COLUMBUS, Ohio — Over the last decade, the number of students attending public school in Ohio has been shrinking.
That’s according to data from the Ohio Education Research Center. The number of students has fallen by more than 100,000 people in just over 10 years. But there’s a program that’s trying to change that narrative and also give students the chance to learn trade skills.
For more than a decade, the Ohio Construction Academy has been a way for high schoolers to become career certified in the trades and enter the workforce while still earning their high school diploma…