Education

Starting in July, the local school boards will implement academic improvement plans with the goal of showing how students can improve.

Both sports have been played in Ohio for years, but recognition as an “emerging sport” means the girls and boys will be able to compete in the OHSAA state championship tournaments.

Students, staff and faculty at Case Western Reserve University can get PCR tests from a campus vending machine.

Despite a lack of COVID-19 tests in Northeast Ohio, The University of Akron has several options available for students, faculty and staff.

The lawsuit alleges that the school district does not have the authority to require “students to quarantine if exposed to SARS-CoV-2 and wear masks in school and treating unvaccinated and vaccinated students differently.”

The suit filed by the Groveport Madison Local School District is against Ohio's Department of Education.

Lt. Gov. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) says the EdChoice voucher program began as a way to help students in struggling school districts, and he says it's still effective today.

As the Omicron variant spreads throughout the area, higher education institutions are implementing their own strategies for trying to manage the spread of the virus on campus.

In an email to families Thursday, CMSD CEO Eric Gordon cited a “significant reduction” in reported COVID-19 cases as the reason for his decision to bring kids back into classrooms.

The Parma City School District wanted to provide better protection from COVID-19 given the surge in case numbers in Cuyahoga county. The Beachwood City School district wanted to spend the beginning of the week implementing some safety steps.