Ohio public schools

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

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.

Leagues of Women Voters of Hudson, Kent, Akron and Greater Cleveland have come together for a Real Talk discussion about the Fair School Funding plan. Real Talk is a series of honest dialogues that address issues of inequity and discrimination.

Community educators examine the pros and cons of online learning and how it affects some kids better than others.

Community educators examine the pros and cons of online learning and how it affects some kids better than others.

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

The data will help educators know where to start when making up for lost learning during the pandemic.

Ohio’s teachers and school employees are in the next group that will get the coronavirus vaccine starting February 1.

The Ohio legislature is expected to overhaul the state’s school funding formula by the end of its lame-duck session this month, the most recent attempt to address a system declared unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court four times. The state’s highest court found the existing system of relying on property taxes for school funding unfairly favored districts with higher property values. That system, in conjunction with Northeast Ohio’s history of redlining, disproportionately hurts majority-Black communities and school districts.

A school funding overhaul that’s been in the works for five years passed the Ohio House by a huge margin and is on its way to the Senate.