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Cleveland Schools announces massive consolidation plan to close 23 buildings

Cleveland Schools plans to close 23 buildings and cut 29 schools in its largest overhaul in decades, citing steep enrollment declines, rising costs and a $150 million deficit.

A quarter of Ohio students are chronically absent? Unpacking the state’s education crisis

The shocking revelation that one-quarter of Ohio’s students are chronically absent from school goes beyond typical truancy concerns, revealing a post-pandemic crisis that threatens an entire generation’s educational outcomes.

Should schools let students leave for religious classes? Ohio lawmakers consider mandate

Decisions about whether students should be allowed to leave school to attend off-campus religious instruction should be left to each of Ohio’s 600 local school districts, argued opponents of an Ohio House bill that would mandate it.