Education

Southern counties in Ohio showed a particularly high approval rate — 73% approval — for providing students with universal free meals at public schools.

In August, Grafton Correctional Institution hosted a five-course meal served to the public.

Worthington is the latest district to reconsider a religious release policy, as two state bills seek to require public schools to have religious release time policies.

Franklin County voters approved levies and bond issues for Bexley, Grandview Heights, Hilliard and New Albany-Plain Local Schools, but said no to school issues in the Groveport-Madison and Reynoldsburg school districts.

Columbus School Board President Christina Vera said board members were able to talk with teachers, students, and in some cases, families.

The move comes just a month after Westerville City Schools rescinded their religious release time policy, ending the district’s LifeWise Academy off-campus Bible study.

This election, many Ohioans will be voting on school levies. Education funding is a complicated and controversial topic, but one way to make sense of it is by using a quirky metaphor: it’s like baking a cake.

Burning rubber is a part of getting a bachelor’s degree at Ohio Northwestern University, where students can participate in motorsports as they train to enter the trades.

Through a one-time strategic fund, millions of taxpayer dollars are going to private religious Ohio schools for expansion.

In addition to the presidential, senatorial and legislative races, thousands of Ohioans will vote on school levies next month.