There are many bills being debated in Columbus that will present a variety of financial challenges to public schools and local governments. Whether it be not updating to current financial data the components of the Fair School Funding Plan, to increasing by some estimates over $1 billion in ...

East Palestine, Ohio, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Fire and flood. Tragic twins? Acts of God? Acts of man? Time divides these destructive events by 134 years, but the human and environmental pain that these two events evoke catapults them toward each other like electrons in a ...

Ohio’s public schools are the foundation of our democracy. They create safe, welcoming environments where all students, regardless of where they’re from, what they look like, or how much money their parents make; receive high-quality education empowering them to become successful citizens ...

The Parent Educational Freedom Act, Senate Bill 11, offers the best educational opportunity for students of both public and private schools. It guarantees parents the right to choose the school that best fits their child’s needs. As a former public school educator, I realize each child is ...

The East Lansing community still reels from the Michigan State University mass shooting last month that resulted in five students being critically wounded and three losing their lives. The students who tragically died — Arielle Anderson, Alexandria Verner and Brian Fraser — had bright ...

Ohio’s greatness resides in its people, not its Statehouse politicians. Over our state’s 220-year history, its sturdy people many times have been betrayed by their elected lawmakers. Then they went to work to set things straight. The worst period of betrayal began in the 1880s and ...