News: Regional and National Features

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: The Sound of Ideas Takes on Teacher Evaluation, Value Added cogdogblog / Flickr Tomorrow at 9 a.m. WCPN’s talk show The Sound of Ideas will take on the topic of teacher evaluations and Ohio’s use of a statistical, test-based measure called... (more)
• Grading the Teachers: Where the "Most Effective" Teachers Are (MAP) This map shows how many of the teachers at each school received the state’s top value-added rating of “Most Effective.” Value-added is a statistical measure that looks at how much students... (more)
• Grading the Teachers: Teachers in Richer Schools Score Higher on Value-Added Measure Value-added was supposed to be the great equalizer — a measure of schools that would finally judge fairly how much poor students are learning compared with their wealthier peers. Meant... (more)
• More features from StateImpact Ohio

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

• IRS Staffer: "What I Did Was Not Targeting" A top Democrat says an interview with a key IRS staffer "debunks conspiracy theories."
• In Germany, Obama Defends NSA Surveillance Programs Obama said he is confident they've "struck the right balance" between national security and privacy.
• In Brazil, Protests Continue As Some Cities Cut Bus Fares As the demonstrations swelled the government tried appease the protesters.
• Book News: Kim Jong Un Reportedly Gave 'Mein Kampf' As Gifts Also: The folly of marathon readings; Tom Wolfe has a new book.
• Heat, Spurs Headed To Game 7 After Stunning Game 6 LebBron James called the sixth matchup "the best game I've ever been a part of."

Help Us Tell the Story