Issue 2 or No, Akron School District Employees Will Start Paying Health Care...
The Akron Beacon Journal reports that Akron public school employees currently pay no share of their health care premiums. Senate Bill 5, the collective bargaining law currently on hold pending the...
View ArticleLeBron James Endorses the Akron School Levy
Miami Heat basketball player LeBron James recorded a robocall that went out to 30,000 Akron voters last week urging them to support the school district’s levy. If the levy passes, homeowners would see...
View ArticleOhio Superintendent Stan Heffner Says State’s School System Fosters the...
Ohio state superintendent Stan Heffner has started a statewide tour to push out the message that the work that Ohio schools are doing now isn’t good enough for the future. On Monday, he told the Akron...
View ArticleGood Grades in Akron Could Lead to Free College Tuition
Graduate from high school, get accepted to a local college and we’ll help you pay for it: Mario Tama / Getty Images It’s a deal that a growing number of communities, from Oberlin to Pittsburgh, have...
View ArticleKelley Williams-Bolar is Organizing an Ohio “Parents Union”
Kelley Williams-Bolar is back in the spotlight. The Akron woman who was convicted of charges related to lying in order to send her children to a nearby suburban school district is organizing an “Ohio...
View ArticleOhio: Home of Bouncy Flooring for School Playgrounds
If you, or your child, has ever survived a fall on a school playground thanks to that bouncy, rubber stuff they put under the jungle gym, you've got Ohio to thank.
View ArticleFormer Akron City Councilman Ernie Tarle Wants to Open Charter School
Over the course of the past 25 years or so, Ernie Tarle has been recalled from the Akron City Council, accused and acquitted of felony bribery charges, and filed for bankruptcy. Now he wants to open a...
View ArticleIn Ohio, There Is Such a Thing as (More) Free Lunch
U.S. Department of Agriculture / Flickr More Ohio students will get free school meals next school year thanks to changes to federal school meal programs. The way most school meal programs work now,...
View ArticleGet Good Grades in Akron, Get Full-Tuition College Scholarship
wrightbrosfan / Flickr Add Akron to a growing number of cities that are cutting this deal with students: Get good grades in high school, graduate and we’ll help you pay for college. The Akron school...
View ArticleDo All Charter School Students Get Free Bus Rides to School?
Do all charter school students get free rides to school? Not exactly.
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