Columbus Dispatch Education Team

@DispatchAlerts reporters bringing you education news from across central Ohio. 📚🍎 K-12 @megankhenry, @leem386 🎓✏️ Higher education @sheridan120

[Columbus Dispatch Education Team @CbusLearningPod]

A Dublin elementary school designed paper and cloth hearts and wrote notes that will be given to hospice patients through Seeds of Caring's Show heART for Hospice Patients with OhioHealth.

https://t.co/5UHeAZVqeT

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📢 NEW PODCAST ALERT 🎙️

@leem386, @megankhenry and @sheridan120 talk about @ColsCitySchools Facilities Master Plan on the latest episode of the Learning Pod.

https://t.co/mPevrpYLWf

[Megan Henry @megankhenry]

119 students and 67 staff in Dublin City Schools tested positive for COVID-19.

Another observation from this week's data — lots more staff than usual testing positive for COVID-19.

(Via @DispatchAlerts) https://t.co/fESNNJ2nf7

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.@Capital_U is giving new students $20,000 in guaranteed financial aid scholarships when they are accepted to the university next fall.

“Motivated students shouldn’t be hindered from their goals by financial difficulties."

@sheridan120 with the story:
https://t.co/ODQuKJqt6J

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Before watching the Ohio State game tomorrow, read @sheridan120's story about drum major Austin Bowman.

https://t.co/GwfivrYlJk

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This year's campus crime data also included statistics related to reports of sexual misconduct by Richard Strauss, the late Ohio State physician accused of sexually abusing hundreds of former athletes and other students.

Story by @sheridan120

https://t.co/hVuiNv3a6l

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Columbus City Schools nurses are in charge of contact tracing in the state's largest school district when a student tests positive for COVID-19.

"There’s no help from administration."

Story by @megankhenry

https://t.co/Rx6GQQYPH9

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.@sheridan120 and @megankhenry talk about how school nurses are overwhelmed on the latest episode of the Learning Pod 🎙️

https://t.co/Z6auTGIyzq

[Megan Henry @megankhenry]

The Columbus Education Association is calling for the vaccination or bi-weekly testing requirements for all Columbus City School district staff.

(Via @DispatchAlerts) https://t.co/prVfU1LsGM

[Sheridan Hendrix @sheridan120]

Former @TBDBITL drum majors have called Austin Bowman one of the best drum majors the program has ever seen.

An accomplished twirlers. A natural showman. A dedicated teacher. And, to top it off, a college student.

Words by me, photos by @joshuabickel ⤵️
https://t.co/Vj2XvrQ6tU

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ICYMI: Ohio State is investing an additional $2 million a year in funding over the next decade to enhance safety and security measures on and off-campus.

The funding, effective immediately, will total at least $20 million.

Story by @sheridan120

https://t.co/YwSxoR0qTb

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How many COVID-19 cases have been reported in your Columbus-area school district?

https://t.co/dx9r0SKY6z

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Vax-to-School: Ohioans age 12 to 25 will be eligible to win a $100,000 college scholarship for getting a COVID-19 shot.

https://t.co/Ngr2AO8Cp4

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HB 322 would prohibit teachers from "requiring or awarding course credit for lobbying or other work surrounding social or public policy advocacy."

Story by @AnnaStaver

https://t.co/qDabmuQavZ

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Total enrollment at Ohio State's Columbus campus hit a record-high enrollment of 61,677 students, up half a percent from 2020.

Story by @sheridan120

https://t.co/KEu2NAhoeV

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Centerburg Local School District in Knox County and Coshocton City Schools in Coshocton County both rescinded their mask mandates this month.

Story by @megankhenry

https://t.co/GqAiNiiLPK

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A federal court judge has dismissed all outstanding lawsuits against Ohio State University over its handling of sexual abuse allegations against former university doctor Richard Strauss.

@sheridan120 reports —

https://t.co/dWip2Bq12A

[Sheridan Hendrix @sheridan120]

#Breaking: A federal judge has dismissed all outstanding cases against Ohio State over its handling of sexual abuse allegations against former doctor Richard Strauss.

Appeals are already in the works by 126 plaintiffs in two of the cases.

My story ⤵️
https://t.co/FA0xQWoHZw

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On the latest episode of the Learning Pod, @sheridan120 and @megankhenry discuss Ohio universities that are requiring the COVID-19 vaccine 🎙️

Listen below ⤵️

https://t.co/uqYiwxBf1t

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There were reports of possible minor injuries and pepper spray may have been used to break up the fights.

https://t.co/S2CIYAUZml