The dashboard is an online tool that compiles self-reported data from districts and schools across the state, aiming to assist administrators, parents and taxpayers in identifying trends in attendance patterns down to the grade level.

Ohio may be struggling to connect education and training with employer needs, potentially limiting job growth, according to a survey of economists. Several urged stronger partnerships between schools and businesses.

The bill, which now heads to the Ohio Senate, would also require showing students an ultrasound video at least three minutes long.

Ohio schools would be required to teach students to graduate high school, get a job and get married—in that order—before having a baby, according to a bill the Ohio Senate passed.

Making free meals available to all students would not only produce benefits equal to the costs but also generate social benefits worth about $520 million a year, according to an economic analysis.

A new Ohio law taking effect in June is making some high school students reconsider applying to the state's public colleges. The law bans diversity programs, restricts classroom discussion of controversial topics and prohibits faculty strikes.

S.B. 1 will set rules around classroom discussion, create post-tenure reviews, put diversity scholarships at risk, create a retrenchment provision that block unions from negotiating on tenure, shorten university board of trustees terms from nine years down to six years, and require students take an American history course, among other things.

Having innovative options for families that want a niche offering could help them learn and could create new learning opportunities for students that did not exist before. That being said, it seems like the experiment of school vouchers in Ohio may have swung a bit far.