http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Reporters Margo Kissell, Meagan Pant and Jill Kelley write about schools, kids, teaching and learning. E-mail Margo Kissell or call her at (937) 225-2094 E-mail Meagan Pant or call her at (937) 225-2342 E-mail Jill Kelley or call her at (937) 225-7325 Quick news updates by e-mail Start your workday informed by signing up for our e-mail local news headlines and breaking news alerts. More info. en-us mengle@coxohio.com 2012-05-24T08:33:40-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2012/05/24/wright_state_co.html Wright State University will consider raising tuition $284 for undergraduate students next year - bringing annual tuition to $8,354. That works out to the maximum increase allowed by the state of 3.5 percent. There’s a large crowd at a meeting... 17408992@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Colleges and Universities 2012-05-24T08:33:40-05:00 mengle@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2012/05/23/sinclair_earns.html Sinclair Community College has a program that trains students to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data. Now that program - called information assurance - has earned national recognition as a National Center of Academic Excellence by the National... 17408966@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Colleges and Universities 2012-05-23T15:35:47-05:00 mengle@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2012/05/23/new_scholarship.html A total $2.1 million has been approved for 80 students who will commit to serve three years in Ohio as a primary care doctor or nurse through the Choose Ohio First Scholarship program. The scholarship program to date has benefited... 17408958@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Colleges and Universities 2012-05-23T14:03:44-05:00 mengle@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2012/05/22/526k_will_fix_l.html Wright State University will receive $526,000 to address leaks at White Hall, home to the Boonshoft School of Medicine. An exterior wall for the building, constructed in 1981 and remodeled in 2008, will be replaced because the structure within the... 17408917@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Colleges and Universities 2012-05-22T16:37:41-05:00 mengle@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2012/05/21/the_cost_of_col.html 75 percent of people say college is too expensive for most Americans to afford, according to the Pew Research Center. This week, as more of our local colleges and universities consider their tuition for next school year, (some have already... 17408862@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Colleges and Universities 2012-05-21T15:14:50-05:00 mengle@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2012/05/17/universty_of_da.html This just in from the University of Dayton… The University of Dayton’s Board of Trustees today approved a proposed $10 million renovation of Founders Hall. The initial phase of the renovation is expected to begin in May 2013, with the... 17408740@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Colleges and Universities 2012-05-17T16:28:03-05:00 mengle@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2012/05/17/central_state_c.html The Ohio Senate unanimously backed an effort to designate Central State University as the state’s second land grant institution, which would give the school access to more federal funding. The Ohio House of Representatives will now consider the issue -... 17408735@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Colleges and Universities 2012-05-17T14:48:48-05:00 mengle@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2012/05/11/ud_charter_scho.html 17408474@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Charter Schools and School Choice 2012-05-11T16:48:31-05:00 mengle@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2012/05/11/wright_state_sc.html Wright State University has a new scholarship program that will position engineering and computer science students for a full-time job after graduation. The College of Engineering and Computer Science will offer 30 Ohio students $6,000 annual scholarships and paid research... 17408464@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Colleges and Universities 2012-05-11T14:38:30-05:00 mengle@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2012/05/11/butler_senior_w.html Butler High School senior Bill Brockert was awarded the Future Architect Award for a Great Concept Project by the American Institute of Architects, Dayton Chapter, last week. Brockert earned the award for his design of a bakery for the AIA... 17408408@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Honors 2012-05-11T08:20:50-05:00 jikelley@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2012/05/11/stem_school_pea.html The Dayton International Peace Museum will host “Why We Need to Work for Peace: Student Perspectives on Conflict and Genocide”at 6:30 p.m. tonight, Friday, May 11. The museum is at 208 W. Monument Ave. in Dayton. The event is part... 17408418@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Arts 2012-05-11T05:57:00-05:00 jikelley@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2012/05/10/dps_names_teach.html Dayton Public Schools honored Hope Strickland, who teaches physics and chemistry at Stivers School for the Arts, as the district’s 2012 Teacher of the Year. Strickland has been with DPS for six years, and teaches at Sinclair Community College. She... 17408410@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Honors 2012-05-10T18:24:42-05:00 jikelley@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2012/05/10/oakwood_high_te.html The Oakwood High School Academic Decathlon team was named the Division III national champions at the United States Academic Decathlon National Competition in Albuquerque, N.M., on April 25-28. The Academic Decathlon is a 10-event scholastic competition for teams of nine... 17408409@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Honors 2012-05-10T14:22:41-05:00 jikelley@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2012/05/09/high_schoolers.html The Wright State University Chapter of the Association of Computing Machinery will host its second annual high school programming contest from 9:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. May 12 on the university campus. Contestants will be challenged to solve as many... 17408370@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Colleges and Universities 2012-05-09T17:21:14-05:00 mengle@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2012/05/09/esl_students_be.html From my colleague, Doug Page: Perhaps this is an example of why Dayton decided to welcome refugees and immigrants into the city. Fourteen Belmont High School seniors trooped Wednesday morning in front of the City Commission. All were students in... 17408357@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/ Dayton Public Schools 2012-05-09T13:51:12-05:00 jikelley@coxohio.com