Public preschool findings a mixed bag
Emmy L. PartinShould Ohioans worry that recent cuts to early childhood education might widen the preschool access gap between Ohio and other states? Yes, according to a new report by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at Rutgers University. But state leaders can remedy this problem by enacting smart changes to early learning programs in the next budget.
Fordham plans to merge its sponsorship effort
Kathryn Mullen Upton, Terry RyanAs most of you know, Fordham has been a charter school sponsor (aka, ???authorizer???) in Ohio since 2005. Along the way we've learned a lot about the importance of charter sponsors holding schools accountable for results, and about how the a sponsor's size and economy of scale (or lack thereof) factors into this.
Seeing all sides of the state's new science standards
Mike LaffertyThe State Board of Education is slated to adopt new academic content standards in science at its June meeting. Lynn Elfner, executive director of the Ohio Academy of Science, and Stan W.
Nationally, tide is turning toward smart teacher personnel policies
Emmy L. PartinThe D.C. Public Schools and the Washington Teachers Union just reached an agreement on a new teacher contract. Reformers are calling it the boldest of its kind.
What do lotteries and cartels have to do with education?
Word has it (here, too) Cleveland will be among the cities in which the new Common Core national standards will be piloted. The timeline is
You call that a ?sacrifice??
Michael J. PetrilliMy post yesterday, arguing that we have too many veteran teachers who cost too much and add too little value, stirred up quite a bit of controversy, both here on Flypaper and over at
UK update: Cameron new PM
Stafford PalmieriI opined last week on the fate of the British education system in light of Thursday's confusing election results.
Movie review: The Cartel
Stafford PalmieriHeard about the new movie The Cartel? It's the story of the mafia-esque education establishment in New Jersey and it's quite a whopper. It came out last summer when it played at a number of independent film festival screenings in the Garden State?and at which point Gadfly caught wind of it.