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Ohio Won't Approve Weak Credentials That Students Use as ‘Shortcut' to Graduate

By: Patrick O Donnell

A mismatch between what employers want and schools teach leads Ohio to stop backing training that doesn't lead to jobs.

The Alton Telegraph

Ohio Won't Approve Weak Credentials That Students Use as ‘Shortcut' to Graduate By PATRICK O'DONNELL/The 74 , The 74 Aug 28, 2026

By: Patrick O Donnell

Hoping to make sure high school students don't waste time earning career credentials that won't help them find jobs, Ohio is slashing the credentials

Lawton Publishing Company

Ohio Won't Approve Weak Credentials That Students Use as ‘Shortcut' to Graduate Ohio is cutting the number of career credentials that count towards high school graduation By PATRICK O'DONNELL/The 74 - The 74 Aug 28, 2026 16 mins ago

By: Patrick O Donnell

Hoping to make sure high school students don't waste time earning career credentials that won't help them find jobs, Ohio is slashing the credentials

Batesville Daily Guard Inc

Ohio Won't Approve Weak Credentials That Students Use as ‘Shortcut' to Graduate Ohio is cutting the number of career credentials that count towards high school graduation By PATRICK O'DONNELL/The 74 - The 74 Aug 28, 2026 28 mins ago

By: Patrick O Donnell

Hoping to make sure high school students don't waste time earning career credentials that won't help them find jobs, Ohio is slashing the credentials

The Record-Argus

Ohio Won't Approve Weak Credentials That Students Use as ‘Shortcut' to Graduate

By: Patrick O Donnell

Ohio is cutting the number of career credentials that count towards high school graduation By PATRICK O'DONNELL/The 74 - The 74 Updated

The 74 Media

Gaining Status: Soft Skills Count for Credit at Maine, Kansas Colleges

By: Patrick O Donnell

Credentials from a Maine nonprofit in skills like leadership, entrepreneurship and financial literacy now have a tangible value from colleges.

Ohio won't approve weak credentials that students use as ‘shortcut' to graduate

By: Patrick O Donnell

Patrick O'Donnell, The 74 This story was originally published by The 74.

The 74 Media

Job Corps Training Centers Stay Open As Student Suit Thwarts Trump Closure Bid

By: Patrick O Donnell

Conservatives call the program that trains and houses low-income youth wasteful, while students say it offers hope instead of homelessness.

CDC Gaming Reports

Bet 365 to axe hundreds of jobs after Labour's tax raid on gambling

By: Patrick O Donnell

A major betting company is planning to axe hundreds of jobs following Labour's recent tax raids on the gambling industry.

Sun Herald

The schools turning to AI to rate students beyond standard grades

By: Patrick O Donnell

Artificial intelligence will soon help teachers rate students' academic and "soft" skills at schools using nontraditional report cards that skip