September 2009
Education Week: Help With Aid Form Found To Boost College-Going »
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Editorial: Ohio’s social studies test is too important to put aside permanently »
9/22/09
The Cleveland Plain Dealer Editorial Board
Ohio’s decision to suspend the statewide social studies tests for fifth- and eighth-graders for the next few years may be necessary because of budget trouble. But the state should reinstate the test just as soon as it can.
The teaching of social studies, especially history and geography, should be a [...]
Columbus Dispatch: Supreme Court says slots at racetracks subject to referendum »
Monday, September 21, 2009
By Mark Niquette
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled today that Gov. Ted Strickland’s plan to add video slot machines at Ohio’s horse-racing tracks is subject to a referendum, potentially creating a nearly $1 billion hole in the state budget.
The court also put implementation of the slots plan on hold for 90 [...]
Advance college programs starving: 10 Ohio schools hit hard by cuts; some might close »
9/21/09
The Columbus Dispatch
Jennifer Smith Richards
Even as 90 more students enrolled, Metro Early College High School couldn’t hire additional teachers. And suddenly, it had no money to pay tuition for students to take classes at Ohio State University.
The state money for Metro and the nine other Ohio high schools that give college access to low-income [...]
Defining ‘College Ready,’ Nationally »
September 21, 2009
Inside Higher Ed
Doug Lederman
That too many young people come out of high school ill-prepared for college or the work force is little disputed. The questions of why that’s so and how to fix the situation, however, have too often resulted in finger pointing, with many college faculty members complaining that high schools are [...]
