by Russ Jones | Jul 20, 2017 | Administration, Guidance, Teachers
The Class of 2018 finally has clarity for what they need to do to graduate. After a great deal of debate in educational and legislative circles over the past year, new pathways to graduation are now official for seniors beginning this fall. Governor John Kasich signed...
by David Haney | Apr 28, 2017 | Administration, Teachers
We recently surveyed 3,900 Ohio PreK – 12 teachers (and ProgressBook users) about their approach to digital learning and use of Learning Management Systems (LMS) in their classrooms. Our goal was to gather insight about what teachers currently use, want, or need from...
by Russ Jones | Nov 11, 2016 | Administration, Guidance, Teachers
The Ohio State Board of Education has been discussing changing new state graduation requirements…that have not gone into effect yet! After a 30 plus year career in education as a teacher, principal and superintendent it seems the educational targets from the Ohio...
by Russ Jones | Oct 20, 2016 | Administration
The standards era in education which was ushered in with the full force of a tropical hurricane under No Child left Behind (NCLB) has leveraged “accountability” into compliance with the common core, state testing, school “improvement”...
by Russ Jones | Aug 30, 2016 | Administration
State departments of education across the country are engaging their constituencies in the concept of “N” size. N size refers to the minimum number of students required in a group before the group is used for accountability and reporting purposes. The...
by Russ Jones | Jul 27, 2016 | Administration, Superintendent, Teachers
When the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) releases the 2016 Local Report Card (LRC) in mid-September we will see a few changes that have been planned for several years. The biggest change will be that the 2016 LRC will assign A-F letter grades to the six (6) major...
