Education

The fatal school shooting in Nashville this week is part of what one expert describes as an "astronomical increase" in violence on school campuses since the pandemic.

County Executive Chris Ronayne on Tuesday introduced a resolution to provide an additional $2.1 million to Say Yes Cleveland’s family support specialist program, which lost most of its funding last year. County Council must vote on it.

Akron Public Schools could put two school levies on the ballot as soon as spring 2024, officials said during a Board of Education meeting Monday night.

The proposed changes came on the same day three children and three adults were killed in a shooting at a private religious school in Nashville.

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.