Lorain schools don’t deserve special treatment in the budget bill
It’s been a very busy budget season in Ohio.
It’s been a very busy budget season in Ohio.
For better or worse, Ohio does most of its education policymaking during the biennial budget process. This year is no different.
As this year’s budget process races to the finish line, state lawmakers are the midst of making decisions about what stays and what goes. The current, Senate-passed version of the budget bill has dozens of provisions that would move K–12 education in the right direction.
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Led by Governor DeWine, the science of reading is taking off in Ohio—and not a moment too soon.
NOTE: This piece was originally published by RealClear Education.
Following Florida’s lead, about twenty states, including Ohio, have enacted laws that require schools to retain third gra
Today, Ohio Excels and the Ohio Education Research Center (OERC) released a study on the academic impact of retaining students under Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee and providing them with extra support.