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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:
• The Sound of Ideas: How It All Went Right For Stand out Members of the Class of 2013 Chaza Banda was born in Zambia and didn’t speak much English when she started school in the U.S. eight years. In a few weeks, she’ll graduate from Shaw High School in... (more)
• StateImpact Ohio's Reporting on Seclusion Rooms Recognized by Ohio APME Patrick Gage Kelley / Flickr StateImpact Ohio and the Columbus Dispatch’s joint coverage of the misuse of seclusion rooms in Ohio schools resonated with readers and lead to new rules... (more)
• It's Now Easier to Get Your Ohio Teaching License (As Long As You're Not From One of These Five Stat Aaron Knox / Flickr It’s now easier for teachers coming from out-of-state to come work in Ohio – as long as they’ve been teaching for the last five years consecutively and... (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

• Obama Group's Climate Push Puts President Under Scrutiny Some environmentalists are frustrated with Obama's stance on issues like the Keystone pipeline.
• Living In Two Worlds, But With Just One Language Elysha O'Brien's parents chose not to pass on Spanish, their native tongue, to their children.
• Sick Inmates Dying Behind Bars Despite Release Program An investigation found the compassionate release program is poorly managed and rife with confusion.
• Scientific Tooth Fairies Investigate Neanderthal Breast-Feeding Researchers found a way to test ancient teeth for clues about when humans cut nursing short.
• Judge: Unredeemed Borders Gift Cards Are Worthless A Manhattan judge affirms an earlier ruling that $210 million in gift cards are invalid.

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