Quality PreK access is 🔑 for ALL!! Funding for PreK is abysmal in O-H compared to many other states and only available for a small % of students. Many rural families have limited options, while suburban districts lack space in their facilities to provide. The Appalachian STEM Collaborative

This has always been the best choice for our state. I wonder if any legislators are willing to step up? #PHStrong

Two in five charter school students in Ohio are chronically absent, nearly 15 percentage points more than the average rate in traditional public schools, new state data shows. by Cole Behrens dispatch.com/story/news/edu…

Local school districts face more cuts from multiple bills proposed by state legislature "It makes no sense for the state to yank property tax revenue from school districts without having a plan in place to keep schools funded" by Jan McLaughlin bgindependentmedia.org/local-school-d…

Amid school funding concerns, where are lottery profits? by Katie Millard nbc4i.com/news/politics/…

What is the ‘Success Sequence’? Ohio bill would make it required learning by Laura Hancock cleveland.com/open/2025/10/w…

Local income tax rates would have to be jacked up to double digits, and as high as 27% in one eastern Ohio county, if officials wanted to use them to fully fund existing public services in the event Ohio abolishes property taxes. signalohio.bluelena.io/index.php?acti…

Opinion by Jan Resseger This Week’s Federal Staff Reductions, Now Temporarily Stayed by a Judge, Would Undermine Educational Opportunity Across the States janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/thi…

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Plans to shake up the State Teachers Retirement System board are on hold for now. A Franklin County judge has blocked the restructuring while a lawsuit over the issue moves forward. by Anna Staver cleveland.com/news/2025/10/c…

Ohio lacks comprehensive sex education in schools; has higher teen birth rate and syphilis rate by Megan Henry ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/17/ohi…

CINCINNATI — Ohio lawmakers have reintroduced legislation aimed at protecting students from hair discrimination in schools, marking the second attempt to pass comprehensive protections for natural hairstyles and textures. by De'Jah Gross wcpo.com/news/local-new…

Opinion Address school absenteeism by treating underlying health causes Nationally, 67% of chronic absences stem from health issues, a recent Rand Corp. survey suggests. by Salma Fareed cleveland.com/opinion/2025/1…

Opinion by Thomas Suddes The property-tax time bomb that could roil waters for the next Ohio governor cleveland.com/opinion/2025/1…

Ohio spent more than a billion dollars on private school vouchers in fiscal year 2025 by Megan Henry ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/20/ohi…

Ohio's urban school districts raise alarm about loss of funding stream by Conor Morris ideastream.org/education/2025…

Opinion So-called relief will hurt schools, not lower Columbus property taxes by a cent "We must reject the false choice between funding our schools and helping families afford to stay in their homes." by Aditi Srivastava dispatch.com/story/opinion/…

Trump's special ed cuts have these families on edge The state of education for students with disabilities is already tenuous: As of June, only 19 states were fully compliant with the requirements under the IDEA to serve kids between ages 3 and 21. usatoday.com/story/news/edu…

Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation Monday allowing public and private schools to carry drug overdose reversal medicines – a law that also expands the amount of time students can leave class for released time for religious instruction. by Laura Hancock cleveland.com/open/2025/10/d…

Ohio local school leaders press for changes in latest property tax reform bills School leaders agree tax reforms are necessary but insist the changes would force them to slash budgets when they’re already at the brink. by Nick Evans ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/21/ohi…

As Columbus City Schools faces a financial crisis, the board is weighing closing more schools, and changing busing requirements for many students. CCS will begin deficit spending this year and would be out of cash by fiscal year 2029. by Cole Behrens dispatch.com/story/news/edu…