Eileen McClory
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Education reporter for the Dayton Daily News
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Kettering City Schools is forging ahead with its school facilities master plan that will leverage nearly $160 million in state co-funding for construction.
Kettering school board votes to place 2.2-mill bond levy on May ballot
Kettering City Schools is forging ahead with its school facilities master plan that will leverage nearly $160 million in state co-funding for construction.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Kettering City Schools is forging ahead with its school facilities master plan that will leverage nearly $160 million in state co-funding for construction.
Kettering City Schools offered me the opportunity to drive a school bus as a part of their promotion to recruit 16 more drivers for this school year.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Each month, Dayton Daily News reporter Eileen McClory highlights local ideas that improve outcomes for students and teachers in the Dayton area.
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September 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Kettering City Schools offered me the opportunity to drive a school bus as a part of their promotion to recruit 16 more drivers for this school year.
This is an abuse of power from this administration. Journalists should never be forced to give anyone a first look at the information they are reporting, especially not the government.
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Pentagon steps up media restrictions, now requiring approval before reporting even unclassified info
The Pentagon is stepping up restrictions on the media by requiring journalists to sign a pledge not to report on information that has not been authorized for release, including unclassified informatio...
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September 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This is an abuse of power from this administration. Journalists should never be forced to give anyone a first look at the information they are reporting, especially not the government.
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September 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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While private schools in low-performing districts like Dayton, Springfield and Middletown tend to outperform the local school district, Ohio taxpayers are subsidizing private schools in the suburbs that don’t perform as well as the nearby public schools.
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Do private schools offer Ohio students a better education? Not necessarily
While private schools in low-performing districts like Dayton, Springfield and Middletown tend to outperform the local school district, Ohio taxpayers are subsidizing private schools in the suburbs th...
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August 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
While private schools in low-performing districts like Dayton, Springfield and Middletown tend to outperform the local school district, Ohio taxpayers are subsidizing private schools in the suburbs that don’t perform as well as the nearby public schools.
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Michigan workers know: it’s ALWAYS #BetterInAUnion!
July 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Michigan workers know: it’s ALWAYS #BetterInAUnion!
The lawsuit’s outcome could dramatically change where families send their kids to school and how they pay for K-12 education.
What’s the future for Ohio’s EdChoice voucher program for private schools?
Ohio’s EdChoice program was ruled unconstitutional at the end of June, but the decision won’t affect students and families this upcoming school year.
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July 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The lawsuit’s outcome could dramatically change where families send their kids to school and how they pay for K-12 education.
Wright State, Miami's DEI-related offices will close due to Ohio state law going into effect
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Two local universities announce offices related to DEI will close
Wright State University and Miami University have eliminated multiple departments and offices related to diversity and inclusion, citing Senate Bill 1, which bars diversity and inclusion efforts in Oh...
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July 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Wright State, Miami's DEI-related offices will close due to Ohio state law going into effect
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Breaking news: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ending his agency's recommendation that healthy pregnant women and healthy children receive the coronavirus vaccine.
RFK Jr. ends covid shot recommendation for healthy children, pregnant women
Currently the vaccine is recommended for all people over 6 months of age.
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May 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Breaking news: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ending his agency's recommendation that healthy pregnant women and healthy children receive the coronavirus vaccine.
In January my fiancé got Covid. Guess who ever got Covid bc she had a booster!!!!! (It was me.) www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say
The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness
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May 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
In January my fiancé got Covid. Guess who ever got Covid bc she had a booster!!!!! (It was me.) www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
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Oakwood students start petition asking for school board to revoke new policy that "severely restricts" cellphone use.
Oakwood students protest new policy that ‘severely restricts’ cellphones
Oakwood students start petition asking for school board to revoke new policy that "severely restricts" cellphone use.
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April 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Oakwood students start petition asking for school board to revoke new policy that "severely restricts" cellphone use.
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Breaking News: Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some online advertising technology, a federal judge ruled.
Google Is a Monopolist in Online Advertising Tech, Judge Says
The ruling was the second time in a year that a federal court had found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its dominance.
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April 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Breaking News: Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some online advertising technology, a federal judge ruled.
Ohio budget could force area schools to cut reserves by more than $500M www.daytondailynews.com/local/state-...
State budget could force area schools to cut reserves by more than $500M
Area school districts would have to spend or refund to local taxpayers more than half a billion dollars under a measure in Ohio’s proposed state budget limiting school district cash reserves to 30%.
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April 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Ohio budget could force area schools to cut reserves by more than $500M www.daytondailynews.com/local/state-...
Dayton school, city leaders debate answers about busing students downtown www.daytondailynews.com/local/dayton...
Dayton school, city leaders debate answers about busing students downtown
On Tuesday, some Dayton school board members accused Dayton’s mayor and other elected leaders of using student safety issues around the downtown bus hub for political gain.
