StateImpact Ohio

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Education Reporting Throughout Ohio

Education Reporting Throughout Ohio


195 Pieces

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These are the final days of the school year, and for most students, that means final exams and big papers. But Ohio Public Radio’s Karen Kasler fou...

  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 03:22
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All this winter and spring our StateImpact Ohio education reporting team has been focusing on one of the most consequential decisions a kid can mak...

  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 03:52
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In Ohio and around the country, openings for software programmers are growing at a far faster rate than most occupations, and the Labor Department ...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:33
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Movies are filled with inspiring teachers. Think Michelle Pfeiffer in Dangerous Minds, or Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society. They seem to be ble...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:01:20
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In a recent international survey of financial literacy, American 15-year-olds scored average. That score was less than thrilling to financial exper...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:01:20
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School kids are counting down the days until the end of the school year. But many teachers are already dreading the start of the next school year –...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:01:20
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STEM education--that's science, technology, education, and math-- has gotten lots of buzz over the past few years. But some educators say the arts ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 2
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According to some researchers, the best way for your kid to get an A is to get out of their way. Parental involvement, they say, is overrated. But ...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:01:20
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College classes are beginning for the fall semester and students will soon consider pledging fraternities and sororities on their respective campus...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:01:20
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If you're following politics this year you probably know most of the candidates on the ballot for statewide offices, your congressional district, a...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:33
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Nearly half the teachers in the classroom said in August that have not been adequately prepared to teach to the Common Core - learning standards th...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:37
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recently spoke at EO Cleveland's Thrive 2014 conference, where he spoke to an audience of entrepreneurs and innovato...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 05:52
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Not too many years ago only the MOST progressive school districts were introducing technology into the k-12 classroom. For the rest it was either u...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:39
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Cleveland Schools CEO Eric Gordon called the 2013-2014 school year a "year of disruption that yielded tangible results" in his annual State of the ...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:44
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A progressive think tank and the state’s largest teachers’ union have released data they say shows mixed grades last year for Ohio’s students who n...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
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An Ohio House committee held a rare evening hearing to once again discuss a controversial bill that would repeal the state’s education standards --...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:08
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The state education department is looking further into complaints of testing irregularities at two charter schools - the Horizon Science Academies ...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2015
  • Length: 03:50
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Ohio's third grade reading guarantee went into full effect this year. It requires third graders to demonstrate on state tests their ability to read...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2015
  • Length: 04:16
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Some believe a pending vote from the state’s top education leaders could have major ramifications on local schools around Ohio. Statehouse correspo...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2015
  • Length: 04:06
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The state is one step closer towards repealing the law that mandates a minimum salary schedule for teachers -- opening the door to a merit-based pa...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2015
  • Length: 03:11