Education

Former Akron Board of Education President N.J. Akbar — who presided over tumultuous times at the district — today said he’s stepping down from his board seat to focus his attention on a new job.

Ohio's unions will be making their voices heard on an issue they say will have repercussions well beyond the world of higher education.

Amid growing concerns about mental health, some schools seek to ease the pressure on first-year students. Critics say this "ungrading" amounts to coddling and could set them up for failure.

Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Director Matt Damschroder visited the Murtis Taylor Child Care Center at the Kathryn R. Tyler Center in Cleveland Thursday to see the impact of new upgrades to the building, paid for, in part, by the local nonprofit PRE4CLE’s Early Learning Spaces program.

Former College of Business professor Bryan Pesta was stripped of his tenure and fired last year after the university found he had committed “serious violations of our policies governing academic research."

The Akron Board of Education is facing tough decisions and questions as it considers the future of some school facilities in the district.

The bill from Republicans in the Ohio Senate would ban mandatory diversity training, prohibit strikes by public university employees and end partnerships with Chinese institutions.

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District will hold a lottery to choose panelists to interview finalists for the CEO position. Finalist interviews are expected to happen next month.

The so-called "Backpack Bill" would allow parents of most private school students in Ohio to get state-funded vouchers.

Should Akron Public Schools build a new school in the Kenmore neighborhood? How many schools should be closed or relocated amid declining enrollment? And how much debt should be taken on, if any, to fund new facilities? The Akron Board of Education is deciding on a new facilities plan.