Jenny Hamel

When John Carroll University’s graduating class of 2020 had to forgo in-person commencement ceremonies because Ohio was in the middle of a pandemic-related lockdown, the administration told those students, that “when the coast was clear,” they would get their ceremony. The university is making good on that promise.

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 Akron Public School District has decided to offer the job of new superintendent of schools to Christine Fowler-Mack. If she accepts, Fowler-Mack will take over for retiring Superintendent David James at the end of June. She would be the first woman to lead the school district since its creation in 1847. After much discussion, the decision by the Akron School Board came on Thursday night, following 30-minute virtual interviews with Fowler-Mack and the other finalist in the process, Sandy Womack Jr.

If House Bill 1 – known as the Fair School Funding Plan – passes, many of the changes would have Ohio following in the footsteps of states already touted for their education funding models, including New Jersey and Wyoming.

The Warrensville Heights City School District has a plan to get students caught up after a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Superintendent Donald Jolly, who added that “there’s been significant loss.”

Public schools in Ohio have until April 1 to submit a plan to the state for dealing with “learning loss” caused by the pandemic.

Several days after voting to postpone returning to school, the teachers union and school district say they have addressed the teachers' remaining concerns.

Updated: 6:07 p.m., Saturday, March 6, 2020 This town is gonna be here long after he’s gone, but it will always be Michael Stanley’s town. Cleveland icon, beloved rocker and radio personality Michael Stanley Gee passed away this weekend at the age of 72, after a seven-month battle with lung cancer.

John Carroll University faculty members are outraged after the school’s board of directors voted Monday to eliminate tenure protections.

Wraparound service workers support families with food, technology, coping and life skills while students are learning remotely.