Ohio

From The Columbus Dispatch: When John Kasich got a new job, his family was faced with a typical choice: where to send the kids to school. Ohio’s new governor opted to stay in his Genoa Township home so his twin … Continued

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From WCPO News in Cincinnati: CINCINNATI – Students in Ms. Sara Jeck’s first grade class are learning about addition, subtraction, greater than and less than during math class at Saint Ursula Villa in Mt. Lookout. There is one thing that’s … Continued

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From the Fordham Foundation’s Education Gadfly Blog: It’s National School Choice Week – the first of its kind. And now, thanks to Gov. Kasich making it official, it’s also Ohio School Choice Week. Close to 1,000 Ohioans have attended events … Continued

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From the Akron Beacon Journal: On the day Kelley Williams-Bolar walked out of the Summit County Jail, public outrage over her local school residency case went viral on Internet blogs, Facebook, the vast audience of New York City radio and … Continued

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The Cleveland Scholarship Program is reporting 5,238 scholarships in use for 2010-11 – the 15th year that families have been able to use the program to find a better school for their children. But despite all the good the program … Continued

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