The romance versus the reality of teacher pensions
Pensions, a promise of guaranteed lifetime income for retirees, have been around since antiquity.
Pensions, a promise of guaranteed lifetime income for retirees, have been around since antiquity.
School reopening decisions following emergency pandemic closures have been sources of much parental angst, pundit caterwauling, and political controversy. Now that most of the dust has settled, new research gauges what was really happening in U.S. schools during this turbulent time.
According to the state’s most recent annual report on educational attainment, 49.5 percent of Ohio adults had a postsecondary degree or other credential of value in 2019.
We’re back, y’all. Still drying out from a rainy vacation and covering clips from 5/4 – 5/9.
How many teachers know even the basics about their retirement plan? Too few according to a recent study by Dillon Fuchsman of Saint Louis University and Josh McGee and Gema Zemarro of the University of Arkansas.
Anyone want an update on how the haters’ anti-voucher lawsuit is going? Me neither. But here it is anyway.
Arts and College Preparatory Academy (a.k.a. ACPA) here in Columbus was the highest rated charter high school in Ohio, according to U.S. News and World Report.
A little over a month ago, the Biden administration proposed a new and unprecedented set of rules for the federal
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Can children learn to read via fully online instruction?
Last year, lawmakers caved to political pressure and created an easy off-ramp for the three districts currently under Academic Distress Commissi
April is drawing to a close, and that (thankfully) means the end of tax season.
Apologies for the inadvertent time warp in Monday’s clips. Should have been dated 4/18, of course. Proper 4/22 version coming up Friday!
While not as rapidly embraced as its math and ELA cousins, which have great merit, a new set of science standards has slowly gained traction in a majority of states.
Here’s a fantastic story about Jeannette Boyle of East Canton who recently earned
For nearly three decades, the federal Charter Schools Program (CSP) has offered grants to support brand-new charter schools and, more recently, high-quality n
Due to massive financial woes, Ohio suspended cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for retired teachers in July 2017.
A 2018 Pew Research Center study demonstrated the perhaps surprising fact that the United States remains a robustly religious country, indeed the most devout of all the wealthy Western democracies.
Why yes, that is a Doctor Who/Dalek reference in the title of today’s clips. How astute of you to notice!
Ohio’s next state superintendent