Education
I’ve covered K-12 and higher education in Northeast Ohio.
As the beat reporter for the Akron area, I focused on the University of Akron, Kent State University, and Akron Public Schools, including LeBron James’ “I Promise” School and youth outreach in his hometown.
My reporting has delved into virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, funding and budget cuts, negotiations with faculty unions, athletics, extracurriculars, and improving access to education for disadvantaged students.
Summit County prosecutor on controversial book used at Hudson High School: Fictional writing prompts are ‘not child pornography’ (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | September 17, 2021)
LeBron James to release second children’s book, ‘We Are Family,’ in August (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | April 27, 2021)
University of Akron to begin vaccinating students Thursday (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | April 7, 2021)
University of Akron to offer free tuition for all Pell-eligible students starting this fall (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | April 1, 2021)
Finalists for Akron schools superintendent include administrators from Cleveland, Cleveland Heights-University Heights (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | March 26, 2021)
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s political website about banning transgender girls from girls sports used photos of Hudson High School girls without permission (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | March 25, 2021)
University of Akron will not raise tuition, will reduce on-campus housing rates by 30% (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | March 16, 2021)
University of Akron approves new six-year contract with faculty union (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | March 1, 2021)
University of Akron looks to sell, lease or repurpose 1 million square feet of space (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | February 12, 2021)
Summit County Public Health to vaccinate teachers at three districts, 13 private schools; Akron Children’s Hospital to handle Akron Public Schools (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | January 29, 2021)
Watch students at Akron’s I Promise School present LeBron James with championship ring (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | December 23, 2020)
Kent State finds no evidence that hackers breached system in SolarWinds attack (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | December 23, 2020)
Kent State University systems potentially hacked in widespread software breach (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | December 21, 2020)
Ohio Supreme Court overturns death penalty for man convicted of killing Kent State student (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | December 17, 2020)
Rep. Tim Ryan honors Akron students for winning congressional app-design contest (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | December 9, 2020)
Kent State to offer second round of voluntary buyouts for faculty due to pandemic (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | December 1, 2020)
Akron Public Schools receives $1.5 million grant for college and career readiness programs (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | December 1, 2020)
Many school administrators scrambling after stay-at-home advisories issued in Cuyahoga, Summit counties (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | November 19, 2020)
Mother drops lawsuit against Hudson schools over in-person learning during pandemic (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | November 2, 2020)
Akron schools to stay all-online, but with some in-person services for struggling students (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | October 27, 2020)
Kent State asking out-of-towners to not come to Kent to party for Halloween (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | October 22, 2020)
Mother sues Hudson school district over risks of returning to in-person learning during coronavirus pandemic (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | October 21, 2020)
Kent State quarantines 44 students for potential exposure to COVID-19 (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | September 28, 2020)
Kent State asks students to avoid parties, warns of possible enforcement by city if Portage County remains at ‘red’ coronavirus level (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | September 22, 2020)