The eight candidates all participated in an Akron Press Club debate Wednesday. There are four open seats on the Akron Board of Education in this year's election.

About 200 students, alumni and community members attended a silent protest Tuesday decrying the switch from student-run programming at college radio station WCSB to full-time jazz programming under an agreement between Cleveland State University and Ideastream Public Media

Hear from the candidates firsthand about their views on the important issues facing the district.

School districts like Parma, Elyria and Streetsboro are trying again for operating levies after past failures. Meanwhile, school districts will soon have to navigate the Ohio Legislature taking away several types of levies they'd previously relied on.

The district has mulled a decision for more than a year to consolidate its seven elementary school buildings, an idea which has been controversial among some residents and parents concerned about the impact to neighborhoods and students.

Teacher aides, part of a broader group called paraprofessionals, provide one-on-one care to students and vital classroom support to students, but many must balance working two jobs and say they struggle to make ends meet.

Cleveland State University joins Kent State University, Ohio State University and others in Ohio ending identity centers in response to Senate Bill 1's diversity, equity and inclusion ban.

Ohio's new higher education bill, Senate Bill 1, requires universities to submit lists of programs granting five or less degrees annually, to be ended in a bid to make colleges more efficient. Kent State University and Cuyahoga Community College both submitted several dozen programs each.

Ohio will get a big chunk of federal money to support existing charter schools and launch new ones.

The U.S. Department of Education says it's pulled "less than a dozen" grants from school districts across the country due to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, counter to the Trump administration's policy priorities. It amounts to almost $170 million in funding.