Ohio Moves to Link K-12 and College Data for Federal Funds
Ohio lawmakers approve linking kindergarten through high school student performance data with college data to sharpen the state’s Race to the Top application. Both parties praise the plan as a path to up to 400 million in federal education stimulus funds, with the measure quickly advancing before the January 19 deadline.
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Columbus
Barack Obama
Obama
Jon Husted
Jennifer Garrison
Wind knocks out power in downtown Elyria on Christmas Day
About 1,165 First Energy customers in downtown Elyria lost power around 12 30 p m on Christmas Day. Winds caused primary wires to slap together near East Avenue and Second Street. Crews began restoring service around 2 37 p m according to Joseph Faga.
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Elyria
First Energy
Joseph Faga
Faga
East Avenue
Second Street
Buckeye Central cuts calamity days in Ohio school plan
In New Washington Buckeye Central School District eliminates all calamity days under state law to keep teaching time intact. The district may need to add days at year end if weather losses occur while students protest with shirts and funding efforts. Ohio trims calamity days from five to three as state reviews longer year options.
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Ohio
Buckeye Central
Ron Cirata
Lake Erie
David Walsh
Walsh
Ohio Department of Education
Scott Blake
Ted Strickland
Sherri Bean
Buckeye Central Teachers’ Union
Witness Says It Wasn’t Me In Time Of Youngstown Slayings
A condemned inmate Mark Brown seeks a new trial claiming a key witness lied during testimony. The 37 year old is sentenced to die for the 1994 killing of Isam Salman and received a life term for a clerk’s fatal shooting in the same robbery. A Mahoning County judge will hear the motion on January 15.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Brown
Mark Brown
Isam Salman
Midway Market
Hayder Al-Turk
Maureen Sweeney
Mahoning County
Jesuit Priests Live in Xavier University Dorms
The Xavier University campus houses Jesuit priests in five dorms since the 1940s, including Rev. Michael Graham in Commons Apartments. Priests share daily life with students, bake, dish out pasta nights, assist with prayer, and participate in campus routines as part of cura personalis.
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Xavier University
Xavier
Michael Graham
Lisa Brown
Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
Kuhlman Hall
John LaRocca
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