Here is a statement from the Ohio School Boards Association on Wednesday’s House vote on the state’s next two-year budget:

As ODI Scholar (MSP) Alexandra Martinez-Mendez reaches the end of her undergraduate degree, she shared some experiences that shaped her time at The Ohio State University.

The Hillsboro FFA has started its annual spring flower and vegetable sale organized by the greenhouse management class.

The U.S. Department of Education released a fact sheet this week stating that Congressional Republicans are holding the nation’s full faith and credit hostage in an effort to impose devastating cutbacks that would hurt children and undermine education, raise costs for hardworking families and set back economic growth.

Dr. Kimberly Cassidy of Shawnee State University’s School of Education recently started a podcast, “Composition of a Killer,” that explores experiences that may contribute to criminal behavior.

On Tuesday, Jan. 24, both of the Hillsboro FFA business classes and other chapter members took the online exam for grain merchandising.

A Piketon native, freshman Joshua Cummins found out he qualified for Shawnee State University’s Free Tuition program when applying to college.

Every public school kid in the United States was eligible for free school meals during the COVID-19 pandemic, regardless of family income, thanks to the federal government.

Callista Link knew she wanted to be involved on Shawnee State University’s campus. Following in her sister’s footsteps to attend the university, Link, from Norwalk, Ohio, had always heard her sister talking about all the activities and clubs she was involved in at SSU.

Joy Palmer remembers how her daughter Dey’Leana used to memorize books when she was in elementary school in an attempt to hide the fact that she couldn’t read.

Throughout February and March, the McClain FFA chapter participated in several invitationals for a variety of contests. Then, on March 25, McClain took several members to the preliminary round for the contests. 

Two Michigan students sued their school district for viewpoint discrimination after they were banned from wearing apparel implicitly critical of President Joe Biden. In February 2022, two Tri County Middle School students wore sweatshirts to school with the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon,” a political slogan critical of Biden with origins in a more profane chant.

Su Provaznik is looking forward to graduating this spring from Shawnee State University with her bachelor of science in nursing. First moving to Wheelersburg, Ohio from China in 2018, Provaznik already had a degree teaching English as a second language. Wanting to go back to school for another career, she was encouraged to explore the SSU nursing programs.

Union officials representing thousands of Ohio teachers say policy pressures are at the top of teacher concerns, and the lack of resources piled on to lawmaker threats to regulate curricula create an environment many are eager to escape.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Tuesday awarded more than $42 million to support physical safety and security upgrades at hundreds of Ohio schools.