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April 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Dayton school, city leaders debate answers about busing students downtown www.daytondailynews.com/local/dayton...
Dayton school leaders won’t sign Trump federal pledge against using DEI programs www.daytondailynews.com/local/dayton...
Dayton school leaders won’t sign Trump federal pledge against using DEI programs
Trump administration told all schools to certify or risk losing federal funds; state of Ohio gave all local schools deadline of this Friday to respond
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April 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Dayton school leaders won’t sign Trump federal pledge against using DEI programs www.daytondailynews.com/local/dayton...
Measles vaccination rate at over 150 area schools too low to prevent spread
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Measles vaccination rate at over 150 area schools too low to prevent spread
Not enough children are meeting routine immunization requirements, doctors and public health experts say, which increases the risk of an outbreak should they get exposed to a highly contagious illness...
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April 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Measles vaccination rate at over 150 area schools too low to prevent spread
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...I think people hear a similar story, like: “If you were a proper person, if you were fully integrated into the social order, you wouldn’t have gotten this disease and you wouldn’t be here.” And so it’s hard to take medicine. -John Green www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...
For John Green, It’s Tuberculosis All the Way Down
The best-selling author chatted with The Times’s global health reporter about the past, present and troubling future of the world’s deadliest infectious disease.
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March 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
...I think people hear a similar story, like: “If you were a proper person, if you were fully integrated into the social order, you wouldn’t have gotten this disease and you wouldn’t be here.” And so it’s hard to take medicine. -John Green www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...
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A board discussion about making junior high and middle school experiences in Dayton Public Schools better revealed the way some board members feel the middle school experience in DPS is not meeting their expectations.
Dayton discusses middle school changes, new school proposals that haven’t progressed
A board discussion about making junior high and middle school experiences in Dayton Public Schools better revealed the way some board members feel the middle school experience in DPS is not meeting their expectations.
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March 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A board discussion about making junior high and middle school experiences in Dayton Public Schools better revealed the way some board members feel the middle school experience in DPS is not meeting their expectations.
Dayton Public signs agreements with several charter schools to allow students to play sports www.daytondailynews.com/local/dayton...
Dayton Public signs agreements with several charter schools to allow students to play sports
Dayton Public Schools and several local charter schools have signed agreements that require charter schools to tell DPS when their students who are competing in DPS athletic events are ineligible.
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March 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Dayton Public signs agreements with several charter schools to allow students to play sports www.daytondailynews.com/local/dayton...
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture suspended a program that partners local food banks with local farmers used by farmers and food banks across southwest Ohio.
USDA program cut impacts local food banks, local farmers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture suspended a program that partners local food banks with local farmers used by farmers and food banks across southwest Ohio.
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March 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The U.S. Department of Agriculture suspended a program that partners local food banks with local farmers used by farmers and food banks across southwest Ohio.
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Two organizations that represent public school interests are calling for a committee to reevaluate how school busing in Ohio is funded in the governor’s proposed budget.
Public schools ask for evaluation of busing during Ohio budget process
Two organizations that represent public school interests are calling for a committee to reevaluate how school busing in Ohio is funded in the governor’s proposed budget.
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March 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Two organizations that represent public school interests are calling for a committee to reevaluate how school busing in Ohio is funded in the governor’s proposed budget.
to anyone who has ever complained to me "why are schools teaching x when they should be teaching financial literacy"
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Ohio is seeking public comment on financial literacy standards education.ohio.gov/Media/Ed-Con...
Comment period for Ohio’s Learning Standards for Financial Literacy final draft | Ohio Department of Education and Workforce
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March 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
to anyone who has ever complained to me "why are schools teaching x when they should be teaching financial literacy"
Ohio is seeking public comment on financial literacy standards education.ohio.gov/Media/Ed-Con...
Ohio is seeking public comment on financial literacy standards education.ohio.gov/Media/Ed-Con...
Facing a rapidly aging workforce, some of Ohio’s programs are recruiting an underrepresented population in agriculture - Black people www.daytondailynews.com/local/ohio-n...
Ohio needs more farmers: More Black people are interested
Ohio needs more farmers to replace the current stewards of the state’s top industry, agriculture, which is facing a rapidly aging workforce.
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February 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Facing a rapidly aging workforce, some of Ohio’s programs are recruiting an underrepresented population in agriculture - Black people www.daytondailynews.com/local/ohio-n...
Ohio’s scores on national exam show little improvement over 2022 www.daytondailynews.com/local/ohios-...
Ohio’s scores on national exam show little improvement over 2022
New results from a long-running national exam show dismal progress among Ohio’s students.
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February 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Ohio’s scores on national exam show little improvement over 2022 www.daytondailynews.com/local/ohios-...