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Aaron Churchill

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Ohio Research Director

Aaron Churchill is the Ohio research director for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where he has worked since 2012. In this role, Aaron oversees research  and commentary aimed at strengthening education policy in Ohio. He writes regularly on Fordham’s blog, the Ohio Gadfly Daily on topics such as state assessment and school accountability, school funding, and educational choice including public charter schools, private school choice, interdistrict open enrollment, and homeschooling. His work has appeared in media outlets, such as the Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus Dispatch, Cleveland Plain-Dealer, Dayton Daily News, and Toledo Blade. He has also been a guest on NPR’s All Sides with Ann Fisher and The Sound of Ideas and participated in various panels discussing education issues in Ohio. Aaron earned degrees from the University of Maryland, Wheaton College (IL), and Carnegie Mellon University.

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Standards & Accountability

Social promotion returns to Ohio

Aaron Churchill 10.18.2023
OhioOhio Gadfly Daily
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Quality Choices

Basic facts undermine the arguments of private school choice critics

Aaron Churchill 10.6.2023
OhioOhio Gadfly Daily
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Standards & Accountability

Ohio’s urban district and charter school performance, 2022–23

Aaron Churchill 9.27.2023
OhioOhio Gadfly Daily
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Standards & Accountability

Chronic absenteeism is making academic recovery harder in Ohio

Aaron Churchill 9.25.2023
OhioOhio Gadfly Daily
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School Funding

Why Ohio’s school board elections should be on-cycle

Aaron Churchill 9.12.2023
OhioOhio Gadfly Daily
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High Expectations

Seven ways state leaders can rigorously implement the science of reading

Aaron Churchill 8.24.2023
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