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Local Education Stories for December 2012

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Stories for Saturday, December 29

School says movie lunch project raises test scores

Officials at a Dayton area charter school say state test scores in reading and math went up after students began participating in a mandatory project that requires them to watch a movie and take notes during their lunch break, then write about it later. How much did a teacher's students ...

  • 11:20 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012

Local schools outperform state on report cards

Students in traditional public schools across the Miami Valley outperformed their counterparts across the state in both performance index and ratings, according to a newspaper analysis of 2011-12 preliminary report card data. A list of each county's report card can be found at the bottom of this story or you ...

  • 12:00 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012
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Stories for Friday, December 28

More schools add online courses

More Miami Valley school districts are offering blended learning, a combination of traditional classes and online learning. Gov. John Kasich has encouraged the expansion of digital learning to adapt the classroom experience for students because of advances in techology. Officials say blended learning provides the chance to offer the best ...

  • 8:12 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28, 2012

Stories for Thursday, December 27

These are the ratings, performance index (PI) scores and poverty levels noted by the Ohio Department of Education for the more than 400 schools in our nine-county Miami Valley region, per the preliminary data from the 2011-12 Ohio Report Cards. The performance index score reflects the achievement of every student enrolled for the academic year for schools serving third through eighth grade or 10th through 12th grade. The report card rating is based on the performance index, proficiency on state tests and whether schools exceeded predetermined academic growth measures. The six-point rating system includes: “Excellent with Distinction” (EWD), “Excellent” (EX), “Effective” (EF), “Continuous Improvement” (CI), “Academic Watch” (AW) and “Academic Emergency” (AE).

Warren county schools report card

View other county school report cards: Butler County Schools Report Card Champaign County Schools Report Card Clark County Schools Report Card Darke County Schools Report Card Greene County Schools Report Card Miami County Schools Report Card Montgomery County Schools Report Card Preble County Schools Report Card Warren County Schools Report Card

  • 6:32 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012
These are the ratings, performance index (PI) scores and poverty levels noted by the Ohio Department of Education for the more than 400 schools in our nine-county Miami Valley region, per the preliminary data from the 2011-12 Ohio Report Cards. The performance index score reflects the achievement of every student enrolled for the academic year for schools serving third through eighth grade or 10th through 12th grade. The report card rating is based on the performance index, proficiency on state tests and whether schools exceeded predetermined academic growth measures. The six-point rating system includes: “Excellent with Distinction” (EWD), “Excellent” (EX), “Effective” (EF), “Continuous Improvement” (CI), “Academic Watch” (AW) and “Academic Emergency” (AE).

Greene county schools report card

View other county school report cards: Butler County Schools Report Card Champaign County Schools Report Card Clark County Schools Report Card Darke County Schools Report Card Greene County Schools Report Card Miami County Schools Report Card Montgomery County Schools Report Card Preble County Schools Report Card Warren County Schools Report Card

  • 6:32 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012
These are the ratings, performance index (PI) scores and poverty levels noted by the Ohio Department of Education for the more than 400 schools in our nine-county Miami Valley region, per the preliminary data from the 2011-12 Ohio Report Cards. The performance index score reflects the achievement of every student enrolled for the academic year for schools serving third through eighth grade or 10th through 12th grade. The report card rating is based on the performance index, proficiency on state tests and whether schools exceeded predetermined academic growth measures. The six-point rating system includes: “Excellent with Distinction” (EWD), “Excellent” (EX), “Effective” (EF), “Continuous Improvement” (CI), “Academic Watch” (AW) and “Academic Emergency” (AE).

Darke county schools report card

View other county school report cards: Butler County Schools Report Card Champaign County Schools Report Card Clark County Schools Report Card Darke County Schools Report Card Greene County Schools Report Card Miami County Schools Report Card Montgomery County Schools Report Card Preble County Schools Report Card Warren County Schools Report Card

  • 6:32 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012
These are the ratings, performance index (PI) scores and poverty levels noted by the Ohio Department of Education for the more than 400 schools in our nine-county Miami Valley region, per the preliminary data from the 2011-12 Ohio Report Cards. The performance index score reflects the achievement of every student enrolled for the academic year for schools serving third through eighth grade or 10th through 12th grade. The report card rating is based on the performance index, proficiency on state tests and whether schools exceeded predetermined academic growth measures. The six-point rating system includes: “Excellent with Distinction” (EWD), “Excellent” (EX), “Effective” (EF), “Continuous Improvement” (CI), “Academic Watch” (AW) and “Academic Emergency” (AE).

