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Students at an elementary school in Obetz participate in a reading exercise as part of the Science of Reading curriculum.

Report cards for Ohio's Class of 2024 show math marks went up but reading scores slipped

The state’s report cards on last year’s academic performance for the Class of 2024 in Ohio’s 607 public school districts are out.

Members of a women's church group sing next to a melted candle as they pay their respects at the site where the body of a woman was discovered the previous week, in Kempton Park, South Africa, east of Johannesburg, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026.

South Africa 'feels like a prison' for women amid spate of femicides

South Africa has some of the highest rates of violence against women in the world, and a spate of killings of nine women in the same area in recent weeks has led to renewed outrage.

Nneka Slade Jackson, board president for Richmond Heights Local Schools, joins other district leaders to announce lawsuit against EdChoice voucher program.

Ohio Public Schools Are Suing Over Private School Voucher Program

Five public school districts are listed as plaintiffs in the lawsuit challenging Ohio's EdChoice voucher program.

First year of Columbus Promise program boosts college-aid applications, enrollment

A program designed to give Columbus City School students a pathway to post-secondary education is boosting interest in college attendance across the board, Superintendent Talisa Dixon said Thursday.

Protestors outside the Ohio State Board of Education meeting on October 12, 2022

Ohio board of education delays vote on a resolution opposing LGBTQ protections

Testimony on the resolution that opposes a change made in federal policy in Title IX programs went on for more than four hours.

Yard signs read "vote for our students, our schools, our community, our future. Columbus City Schools Levy."

Columbus City Schools explain how money will be used after levy approval

The roughly $100 million generated annually will be split between about $40 million for operations and $60 million for facility improvements.

Voters in a central Ohio polling place check in with poll workers to cast ballots on Issue 1 in the special election on Aug. 8, 2023.

Ohio school board races may be nonpartisan, but they’re far from apolitical

School boards have become a battleground for the so-called 'culture wars.' Voters across the state will be shaping their communities' education landscape when they cast ballots today.

A Lifewise bus outside the Westerville Board of Education meeting on Sept. 30, 2024. The board voted to rescind its policy that Lifewise used to offer its Bible study program during school hours.

Lifewise could sue Ohio schools for banning goodies offered to kids on religious release time

Lifewise, a Christian-based program, takes kids out of public schools with parent permission to attend religious-based programming in Ohio and other states.

Supporters of public schools in small towns and rural areas gathered on the steps of the Ohio Statehouse to voice concerns about funding levels in the current two-year state budget.

Rural Ohio school districts say proposed state budget will hurt them

The rural schools say current funding levels aren't sufficient and will require them to make cuts.

Report Finds Ohio Hasn't Bridged Funding Gap Between Rich And Poor School Districts

A report commissioned by Ohio’s three major public school groups shows that state funding for K-12 education hasn’t bridged the gap between rich and poor…

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