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After Ohio s State Board of Education passed a resolution urging the General Assembly to eliminate the requirement for third-grade students who have not met required scores on a standardized reading test to be held back, teachers across the state continue to push for changes. Karen Carney, a fourth grade teacher in Campbell, said the current one-size-fits all model does not account for children already behind by the time they have reached third grade, especially students with poor attendance, or who have learning disabilities like dyslexia not caught early-on. "Reading to your child at home, having them exposed to books, pencils, markers, all those kinds of things," Carney advised. " .
It s hard for kids to think about going back to school quite yet but districts in Michigan are already thinking about how to keep them coming to school once classes get started in the fall. In Michigan, local school districts set their own policies to address nonattendance. The most recent figures, for the 2021-2022 school year, show 38% of Michigan students were "chronically absent," meaning they missed at least 10% of school days. .
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Three community colleges in Ohio increased their graduation rates by 50% over the past six years under a new program called Accelerated Study in Associate Programs. The program, originally developed in New York, is geared toward students from low-income families and provides career services, a tuition waiver, and financial assistance for transportation and textbooks. Jeff Robinson, director of communications for the Ohio Department of Higher Education, said the program is especially beneficial for adults with families who are either returning to school to complete their degree, or enrolling for the first time. .