As we have previously established, Dayton City Schools’ new interim superintendent is in full Bob the Builder mode, moving at warp speed to tackle literally anything he deems in need of fixing in his district, starting at
Some nice words for Ohio in this opinion piece written by the Senior Vice President of the Commonwealth Foundation in Pennsylvania.
Only one clip today, but I think it’s great that this one stands on its own…for a lot of reasons.
There are a lot of words in this piece (nearly 2,900 of them) talking in the most negative possible terms about state takeovers of chronically-underperforming districts and schools.
This is the article that every Columbus school parent has been waiting for: Asking the question
A recent headline in Education Week suggested that mayoral control is a “fading school reform.” The piece noted the impending transition to an elected school board in Chicago, as well as efforts in Boston to wrest co
Fox News and several other national entities covered the I Promise School story we talked about on Friday.
One more post-budget story? Sure thing!
I’m going to go out on a limb to suggest that Dr. David Lawrence has harbored the ambition to lead Dayton City Schools for quite a while now.
Traditional district schools have become providers of many services and benefits for students. The list is nearly endless, but includes food provision (both in school and on weekends/summer break), athletics, the arts, computer and tech education, medical care, summer camps, and counseling.
While initial responses to the state budget focused mainly on voucher expansion and third grade retention for last year’s kiddos, we’re several weeks into the new biennium now and the reality of changes to be realized on
Only two items to talk about today, but both of them are pretty interesting in their own way.
From the sublime… The Editorial Board of the Wall Street Journal has positi
This piece asks the big question “What comes next after the historic increa
On June 30, the Ohio House and Senate passed the state’s biennial budget bill for FYs 2024–25, and Governor DeWine signed the bill into law on July 3.
The end of our parental education journey is drawing near: Less than a year from now, both of our children will be looking at college graduation.
Some hot takes rolling in as folks accept—or not, as the case may be—the reality shifts ahead based on the recently-passed state budget.
Budget analysis remains a little thin, but we’ll go with what we have.
In case you missed it, Governor DeWine signed the new state budget into law on Monday.
Not much to talk about in this edition of the Bites except for the passage of
Today, the Ohio General Assembly passed House Bill 33, the state’s biennial budget bill for FYs 2024–25. The legislation contains numerous provisions that strengthen K–12 education, among which include:
“In general, I think most superintendents earn their compensation,” says F
Quite the mixed bag of stuff today, including two staple topics of Gadfly Bites. First up: Drama in Youngstown.
The process of creating a new state budget is quickly drawing to a close, with key lawmakers set to hammer out the final legislation in conference committee. Those negotiations are ongoing, with the budget for FYs 2024–25 likely to pass by Friday.
Both of these summer academics-and-fun combined camp programs sound great to me.
We’ll start today with some good news that is probably easy to miss.
Aaron Churchill is quoted extensively, and the report’s findings discussed at a decen
