Articles About Ohio Department of Education

• Yellow Springs Schools seeks deeper diversity

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 28, 2018

  

  Achieving greater racial diversity among employees of Yellow Springs Schools — teachers, administrators and staff — has been a longtime goal of the local district. 

• School board meeting— State report card discussed

  By Audrey HackettNovember 30, 2017

  

  While Yellow Springs received mixed grades on the 2016–2017 Ohio school report card, district leaders remain skeptical that the report card system delivers meaningful data about local schools.

• State report card — Schools react to assessment

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 16, 2017

  

  A lot of information appears to be packed into the Ohio Department of Education’s 2016–17 school report card released earlier this fall, but Yellow Springs district leaders don’t see much in the results that is of use to local schools.

• Ohio approves school testing waiver

  By Lauren HeatonApril 16, 2015

  

  Yellow Springs public school students are one big step closer to taking significantly fewer standardized tests next school year, as the state of Ohio approved the district’s assessment waiver application last week.

• Yellow Springs School District allows service dog

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 26, 2013

  Jonah Kintner, a Mills Lawn elementary student, has a service dog named Clank who helps him with everyday life skills. Jonah wants Clank to be able to come to school with him.