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Celebrate Digital Learning Day, February 1
ORC is excited to partner with the Alliance for Excellent Education and Getting Smart, KnowledgeWorks, and Ohio Education Matters to participate in the first Digital... (more)
Grade 4 online textbook on Ohio history, written by the Ohio Historical Society
Created for fourth grade social studies teachers by the Ohio Historical Society, Ohio as America is a dynamic online textbook with teaching tools that bring Ohio’s... (more)
National Storytelling Week begins on January 28
A celebration you are not familiar with? There’s a reason for that. It’s British. But happily we have decided to share in the festivities of our friends across the pond... (more)
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Ohio Education Highlights

Technology
bulletApple unveils look for textbooks: iBooks 2 to offer cheaper, interactive choice for students
The Blade (Toledo), 01/20/2012

Science
bulletAlgae fight to cover all of Grand Lake St. Marys
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), 01/20/2012

Social Studies
bulletNASA celebration of 50th anniversary of John Glenn's historic space flight will be at Cleveland State in March
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), 01/26/2012
bulletLocal history: Ice harvest a cold slice of Ohio’s past
The Beacon Journal (Akron), 01/23/2012
bulletCardwell: Local Tuskegee Airmen watch own brave history at ‘Red Tails’ screening
The Beacon Journal (Akron), 01/22/2012

Administration
bulletFormer Ohio schools superintendent nominated for position of nation's Assistant Secretary of Education for Elementary and Secondary Education
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), 01/26/2012
bulletReynoldsburg ex-superintendent to become Kasich’s education czar
The Dispatch (Columbus), 01/26/2012

Special Needs
bulletNew voucher effort serves special-needs students
The Dispatch (Columbus), 01/25/2012
bulletSpecial-needs school losing students, staff members to startup: Eagle Wings is startup created by fired founder of Newark academy
The Dispatch (Columbus), 01/23/2012
bulletAdvocates tout new Ohio special-needs scholarship
The Vindicator (Youngstown), 01/23/2012

Higher Education
bulletUniversity libraries change to serve needs of students: Higher Education
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), 01/24/2012
bulletImproving graduation rates at Ohio's public universities a priority for Gov. John Kasich, Chancellor Jim Petro
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), 01/20/2012

Students
bulletUT athletes' grade average 3.167
The Blade (Toledo), 01/20/2012

Parents & Community
bulletParents shop for school options
The Beacon Journal (Akron), 01/23/2012

Policy
bulletSchool lunches to have more veggies, whole grains, USDA says
The Daily News (Dayton), 01/26/2012
bulletIn Ohio, dropout law hard to enforce
The Dispatch (Columbus), 01/26/2012
bulletObama's dropout proposal gets mixed reception
The Enquirer (Cincinnati), 01/25/2012
bulletTeacher limits kids' bathroom trips: 3 per week
MSNBC, 01/23/2012
bulletIn Race to the Top, the Dirty Work Is Left to Those on the Bottom
The Times (New York), 01/22/2012

Other Articles of Interest
bulletA Sharper Mind, Middle Age and Beyond
The Times (New York), 01/20/2012