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To the editor: Retention ‘guarantee’ at 3rd grade helps reading improve
The Editorial board of The Blade recently urged lawmakers to eliminate in its entirety the retention requirement of Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee, which once stipulated that elementary schools across the state must make students repeat third grade if they are still struggling to read (“Focus on teaching,” Monday). Despite recent changes to state law that permit parents to request that students be promoted to fourth grade regardless of whether they can read at grade level, The Blade contends that eliminating the measure all together would be a “significant step in rebuilding literacy education.” There’s no debate that strong reading...
Proposed Ohio bill would charge teachers, librarians with felonies for ‘pandering obscenity’
A Republican-led bill just introduced in the Ohio House would charge teachers and librarians with a felony offense for distributing material deemed “obscene.” The problem is, the bill does not explain what materials would be considered obscene, despite laying a fifth-degree felony on the feet of teachers and “public school librarians” who may possess or […] The post Proposed Ohio bill would charge teachers, librarians with felonies for ‘pandering obscenity’ appeared first on Ohio Capital Journal.
Multi-campus 5G Readiness program to train southeast Ohio broadband workforce
A large portion of southeast Ohio does not have access to minimum broadband internet speed as specified by the Federal Communications Commission, but a solution is in the works. In a matter of months, nearly $800 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) funding will go into effect. The BEAD funding will expand broadband infrastructure in parts of Ohio that lack quality internet access and create thousands of jobs in the process. Ohio University will help train this new 5G workforce starting this summer, through a new 5G Readiness Certificate. ...
New law requires Ohio schools to teach ‘science of reading’ as proficiencies fall
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A high number of Ohio students are not reading at grade level but a state law that mandates a certain type of instruction called the “science of reading” aims to fix that. “We’ve got to do something, seriously,” Rep. Tom Young (R-Washington Township) said. “This is the future, not to be […]
Evergreen’s Chamberlin breaks Ohio home run record in final at-bat
METAMORA, Ohio — In the final game of her superb four-year softball career at Evergreen High School, Vikings senior catcher Macy Chamberlin tied and then broke Ohio's all-time record for home runs on Thursday, hitting her 60th and 61st career homers in her team's 6-2 victory over visiting Port Clinton. “I couldn't have done it without my team,” Chamberlin said. “They have supported me throughout this whole year, through ups and downs, and through the pressure. Without this team, it wouldn't have been possible. “The only pressure I got was the pressure I gave myself. After games here and there, I would give myself pressure, but would come back the next day relaxed and ready to go.” Chamberlin, who was named first team All-Ohio the past two seasons, equaled the mark set by Hope Straight of Mount Vernon High School (from 2016-19) with a solo blast to right-center in the first inning against off of Redskins pitcher Ashton Sanchez.
Ontario Middle School FCCLA Parliamentary Procedure Team advances to national competition
The Ontario Middle School Family Career and Community Leaders of America Parliamentary Procedure team is the first in school history to advance to the national competition in Seattle. The team competed at the state level in April and took home the silver medal. Hours of practicing parliamentary procedure, performing the...
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