Thousands of Ohio families rely on Head Start. Advocates warn proposed federal changes could mean larger classes and fewer protections for the children it serves.
Category: Education
Posted inCleveland
Residents and Partnerships Build Up Cleveland’s Food System
It’s summertime harvest season, and local farmers’ markets are in full swing. Lingering effects of tariffs on household incomes and reduced government food benefits are sending families to farmers’ markets and Community Supported Agriculture programs for fresh and affordable foods. Droves of shoppers boost urban farms and gardens in Northeast Ohio facing federal funding cuts […]
Posted inNATIONAL & BEYOND
Private Colleges Face Threat of Closure, Hechinger Report Warns
More than a quarter of private colleges are at risk of closing, new projection shows Jon Marcus for The Hechinger Report More than a dozen newborn lambs cavorted around a fenced-in yard beneath the scrutiny of their mothers and a few watchful students taking turns attending to them. The lambs’ successful births have been a […]
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Ohio Education Bill Expands Student Supports While Exempting Classical Schools from Reading Mandate
Ohio lawmakers approved Senate Bill 19, requiring schools to provide free academic interventions for students struggling in math and reading. The legislation also exempts Ohio’s classical schools from the state’s science of reading requirements, a change drawing attention from educators and policymakers.
Posted inOHIO
Ohio Bill Tells Students: Graduate, Get a Job, Get Married, Then Have Children
Ohio lawmakers passed a bill requiring schools to teach the “success sequence” (graduate high school, get a job and marry before having children) as part of graduation requirements.
Posted inEQUITY
75 Years Later: The Black Teen Activist Who Helped Desegregate U.S. Schools
Before the landmark ruling that ended school segregation, a 16-year-old Black student in Virginia took a stand. Barbara Johns’ 1951 walkout wasn’t just a protest—it helped ignite a legal battle that reshaped American education and civil rights history.
Posted inCollege & University
Professors at Ohio’s only public HBCU worry new higher education law will have a chilling effect
Professors at Ohio’s only public HBCU, Central State University, are concerned that a new controversial higher education law will have a chilling effect on their campus, potentially limiting their ability to teach about controversial topics and affecting students’ access to scholarships and grants.
Posted inCollege & University
Trump administration revokes visas for international students at numerous Ohio universities
The Trump administration has revoked visas for international students at various Ohio universities, including Ohio State, Kent State, the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Akron, as part of an executive order to review all visa programs and ensure foreign nationals do not pose a threat to national security.
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Breaking Barriers: How Literacy Advocates in Cleveland Empower Generations Through Reading
Chrishawndra Matthews and her son Derrick have founded Literacy in the H.O.O.D. to address Cleveland’s literacy crisis, and have distributed over 100,000 books to inner-city neighborhoods, while also providing resources for adults to obtain their GED through the Seeds of Literacy program.