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Not just any credential will do

Editorials

Ohio has done an excellent job supporting high school students looking to get a jump on future careers by offering and incentivizing industry credentials through career-technical education. But a recent analysis suggests some credentials may be worth more to students than others. The Fordham Institute looked at career clusters in which credentials are offered. Wage returns seven years after high school were measured for each. While health, business, agriculture, engineering, law/public safety, construction, transportation and manufacturing all yielded positive results; the arts, human ...

Don't stand in way of energy expansion

Editorials

Politicians and bureaucrats are sometime fonder of putting up road blocks than clearing a path for growth. That appears to have been the case in recent years when it comes to expanding Ohio’s energy portfolio. But PJM Interconnection says Ohio and many of the other states it serves are now reviewing applications to build and connect new sources of power. Credit is given not only to reforms at PJM but also reforms in state-level permitting and regulatory processes. “As the numbers document, PJM’s interconnection process is not standing in the way of generation development, and ...

Program could help teachers support students

Editorials

Society has given teachers increasingly greater responsibility for our children over the past decade or two — in loco parentis truly means, teaching, feeding, clothing, keeping safe and healthy, and protecting — all with the expectation these teachers will also help students keep up with ever-changing educational standards, too. But teachers have kept adjusting. After all, they do their jobs because they care about students’ well-being on more than an academic level. A recent partnership between University Hospitals and the Willoughby-Eastlake school district may give them ...

College not only option after graduation

Editorials

Last week’s National Apprenticeship Week gave employers, apprentices, graduates, industry representatives, labor organizations, community organizations, educational institutions — even government agencies — a chance to highlight the importance of training programs that help develop a skilled workforce. The demand for such well-trained and skilled workers is only growing. Now, as the attention of many students and families in our region turns to high school graduation — and what comes next — it is important to use that knowledge to inform the decision-making process. Each ...

No ballroom

Letters to the Editor

Instead of a ballroom for an elderly baby, we need clean water and air for all the people in this country. We need gun laws to protect our future voting and working citizens as they attend private and public schools. Instead of a ballroom for a felon, we need healthcare and housing for our veterans. We need healthcare, for all in this country. Instead of a ballroom and bombs for Israel, we need food, clothing and shelter for all our people. Instead of funding for ICE, we need money to hire more people to assist refugees to become citizens of our country. When will the legislators ...

Lead line removal requires funding first

Editorials

“Everybody wants lead lines to be replaced, especially the mayors in our cities, but it’s a lot of money,” Sarah Biehl, policy director at Ohio Mayors Alliance, told the Ohio Capital Journal last week. Her comment came as state lawmakers take a look at House Bill 307, to “Enact the Lead Line Replacement Act.” Sponsored by state Reps. Dontavius Jarrels, D-Columbus, and Monica Robb Blasdel, R-New Waterford, the measure would mandate state replacement of all lead service lines. It’s an important project. According to the Capital Journal, there are 745,000 lead service lines in ...