Akron Beacon - Journal

LITTLE THINGS ADD UP
The Jurkowski family moved to Tallmadge in 2006 because of the district's excellent-rated schools and its free, full-day kindergarten

Teachers' group seeks IRS tax-status check on White Hat group
COLUMBUS: The Ohio Federation of Teachers has asked the Internal Revenue Service to examine the non-profit status of charter schools managed by White Hat Management, the company established by Akron entrepreneur David Brennan.

Often, it's first contact
When Madeline Durante started applying to college, she didn't pick one or two or three schools. She shot off applications to eight. And she's not alone.

Funds would help Akron public school grads pay for UA
Mayor Don Plusquellic has proposed selling Akron's sewer system to private investors to create a fund that would assist the city's public high school graduates with college tuition and fees and trade-school costs.

Western Reserve Academy agrees to pay $18.95 million to two seriously hurt in class
Western Reserve Academy in Hudson has reached settlements — totaling $18.95 million — with two students seriously burned in a chemistry-lab fire two years ago.

Critics question rationale for alternative as Ohio's big urban districts emerge from academic crises
The charter school movement that helped create charter schools in Ohio 10 years ago argued that they were needed to give parents an alternative to persistently failing schools.

A new state Web site listing 1,700 educators who were reprimanded for misconduct, including cases where teachers physically or sexually abused students, is intended to make classrooms safer, education officials said.

Student models try out potential uniforms as Akron panel begins discussion of policy
The Akron Board of Education started the public discussion of a draft of a new uniform rule Monday with a fashion show featuring students from kindergarten through fifth grade.

Students at Ohio State University and at other U.S. schools planned to wear empty gun holsters on their waists this week to protest laws that ban concealed weapons on campuses.

Review of state records finds educators losing licenses in sex cases
COLUMBUS: They started with phone calls, then moved to instant messages. They corresponded about astrology.

Children hide in building while gunman prowls halls; escaping girl injured in fall
CLEVELAND: A 14-year-old suspended student, dressed in black, opened fire in his downtown high school Wednesday, wounding four people as terrified schoolmates hid in closets and bathrooms and huddled under laboratory desks. He then killed himself.

More central Ohio high schools are banning bare-chested expressions of school spirit at sporting events, telling students they can no longer paint their torsos with messages or school colors.

Attorney general says education must be free; without fees, some schools face funding bind

Public can weigh districts' figures on students taking ACT, college-credit classes Canton city school officials looked a few years ago at the number of students taking the ACT college entrance exam and were troubled.

As Ramadan, Rosh Hashana begin, girls thankful for religious schools
At first glance, the difference between Kayla Goldstein and Jenna Jwayyed stands out. Jenna, 11, is Islamic