The Mean Girls Paradox
From EdSurge Call it the “Mean Girls” paradox: The most popular students in a school are not always well-liked, and the most well-liked are not...
Schools trim precautions as COVID-19 test shortages, infections grow
Districts are having to limit testing to return to school and contact tracing, though some experts suggest omicron signals the virus’ transition to endemic. From...
Mary Ellen Hart
Mary Ellen Hart, 94, of Dayton, Ohio, passed away on January 7, 2022, at the EverHeart Care Center in Greenville, Ohio. She was born on...
$17 trillion: That’s how much the pandemic could take away from today’s kids
From NPR By Anya Kamanetz December 27, 2021 17 trillion dollars. That’s how much the pandemic could cost today’s children in terms of lost earnings...
Three ways schools can ease Covid-19’s trauma
From The Hechinger Report By Jackie Mader At the start of the school year last August, I spent several days visiting a first-grade classroom in...
Thirty-Nine Edison State Student-Athletes Named to OCCAC All-Academic Team
Thirty-nine student-athletes from Edison State Community College have received Academic All-Conference honors from the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC) for the Fall 2021 semester....
Martha Garner
Martha Garner, 66, of Ansonia, Ohio, passed away on Friday, January 7, 2022, at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. She was born on October...
Michael K. Acker
Michael K. Acker age 66, of Greenville passed away at 10:36 pm Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at Wayne HealthCare in Greenville. Michael was born July...
Albert McChesney Bliss (“Al”)
Albert McChesney Bliss ("Al") passed peacefully at home with his wife, family members and pastor on January 10, 2022. Al had spent several years battling...
More Magic to Do in 2022
By Marilyn Delk Darke County Center for the Arts’ presentations came to an abrupt, unexpected end when the COVID pandemic forced cancellation of everything planned...
Pete Cries, “Emergency! Call the DR’s and RN’s”
By Lois E. Wilson Pete says to use the clues to determine the answer words. The letters “DR” and “RN” are given where they appear in...
Teaching Must Get More Flexible Before It Falls Apart
From EdSurge By Simon Rodberg Jan 10, 2022 The Great Renegotiation is coming for schools. According to national data, schools are not facing greater teacher...
Seven higher education trends to watch in 2022
Politics bleeding into college operations, new regulatory action, continued expansion of online ed and more are stories we’ll be following in 2022. From Higher Ed...
Billy Ray Crossley, Sr.
Billy Ray Crossley, Sr., 78, of Pitsburg, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, January 8, 2022, at Reid Health in Richmond, Indiana.He was born on June...
Connie Ann Stonerock
Connie Ann Stonerock, 62, of Greenville, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, January 9, 2022, at Wayne Healthcare in Greenville.She was born on October 27, 1959,...