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APS cheating scandal as the AJC reported it

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's investigative reporters broke the story about widespread cheating on tests in Atlanta Public Schools in December, 2008, and we've continued digging ever since.

  • 8:40 p.m. Thursday, March 28, 2013

Tips on choosing a college from financial aid experts

Need help finding the right school that fits your budget? Here are some tips. Apply to at least one financial safety school. This is a school that will not only admit you, but that you could afford without any financial aid. — Mark Kantrowitz, national financial aid expert   Look at ...

  • 6:23 p.m. Friday, March 15, 2013
Kasich’s proposed funding model provides more help for districts in lower-income parts of the state where property values don’t generate much local revenue. Barb Mattei-Smith, Kasich’s assistant policy director for education, said a 20-mill levy in the state’s poorest district only generates $900 per pupil but the same 20-mill levy generates $1,400 per pupil in the state’s wealthiest district.

Kasich's plan gives more money to schools

Gov. John Kasich’s school funding plan tackles growing disparity between poor and wealthy school districts and allows Ohio students living in poverty to attend private schools with state dollars, while boosting overall state funding for public schools. Kasich rolled out his school funding formula and other education policies Thursday to ...

  • Updated: 7:22 a.m. Friday, Feb. 1, 2013

I-Team Investigation: Lottery Targets Retailers Who Steal Winning Tickets

Dayton -For some people working at Ohio Lottery outlets, the lure of easy money is too much to resist. In the last two years, 24 workers at gas stations and carryouts statewide have been caught stealing winning tickets from unsuspecting lottery players. The stolen prize money ranged from $5 to ...

  • 10:40 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013

Christmas Past in the Miami Valley

  • 2:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 24, 2012
Car crashes through Beavercreek home just after 8p.m. on Sunday evening causing extensive structural damage, fire personnel and tow truck operators host a 2008 Ford Focus from the family room at 1789 N. Central Ave. where the operator lost control veering off the roadway crashing through the front of the home then coming to rest in the family room destroying a Christmas tree and gifts, and at which point the occupants fled the scene on foot. One male resident was home at the time of the crash and fire crews extricated him out of the structure. The family of three were not allowed to go back into the structure and would stay with family members. Beavercreek police stated that the operator and passenger were located about one block away and charges are pending to the investigation Contributed Photo by Charles Caperton

Car damages Beavercreek home

  • 9:40 a.m. Monday, Dec. 24, 2012

Area fighters boxing to benefit vets

  • 11:07 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Traveling Wall leaves the Wright State University Nutter Center under escort by the Patriot Guard Riders motorcycle club while passing under crossed aerial ladders from Wright Patterson AFB and the City of Fairborn fire departments, the memorial wall will be on display at the Greene County Fairgrounds.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Traveling Wall leaves WSU

  • 8:12 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012
Phi Kappa Tau fraternity house at Miami University.

Frat in 'fireworks battle' sues Miami U. for $10M

One of the fraternities involved in the fireworks battle at Miami University has slapped the school with a $10 million lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court by the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity, states Miami acted with “reckless disregard” and with “malice, hatred and ill will” toward the 37 ...

  • 7:59 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012

4 of 10 Ohio HS grads not ready for college

The latest state data show four in 10 Ohio shigh school graduates need at least one remedial English, math or scienve course when they get to college. Gov. John Kasich wants to shrink that number, so state higher education officials are working to set new statewide college readiness standards. The ...

  • 3:54 p.m. Sunday, March 25, 2012
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