Preparing the Workers of Today for the Jobs of Tomorrow

Executive Office of the President, Council of Economic AdvisersJuly 2009

The Qualifications and Classroom Performance of Teachers Moving to Charter Schools

Celeste K. Carruthers, Urban Institute & National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education ResearchJune 2009

Grad-rate debate and the Buckeye State

President Obama put the graduation-rate debate front and center in March, when he noted that the nation's high-school dropout rate had tripled since the 1970s (see here). The media and education community scrambled to react to the president's claim.

It's deja vu for Bob Taft

Ohio's budget problems and efforts to reformulate education policy reminded former Ohio Gov. Bob Taft of his days as the state's chief executive from 1999 to 2007. Like Gov. Ted Strickland, Taft had his own economic and education pains that included disagreements with members of the Ohio General Assembly.

National charter alliance unveils model charter school law

In June 2009, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) released A New Model Law For Supporting The Growth of High-Quality Public Charter Schools.

School Turnaround in Queen City

The banks of the Ohio river don't initially seem to be a hotbed of education reform.??

Video: An introduction to "The Great Graduation-Rate Debate"