Ohio public schools

The advocates for school choice says too many suburban districts close their doors to children living outside their geographic boundaries.

With Central Ohio K-12 schools starting throughout the month, each district is setting its own COVID-19 policies to make sure they can begin the year on the right foot.

The Ohio Department of Health’s latest COVID guidance for K-12 schools strongly recommends those who can be vaccinated get shots, and masks for those who can’t or choose not to. But it doesn’t mandate masks for all, like some individual schools are doing.

The Ohio House and Senate are now considering different versions of school funding plans as part of the upcoming state budget. Some of the members \of a bipartisan group that created a school funding plan that was considered in the legislature last year want to refocus lawmakers on the proposal.

The Board of Education for a southwest Ohio school district has voted to defy the state’s mask mandate.

A coalition of progressive groups is coming together to support a bipartisan school funding plan that’s been put into the budget after languishing in the state legislature.

Leagues of Women Voters of Hudson, Kent, Akron and Greater Cleveland have come together for a Real Talk discussion about the Fair School Funding plan. Real Talk is a series of honest dialogues that address issues of inequity and discrimination.

Community educators examine the pros and cons of online learning and how it affects some kids better than others.

Public schools in Ohio have until April 1 to submit a plan to the state for dealing with “learning loss” caused by the pandemic.

The data will help educators know where to start when making up for lost learning during the pandemic.