The Ohio Department of Education recently created funding simulations for school years 2010 and 2011 based on the state’s new school funding system. For more information and to view these simulations, please click here: http://education.ohio.gov/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=72449.

8/16/08   The Columbus Dispatch   Bill Bush The number of parent complaints being recorded by Columbus schools‘ customer-relations office dropped by almost 24 percent last school year from the year before. Complaints about transportation and district staff members still topped parents’ concerns, records show. Out of a total of almost 3,700 calls last school [...]

8/14/09   The Cleveland Plain Dealer Column   Regina Brett   It’s that time of year when parents brag about which college their kid got accepted into. I’ve rarely heard a parent boast about their child choosing a community college. That could change.   There’s a big push to increase funding for community colleges to [...]

8/13/09   ThisWeek   David J. Cross     Columbus City Schools students will spend more time in school this year . The 2009-10 school year will mark the return of about an hour of instructional time that was cut three years ago because of budget constraints. Last November, voters approved a levy that included [...]

According to a recent Education Week article, a two-year pilot program, designed to increase AP participation rates among six states, did so by 65 percent. Read the article here:  http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/08/10/01nga.h29.html?tkn=XZXFRyPuQkPxIc8VNOAPz1OgELEPxK7QsZKa  Read the full report here: http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0908APREPORT.PDF