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Conor Morris/Ideastream Public MediaCMSD students came to East Professional Center Tuesday for a forum on gun violence, where they learned more about the issue and worked together to come up with potential solutions to the problem. -
Eman Abu-Khaled/Ideastream Public MediaAkron Public Schools Superintendent Christine Fowler-Mack said Monday evening that the school district is moving to routine use of metal detectors and backpack checks in all middle and high schools after two schools were locked down Monday due to a student carrying a gun.
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The Akron Education Association blasted Fowler-Mack's leadership following a student's stabbing, a fight the required a response by Akron Police and a bomb threat against a school. -
A Cuyahoga County Council committee Wednesday advanced a $1 million proposal to help close a gap in the funding for family support services offered as part of Cleveland’s Say Yes scholarship program.
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The 5th Circuit Court rejected a Education Department appeal on Wednesday, the latest setback in several parallel lawsuits. The administration is expected to ask the Supreme Court to weigh in.
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Ohio State was No. 5 in the second-to-last College Football Playoff rankings, positioned to possibly take advantage if one of the top four slips up on championship weekend.
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Ohio State University won't say whether President Kristina Johnson was asked to resign, but is refuting reports that the announcement of her early resignation comes after an investigation.
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Kristina Johnson will leave about two-and-a-half years after becoming Ohio State's president.
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Akron Public Schools and its teachers union aren’t seeing eye to eye on issues like teacher pay and how the district defines student assaults, according to a copy of a fact finder’s report released by the school district recently amid ongoing negotiations.
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A small wave of new, progressive-leaning board members was elected to the Ohio Board of Education this month, including two in Northeast Ohio.Democrats see it as a rejection of far-right policies that have been the focus of the state school board in recent months. But debates over the board's focus may become moot if the recently introduced Ohio Senate Bill 178, a Republican-led measure that would take away much of the board’s power and responsibility, is passed.
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Commentator Terry Pluto says he's in favor of a proposed plan to tear down Cleveland State University's Wolstein Center and replace it with a smaller arena.
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Cleveland Metropolitan School District today announced a $20 million donation from billionaire philanthropist Mackenzie Scott, likely the largest donation to the district ever.