Preble county schools report card

View other county school report cards: Butler County Schools Report Card Champaign County Schools Report Card Clark County Schools Report Card Darke County Schools Report Card Greene County Schools Report Card Miami County Schools Report Card Montgomery County Schools Report Card Preble County Schools Report Card Warren County Schools Report Card

  • 6:32 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012
These are the ratings, performance index (PI) scores and poverty levels noted by the Ohio Department of Education for the more than 400 schools in our nine-county Miami Valley region, per the preliminary data from the 2011-12 Ohio Report Cards. The performance index score reflects the achievement of every student enrolled for the academic year for schools serving third through eighth grade or 10th through 12th grade. The report card rating is based on the performance index, proficiency on state tests and whether schools exceeded predetermined academic growth measures. The six-point rating system includes: “Excellent with Distinction” (EWD), “Excellent” (EX), “Effective” (EF), “Continuous Improvement” (CI), “Academic Watch” (AW) and “Academic Emergency” (AE).

Montgomery county schools report card

View other county school report cards: Butler County Schools Report Card Champaign County Schools Report Card Clark County Schools Report Card Darke County Schools Report Card Greene County Schools Report Card Miami County Schools Report Card Montgomery County Schools Report Card Preble County Schools Report Card Warren County Schools Report Card

  • 6:32 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012
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These are the ratings, performance index (PI) scores and poverty levels noted by the Ohio Department of Education for the more than 400 schools in our nine-county Miami Valley region, per the preliminary data from the 2011-12 Ohio Report Cards. The performance index score reflects the achievement of every student enrolled for the academic year for schools serving third through eighth grade or 10th through 12th grade. The report card rating is based on the performance index, proficiency on state tests and whether schools exceeded predetermined academic growth measures. The six-point rating system includes: “Excellent with Distinction” (EWD), “Excellent” (EX), “Effective” (EF), “Continuous Improvement” (CI), “Academic Watch” (AW) and “Academic Emergency” (AE).

Miami county schools report card

View other county school report cards: Butler County Schools Report Card Champaign County Schools Report Card Clark County Schools Report Card Darke County Schools Report Card Greene County Schools Report Card Miami County Schools Report Card Montgomery County Schools Report Card Preble County Schools Report Card Warren County Schools Report Card

  • 6:32 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012
These are the ratings, performance index (PI) scores and poverty levels noted by the Ohio Department of Education for the more than 400 schools in our nine-county Miami Valley region, per the preliminary data from the 2011-12 Ohio Report Cards. The performance index score reflects the achievement of every student enrolled for the academic year for schools serving third through eighth grade or 10th through 12th grade. The report card rating is based on the performance index, proficiency on state tests and whether schools exceeded predetermined academic growth measures. The six-point rating system includes: “Excellent with Distinction” (EWD), “Excellent” (EX), “Effective” (EF), “Continuous Improvement” (CI), “Academic Watch” (AW) and “Academic Emergency” (AE).

Clark county schools report card

View other county school report cards: Butler County Schools Report Card Champaign County Schools Report Card Clark County Schools Report Card Darke County Schools Report Card Greene County Schools Report Card Miami County Schools Report Card Montgomery County Schools Report Card Preble County Schools Report Card Warren County Schools Report Card

  • 6:32 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012
These are the ratings, performance index (PI) scores and poverty levels noted by the Ohio Department of Education for the more than 400 schools in our nine-county Miami Valley region, per the preliminary data from the 2011-12 Ohio Report Cards. The performance index score reflects the achievement of every student enrolled for the academic year for schools serving third through eighth grade or 10th through 12th grade. The report card rating is based on the performance index, proficiency on state tests and whether schools exceeded predetermined academic growth measures. The six-point rating system includes: “Excellent with Distinction” (EWD), “Excellent” (EX), “Effective” (EF), “Continuous Improvement” (CI), “Academic Watch” (AW) and “Academic Emergency” (AE).

