Saturday December 24, 2011 The growing diversity of central Ohio’s population means that schools continue to change. It’s up to families and school officials to take advantage of the opportunities this presents, even as they deal with the challenges. The change is especially noticeable in suburban districts, where the percentage of nonwhite students has doubled, [...]

Almost three in 10 Dublin students last school year was a member of a racial minority. Its 29.3 percent rate would have qualified Dublin as most diverse among 17 suburban Columbus districts 10 years ago. Now, it ranks seventh. Whitehall topped the list a decade ago, when 29.7 percent of its students were not white. [...]

Charter schools statewide and in Franklin County have become much more racially diverse over the past decade, state enrollment data show. In the 2000-01 school year, when charters still were new in Ohio, 87 percent of the 748 Franklin County charter students were members of minorities. In the 2010-11 school year, roughly 33,000 students attended [...]

Written by Staff Reports Thursday, February 03, 2011 10:15 AM Now is primetime for high school students who want to earn college credit for free during their high school career. The application window is open now and closes for some programs as early as March 31. Today, KidsOhio and School Choice Ohio jointly released a [...]

Now is “primetime” for high school students who want to earn college credit for free during their high school career. The application window is open now and closes as early as March 31. Today, KidsOhio and School Choice Ohio jointly released a guide for parents and students, Get a Jumpstart on College & Your Career: [...]