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LEGO® Education training in computer science The ESC of Central Ohio, powered by LEGO® Education, is providing professional learning in computer science that is aligned with Ohio’s Learning Standards. This initiative supports...

The Department of Children and Youth preschool special education team invites educators, school personnel, early care and educational service providers to participate in an open office virtual meeting series for...

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, in partnership with multiple partners engaged in career-connected learning from across the state, will host virtual Career-Readiness Leaders Meetups again this school year....

On Friday, September 27, 2024 from 10-11 a.m., the Department will host The Read Ohio Policy Hour.  This new, monthly webinar will provide updates and answer questions about the Third...

In collaboration with the Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators (OAESA) and the Ohio Association of Secondary School Administrators (OASSA), the Department is hosting monthly Principal Chats. This will be...

The Ohio Lottery’s Partners in Education program celebrates both teachers and students who work hard in the classroom and their communities. During the academic school year, the Ohio Lottery accepts statewide nominations of outstanding teachers and students. Every month, the...

The Ohio Family Engagement Leadership Summit is a day of professional learning and networking with those dedicated to advancing effective family-school-community partnerships across Ohio and beyond. Our Summit brings research...

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, in collaboration with the Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence (OCALI), developed a series of training modules focused on implementing the Positive Behavioral...

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce is accepting nominations for the Recognizing Inspirational School Employees (RISE) Award. The award, created by Congress in 2019 and overseen by the U.S. Department...

OCALI is sponsoring an upcoming professional development opportunity that will be highly beneficial for Ohio school-based evaluation teams: Educational Identification of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Virtual Training Series....

An updated version of the Third Grade Reading Guarantee guidance manual is now available on the Department’s website. The revised manual includes the most recent updates for the 2024-2025 school year regarding the...

UPDATE - The Department posted a companion document to the List of Approved Assessments specifically for assessments approved for gifted identification and prescreening for the 2024-2025 school year. It provides Ohio...

The updated practice site with the spring 2024 released items now is available. Released item scoring guides from the spring 2024 Ohio’s State Tests also are available in the OST portal. Each of...

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce has added materials to the approved list of reading intervention programs. The Department’s list of approved reading intervention program materials includes all submitted...

Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Director Stephen D. Dackin announced today that the recipients of Ohio’s Afterschool Child Enrichment (ACE) savings account program now have additional time to use their approved...

Since Ohio Lt. Governor Jon Husted, director of InnovateOhio, introduced the AI K-12 Education Toolkit earlier this year, the website has been visited more than 30,000 times. The AI toolkit is a...

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce is partnering with the Department of Veterans Services to introduce the Military Recruit award, which supports public school districts, community schools, independent STEM...

Stakeholder Partnerships, Education and Communications (SPEC) wants to help parents of young children and college students understand the tax credits and benefits they may be eligible to receive. Parents with...

Join the Ohio Leadership Advisory Council (OLAC) team for a series of free professional learning sessions designed to provide educators with the structures and resources necessary to develop and support...

The third and final phase of the 2023-24 Special Ed Profiles was released May 16, 2024, These indicators include: Math and reading assessment participation and proficiency rates (Indicator 3) Discipline...