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OCCS celebrated 5th Annual Online Learning Day at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus Ohio. The yearly event is hosted by the Ohio eSchool Families and Fr…

The 2019-2020 season of Toledo Walleye Hockey marks the third year of partnership with the Ohio Council of Community Schools. The hockey program gives…

OCCS has continued a partnership with the Valentine Theatre to provide OCCS-sponsored schools with exciting, professional performances in Downtown Tol…

The 2018-2019 Ohio State Report Card was released on September 12th. Here are some of the OCCS sponsored school highlights…

The Ohio Council of Community Schools offers multiple scholarships to support students who have attended an OCCS-affiliated charter school and wish to…

Using data from the Ohio Department of Education 2016 District Profile Report, the Ohio Coalition for Quality Education provides an answer concerning …

The 2016-2017 Ohio State Report Card was released on September 14. Here are some of the OCCS sponsored school highlights…

After consultation with the University of Toledo (UT) and the Ohio Department of Education, the Ohio Council of Community Schools (OCCS) informed UT t…

New research from The 74 Million finds that public charter school students are graduating from college at three to five times the national average for…

Ohio Connections Academy is a free, fully-online public charter school that students in grades K-12 attend from home. OCA was recently ranked the nati…

Former Ohio Connections Academy student, Alex LeViness, reaches out to OCA to express her gratitude for online learning in a personal letter. At one p…

Cristo Rey, a private Catholic high school that started four years ago in Downtown Columbus teaches exclusively low-income students. This is its first…