As Ohio State’s Summer Session Ends, City Grapples with Student’s Junk (The Columbus Dispatch) – Debris scattered in the alleys and yards outside apartment complexes and rental houses near Ohio State University has increased in recent days as summer-school students move out to make way for fall-semester tenants.
As School Begins, So Do Free Lunches for All Kids (The Columbus Dispatch) – Starting in a few weeks, all 50,000-plus students can get a free lunch, regardless of their family’s income, under a federal program that the district will participate in for the first time this school year.
Education Trumps Retirement Savings for Single Parents (USA Today) – Nearly half of single-parent respondents in a recent study from Allianz identified their children's education as their primary motivation for developing and executing a long-term financial plan.
New Tests Await Ohio Kindergartners (Mansfield News Journal) – Ohio implements its new kindergarten readiness assessments this year as a way to help teachers measure what their students know and craft lesson plans tailored to each student’s strengths and weaknesses.
Ohio Reaps Benefits of National Park Sites (The Columbus Dispatch) – According to a new study, more than 2.4 million people visited Ohio’s national parks last year, spending $149 million and supporting 2,300 jobs.
