Zack Carreon

1 week ago | wvxu.org | Zack Carreon

Middletown City Schools said Thursday that the U.S. Department of Education has abruptly recalled $5.6 million in previously promised pandemic relief funding, potentially leaving the school district in a monumental financial hole. Under the Biden administration, the Department of Education had offered extensions to state and local school systems to use remaining relief funding.

1 week ago | wosu.org | Zack Carreon

Middletown City Schools said Thursday that the U.S. Department of Education has abruptly recalled $5.6 million in previously promised pandemic relief funding, potentially leaving the school district in a monumental financial hole. Under the Biden administration, the Department of Education had offered extensions to state and local school systems to use remaining relief funding.

1 week ago | wvxu.org | Zack Carreon

The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) says the U.S. Department of Education has denied its request to extend COVID-19 relief funding for projects at school districts across the Commonwealth, including at Boone County Schools and Covington Independent Public Schools. The U.S. Department of Education notified state education organizations in late March that it was cutting short a deadline previously extended under the Biden administration to spend COVID-19 relief funds.

1 week ago | wvxu.org | Zack Carreon

The entrance exam for Cincinnati's top-performing public high school is changing this upcoming school year. The Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education notified families last week that the entrance exam for Walnut Hills High School will shift from the Iowa Assessment to the i-Ready Diagnostic Assessment for 6th-grade students preparing to enter the 7th grade. CPS students already in the 7th grade or higher will still need high scores on the Iowa Assessment to be eligible for admission.

2 weeks ago | wvxu.org | Zack Carreon

Tensions between the Mt. Healthy City Schools administration and the state commission tasked with pulling the district out of a financial crisis boiled over Thursday night during a regularly scheduled meeting. The state commission has assumed much of the responsibilities of Mt. Healthy's Board of Education since the district was put in fiscal emergency in early 2024.