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Ohio Department of Education and Workforce outlines priorities: literacy, learning acceleration, workforce readiness and student wellness
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Director Steve Dakin told the Senate Education Committee the Department of Education and Workforce is focusing on four policy priorities and implementing the science of reading statewide, expanding tutoring and career-technical grants, and supporting school-based health centers while pursuing operational efficiencies ahead of the budget season.
Director Steve Dakin of the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce told the Senate Education Committee on an agency update that the department is centering its work on four priorities: “literacy, learning acceleration, workforce readiness, and student wellness.”
Dakin said the 2025–26 school year marks the first year Ohio will fully implement the science of reading and that the department is reviewing core curricula and evidence-based intervention programs, with updated approved-materials lists to be published this spring. “It is imperative that the science of reading is implemented with fidelity,” he said, and noted that “over 71,000 teachers and administrators have completed the department's training in the science of reading.”
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