CLEVELAND, OH – Giving to the Cleveland schools has been a passion for former Cleveland Mayor and United States Senator George Voinovich and his wife Janet for 32 years. In October of 1979, the Voinovichs’ nine year old daughter, Molly, was hit and killed by a van on her way to O.H. Perry school in Cleveland.  During a […]
(WOIO) – Additional preliminary Local Report Card data for district, traditional school, community school and STEM schools were released Wednesday by the Ohio Department of Education (ODE). The updated spreadsheet includes preliminary district/school ratings, Performance Index and attendance rate information. Spreadsheets containing preliminary results can be found by clicking HERE. This spreadsheet will include all […]
A New York teacher, who weighs 220 pounds and once played college football, says he was beaten up by a 6-year-old pupil and plans to sue the city. John Webster, a 27-year-old gym teacher at PS 330 in Queens, says that a first-grade student kicked and bit him after he reprimanded the child for horseplay. […]
CLEVELAND – Speaking during a crowded luncheon at the City Club of Cleveland Thursday, Eric Gordon didn’t sugar-coat the future of Cleveland schools. “It’s do or die” time for Cleveland Schools said the CEO of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. Gordon’s State of the Schools speech came the day after preliminary data from the Ohio […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – In response to reports of the $13 million gap in Cleveland’s public school budget, PETA has sent a letter to Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon with a suggestion that could help the district’s budget, its students’ health, and animals on factory farms all at the same time:Â Open the […]
The Department of Education has approved a program that provides morning-after pills or Plan B contraception to students at 13 New York City high schools, reports the New York Post. The Plan B contraception program, Connecting Adolescents to Comprehensive Health (CATCH), was created to combat the epidemic problem of teen pregnancy throughout the city, which […]
Do you want to make a WISE choice for your child’s education? If you do, it’s not too late. The choice is WISE… the Walton Institute for Scholarly Education… we’re still enrolling grades 7-9 for the current school year. At WISE High, we believe that college preparation starts in middle school. With our rigorous academic […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Two of the nation’s top Division II HBCU football programs will do battle in the 2012 Cleveland Classic at Cleveland Browns Stadium on Saturday. Winston-Salem State University and Morehouse College, ranked nos. 1 & 2, respectively, in the latest Heritage Sports Radio Network HBCU Division II national poll, will meet for […]
Kent State University cut the ribbon on Wednesday, Sept. 12 on a new facility in Twinsburg. The two-story, 44,000-square-foot Regional Academic Center is at 2745 Creekside Drive. Center programs include traditional associate and baccalaureate degrees, master’s degrees, executive training programs, continuing education, workforce development and job training. Kent State first established a center in Twinsburg […]
PARMA, Ohio – A student at Parma Senior High School has been suspended after police found a fake bomb in his backpack. Administrators at the school first got word of the threat at about 8:55 a.m. Tuesday, and then alerted an off-duty police officer working security at the school. A student told a teacher that […]
CLEVELAND – A Cleveland Metropolitan School District bus driver captured video of a motorist driving on the sidewalk to avoid stopping for the bus loading and unloading children. The driver was caught on cell phone camera Tuesday morning. Cleveland Police are not releasing the driver’s name, but say it is a female motorist. They said […]
(CNN) – September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, and as kids go back to school, health authorities are asking parents to make sure their youngsters stay fit during the school season. Over the last 40 years, obesity rates in children have skyrocketed. According to the American College of Sports Medicine, more than 23 million children […]