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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:
• Fordham: This Ed Reform Thing Could Blow Up in Our Face Ohio schools aren’t ready for major changes the state has mandated, according to the results of a survey of superintendents conducted by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. And the rapid... (more)
• Cleveland School District Moves Towards Performance Pay Last night the Cleveland school board unanimously agreed to what city and union officials are hailing as a groundbreaking teacher contract for Ohio. Union members will vote later this month.... (more)
• EdisonLearning, K12 Inc. Among National Companies Looking To Open New Online Charter Schools In Ohio Dan Honda / Contra Costa Times/MCT/Landov David Vasconez is running radio ads in Ohio for his company’s new online charter school. He’s working on a sponsorship deal with a minor league... (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

• FBI Agents Killed In Training Accident Worked In Elite Unit Christopher Lorek and Stephen Shaw were members of the bureau's Hostage Rescue Team.
• Book News: J.K. Rowling Tells 'Harry Potter' Backstories Also: Ireland puts a short story on a postage stamp; and the best books coming out this week.
• Nation's Midsection Braces For More Severe Storms From Texas to the upper Great Lakes, forecasters are warning that the weather will be rough.
• Court Case Winds Down In New York's Stop-And-Frisk Challenge Lawyers for the plaintiffs argue few of the stops led to arrests or the discovery of illegal guns.
• Advocates Struggle To Reach Growing Ranks Of Suburban Poor Poverty is now growing fastest in the suburbs, but social services remain concentrated in cities.

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