Central Ohio schools weren't alone in having voters reject their requests for new money. Statewide, only 17% of asks for new money were approved approved by voters on Tuesday, according to Jeff Chambers, spokesperson for the Ohio School Boards Association.

.Four years after COVID-19 first hit American schools, we are—thankfully—well past the depths of the crisis. But for education, true recovery from the pandemic has been slow to come.

Less than half of all public schools rate themselves as doing "very good" or "excellent" in providing college preparation, according to new data.

District leaders cite declining enrollment, rising costs and the end of COVID-19 funding for the historic $110 million budget shortfall they're facing.