Education

Local high schools are dusting off recordings of Pomp and Circumstance, preparing to graduate the Class of 2021. Even more so than the previous graduating class, these seniors are heading out into the world after an academic year completely overshadowed by COVID-19, impacting their choices for life after receiving their diploma.

The group has been working since last summer to assess current efforts and develop recommendations in four key areas.

The Say Yes to Education college scholarship and student support program was supposed to be a game-changer for the Cleveland school district, and for a city in need of better-educated residents. It hasn’t worked out like organizers hoped.

The Board of Education for a southwest Ohio school district has voted to defy the state’s mask mandate.

Local school districts struggled to garner support for levy proposals in Tuesday’s elections. Measures that would have created additional levies failed for Parma, North Olmsted and Rocky River schools.

The first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and 2018 Democratic candidate for governor has a new job in Washington D.C.

Families of students with disabilities share their experiences on remote education during the pandemic.

A coalition of progressive groups is coming together to support a bipartisan school funding plan that’s been put into the budget after languishing in the state legislature.

The school district has officially announced its next leader come June: Christine Fowler-Mack, the first woman—and first woman of color—to have the job.

Agencies across Ohio face increase challenges on a host of of issues due to the pandemic and policies of the former Trump administration.