Education

A nuance in Ohio’s property tax law means the state’s school districts are on the ballot year after year after year. That can lead to fatigue and make levies hard to pass.

Bowling Green City School District has asked voters for money to construct a new high school building five times. Levies asking for additional school funds have become rarer and harder to pass in the state.

Senate Bill 29 generally prohibits technology providers from selling or sharing student data, which is now defined as school, not third-party, property.

The Ohio Prison Education Exchange Project brings free college courses into Ohio’s prisons, to the benefit of students on campus and behind bars.

A decade ago, Lorain Community College shifted its coursework to meet community needs. It’s a blueprint for community colleges that want to shape their local economies, according to a new book.

Many Ohio Black students report needing more support from their higher ed institutions.

Ohio's new report cards offer a mixed bag, showing public schools are doing a little better but there's still a long way to go to get back to levels before the pandemic.

The union coalition, "We are Ohio," along with 73 additional unions sent a letter to Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens, asking him and his fellow Republican lawmakers to scrap SB 83, a higher education bill the unions say would prevent members from striking or having bargaining negotiations on key issues.

Rural schools across Ohio are training their students in mental health first aid. The peer support training aims to fill in the gaps left by a lack of school counselors.

Groups that represent Ohio's public schools say the budget passed by Republicans in the Senate cuts school funding from the House budget, while significantly increasing spending for taxpayer-paid private school vouchers.