Champaign county schools report card

View other county school report cards: Butler County Schools Report Card Champaign County Schools Report Card Clark County Schools Report Card Darke County Schools Report Card Greene County Schools Report Card Miami County Schools Report Card Montgomery County Schools Report Card Preble County Schools Report Card Warren County Schools Report Card

  • 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012
These are the ratings, performance index (PI) scores and poverty levels noted by the Ohio Department of Education for the more than 400 schools in our nine-county Miami Valley region, per the preliminary data from the 2011-12 Ohio Report Cards. The performance index score reflects the achievement of every student enrolled for the academic year for schools serving third through eighth grade or 10th through 12th grade. The report card rating is based on the performance index, proficiency on state tests and whether schools exceeded predetermined academic growth measures. The six-point rating system includes: “Excellent with Distinction” (EWD), “Excellent” (EX), “Effective” (EF), “Continuous Improvement” (CI), “Academic Watch” (AW) and “Academic Emergency” (AE).

Butler county schools report card

View other county school report cards: Butler County Schools Report Card Champaign County Schools Report Card Clark County Schools Report Card Darke County Schools Report Card Greene County Schools Report Card Miami County Schools Report Card Montgomery County Schools Report Card Preble County Schools Report Card Warren County Schools Report Card  

  • 4:24 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012

Stories for Wednesday, December 26

Board OKs contract with schools chief

The Beavercreek Board of Education approved a three-year contract for Superintendent Bill McGlothlin from August 2013 through August 2016. McGlothlin has served as interim superintendent since Aug. 1, following the resignation of Nick Verhoff, and will complete a one-year contract this summer. McGlothlin had worked in the district since 2010, ...

  • 1:47 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012

Stories for Friday, December 21

Springboro school board pursues charter school

The Springboro Board of Education is examining the possibility of opening a conversion charter school, and has tapped a consultant company to investigate how this concept could apply to the district. Conversion charter schools are sponsored and overseen by traditional public school districts, but have charters and finances that are ...

  • 8:39 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, 2012
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Stories for Monday, December 17

Deputies guard Xenia Twp. school after death threat

The Greene County Career Center notified parents Monday about a threatening message found on a bathroom stall wall Dec. 11. The message, scrawled in ball-point pen and located inside a stall, threatened to kill people Dec. 18. Ron Bolender, public information administrator for the GCCC, said school officials immediately contacted ...

  • 11:20 a.m. Monday, Dec. 17, 2012

Stories for Saturday, December 15

Charter schools pay off for CEO’s family

A Dayton Daily News investigation found that a company managing several taxpayer-funded charter schools in the area is a lucrative family business whose husband-and-wife management team makes more than $400,000 a year.The nonprofit, EdVantages, manages seven charter schools in Ohio, including schools in Trotwood, Middletown and Springfield. By law, these ...

  • 11:00 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012
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Stories for Friday, December 7

Chris Ullmer, 30, of Harrison Twp., says he doesn't regret dropping out of high school during his junior year but said he and his wife Jennifer are going to do all that they can to make sure their three boys don't follow in his academic footsteps. "I'm more involved than my parents were," Ullmer said. "I make sure they are involved in their classes. We make sure that if they are doing something wrong, we help them out." Ullmer is shown at home with his oldest son Nathan II and youngest son Jackson, 3. PHOTO BY LISA POWELL

1 in 4 dropouts cite lack of parental help

A national survey indicates that lack of parental support and becoming a parent are the primary reasons young adults drop out of high school. The U.S. Department of Education estimates that 7,000 kids drop out every school day. In Ohio, a state hit hard by the recession, educators recognize that ...

  • 11:00 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, 2012
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Stories for Wednesday, December 5

Miami Valley School eyes $1.5M campus expansion

The Miami Valley School is planning to invest in its early childhood education program through a $1.5 million expansion in the next two years.The Dayton area’s only independent, college-preparatory private school — which offers preK-12 education to about 500 students — identified the expansion as a priority in its three-year ...

  • 5:58 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012
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Educators debate proposed exam

Ohio educators responded with tempered support to the American Federation of Teachers’ call for a more stringent exam, which has been likened to the bar exam for lawyers, for those entering the teaching profession . Jeffrey J. Mims Jr., an Ohio Board of Education member, said the success of that ...

  • Updated: 6:36 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
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Stories for Tuesday, December 4

File photo illustration about concussions.

Student athletes in Ohio may be required to take more time off after head injury

Hundreds of thousands of young athletes in Ohio will soon face new rules about when they can practice or play sports if they show signs that they suffered a head injury or concussion. Under a bill that unanimously cleared the state Senate on Tuesday, Ohio will join more than two ...

  • 6:05 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012
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