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StateImpact Ohio

StateImpact Ohio is a collaboration among WCPN, WKSU, WOSU and NPR. Reporters Molly Bloom and Ida Lieszkovszky travel the state to report on the state of education in Ohio, where it’s heading and how it affects you. Read their reports on this site and listen to them on public radio stations across Ohio.

• Recent StateImpact Ohio Features:
• Grading the Teachers: Little Connection Between Teacher Pay and Performance There is little connection between how much money Ohio teachers make and how much knowledge they impart to students over the course of a single year, according to a StateImpact... (more)
• Grading the Teachers: Measuring Teacher Performance Through Student Growth Schools get rated based on how well students perform on standardized state tests. Not so for teachers. Their main evaluation comes from often brief classroom observations by a principal. Practically... (more)
• Grading the Teachers: How Ohio is Measuring Teacher Quality by the Numbers Maria Plecnik is the kind of teacher who gets chills in a 90-degree classroom when she connects with students during the first week of school. She’s the kind who brags... (more)
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Statehouse News Bureau

The Statehouse News Bureau provides educational, comprehensive coverage of legislation, elections, issues and other activities surrounding the Statehouse to Ohio's public radio and television stations.

NPR Headlines

• Why The FISA Court Is Not What It Used To Be In the years since 9/11, the court has lost many of the enforcement teeth it once had, experts say.
• Libyan Radio Station Promotes Democracy, One Rap At A Time Radio Zone is broadcasting a mix of candid talk shows, brash criticism and modern Libyan music.
• Hot Dogs, Bacon And Red Meat Tied To Increased Diabetes Risk People who upped their red meat intake saw their risk of type 2 diabetes rise by nearly 50 percent.
• Why Buy A House When You Can Buy A Mountain? A team of entrepreneurs wants to turn a Utah peak into the next cool hub for culture and new ideas.
• Study: Teacher Prep Programs Get Failing Marks Out of more than 1,100 schools of education, 163 provide "substandard training," a new study says.

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