Through a series of shifting majorities, the Court upheld the textbook loan, standardized testing and scoring, diagnostic services, and therapeutic services provisions of the Ohio statute and struck down the instructional materials and field trip sections of the law. (Author)

Describes the current status of the school choice (voucher) system in Cleveland, which, in 2001, is before the U.S. Supreme Court. The author, special projects director of the Diocese of Cleveland, defends the system as a way to offer quality education to underprivileged families. Provides a brief assessment of the system. (NB)

Appellants, citizens, and taxpayers of Ohio brought this action challenging the constitutionality of certain provisions of the Ohio Revised Code authorizing various forms of aid to nonpublic schools, most of which are sectarian. The Ohio scheme authorizes funding for use of nonpublic school children within the district where the nonpublic school…

In recognition of the critical relationship of inadequate reading skill in the syndrome of alienation and disenchantment concerning the school experience, the Cleveland schools have implemented the Diagnostic Reading Clinic program as an integral part of their Title I, 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, services. A total of 1,903 pupils…

This eleventh annual report provides a summary of Ohio's Title I activities for fiscal year 1976. Information presented includes basic statistics, participation trends, effectiveness of instruction, expenditure and staffing patterns, and parent involvement. Results of Title I operations during fiscal 1976 include the following: Of Ohio's 617…

This document analyzes specific provisions of the Ohio bill that attempts to revise the state's system of school finance. The bill attempts to resolve differences in valuation, tax rate, and wealth while providing basic educational services as well as services to nonpublic schools and to handicapped and special students. On the negative side, the…