OGT News: Locals worry about cost of implementing tougher standards
An article in today's Fremont News-Messenger says local school officials in north central Ohio are worrying about the cost of implementing Governor Taft's Ohio Core curriculum with its toughened academic standards and new graduation testing procedures.
The governor is currently pushing his Ohio Core agenda in the General Assembly, hoping to enact it before the end of the session and the end of his administration. Ohio Core calls for four years of high school math and English and three years of lab-based science in order to graduate and get into a four-year state university. Students would also take electives in fine arts and foreign languages. In the junior year, high schoolers would be required to pass a new graduation test designed to measure their readiness for college and work. The law would go into effect with the class of 2012 or this year's seventh grade students.
School officials in Fremont and Green Springs were quoted as saying they have a number of concerns about the legislation - specifically related to cost of implementation. Several said their districts would need to hire more teachers and hold more classes to meet Ohio Core standards. Another said districts would need to undergo lengthy, expensive studies on how to put the new measures to work.
The governor is currently pushing his Ohio Core agenda in the General Assembly, hoping to enact it before the end of the session and the end of his administration. Ohio Core calls for four years of high school math and English and three years of lab-based science in order to graduate and get into a four-year state university. Students would also take electives in fine arts and foreign languages. In the junior year, high schoolers would be required to pass a new graduation test designed to measure their readiness for college and work. The law would go into effect with the class of 2012 or this year's seventh grade students.
School officials in Fremont and Green Springs were quoted as saying they have a number of concerns about the legislation - specifically related to cost of implementation. Several said their districts would need to hire more teachers and hold more classes to meet Ohio Core standards. Another said districts would need to undergo lengthy, expensive studies on how to put the new measures to work.
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