suing over Ohio’s new state House and Senate district maps will be allowed to question Gov. Mike DeWine and other members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission; a new report says Cleveland’s $511 million in federal relief funding could be transformational for the city; and more stories.

College students explain what it's like to learn and work in the field in the midst of a pandemic.

Here are your morning headlines for Wednesday, August 12:Over 1/3 of Ohio students to return to class full timeSummit County auto parts maker closes,…

Most schools say they plan to restart learning in two months but a coalition of school administrators and teachers from the state's largest city school...