Karen Kasler

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  • Username: kkasler
  • Statehouse Bureau Chief
  • Role: Producer/Reporter: Station-Based

Recent Pieces from Karen Kasler

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School Groups Say Report Shows Continuing Connection Between Poverty And Student Performance (:47)
From: WCPN

A report commissioned by three groups representing officials from traditional public schools shows what they call a strong link between student performance and household ...
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Rule Related To Charter School Crackdown Delayed After Panel Sends It To Agency For Another Review (:46)
From: WCPN

A proposed change in a rule on how charter school sponsors would be measured on their compliance with state laws has been delayed for now.
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Lawmaker Wants School To Start Later Than Mid-August (:45)
From: WCPN

Once again, kids are going back to school in Ohio. And once again, a state lawmaker is saying that school shouldn’t be starting in the middle of August.
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Yost Blasts Cleveland Schools for Missing Rebates (:41)
From: WCPN

The state auditor has harsh words for the Cleveland schools in an audit over the district’s failure to cash in one millions in technology rebates.
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ODE Uses Old Rule for Charter School Sponsor Evaluations (03:03)
From: WCPN

The state department of education says it’s determined to issue ratings for Ohio’s 67 charter school sponsors next month, though a panel of state lawmakers delayed the new ...
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Audit Shows Most Students in Controversial E-School Spend Only 1 Hour Online a Day (04:17)
From: WCPN

The Ohio Department of Education has started its audit of student attendance at the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, after a judge denied ECOT’s request to stop that audit ...
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Ohio's Largest Online School Sues State (:46)
From: WCPN

The state’s largest and most controversial online charter school – the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, or ECOT – has sued to block the state from a delayed attendance audit ...
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New State School Superintendent Begins Work (03:33)
From: WCPN

The fourth state school superintendent in the last five years started work yesterday. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler caught up with him after his first day on the job.
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After Criticizing Dept of Ed As "Worst" State Agency, Auditor Says He's Met With New Superintendent (:45)
From: WCPN

The state auditor is standing by his concerns about the oversight of charter schools by the Ohio Department of Education, an agency he said two weeks ago is among the worst ...
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Activists Working to Set Up Summer Food Service Programs for Kids (04:29)
From: WCPN

This horrible winter weather seems finally to have given way to warmth and sunshine, and that has many people looking ahead to summer. But as Ohio Public Radio’s Karen Kasler ...