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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…

Ohio's Sunshine Law has very specific parameters that charter school boards must follow both in their meetings and in the documents related to their w…

Every year, National Charter Schools Week gives us the chance to raise awareness about our amazing schools. Join us for a rally at the Ohio Statehouse…

Ohio Council of Community Schools and the Toledo Walleye will launch the Walleye Street Hockey program beginning in January 2017. The street hockey pr…

Ohio families can now get the latest education news, search for schools in their neighborhoods and look at their schools’ report cards right from thei…

Are you worried your children won’t be exercising their brains over winter break? BrainFreeze packets help keep kids engaged with reading, writing, ma…

Mr. Gatto has been the principal of the Arts and College Preparatory Academy, located in Columbus, since 2010. ACPA serves over 300 9th-12th graders a…

Sponsors are the only educational group in Ohio not granted Safe Harbor from the consequences of the new AIR test. The rigor of the AIR tests was witn…

Sponsors are rated Exemplary, Effective, Ineffective, or Poor based on scores in three component areas: Quality Practices, Compliance, and Academics. …

Detailed summary of the 2016 Local Report Card Data for OCCS Brick-and-Mortar schools.

The Ohio Council of Community Schools is proud to recognize Arts and College Preparatory Academy and Columbus Preparatory Academy for being named Ohio…