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The show charters the money edition
On this week's podcast, special guest Nina Rees, president and chief executive officer of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, joins Mike Petrilli and Brandon Wright to discuss what the incoming Trump administration and Congress can do to help charter schools. On the Research Minute, David Griffith examines a survey of charter and traditional public school principals in Michigan that uncovers surprising day-to-day similarities between the two groups.
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Ohio’s new charter operator report cards have room to improve
Ohio’s charter school reform discussions have mostly focused on sponsors—the entities responsible for providing charter school oversight. Overlooked are the important changes in Ohio’s charter reform law (House Bill 2) around operators.
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Every student matters: Ohio should keep a focus on dropout recovery school accountability
One in seven adults’ ages 18-24 in Ohio lacks a high school diploma and faces bleak prospects of prospering in our economy. Dropouts earn $10,000 less each year than the average high school graduate according to the U.S.
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Undue process: Why bad teachers rarely get fired
By Dara Zeehandelaar, Ph.D., and Michael J. Petrilli
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Accountability & Testing, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders
Undue Process: Why Bad Teachers in Twenty-Five Diverse Districts Rarely Get Fired
Countless studies have demonstrated that teacher quality is the most important school-based determinant of student learning, and that removing ineffective teachers from the classroom could greatly benefit students.
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The PISA-TIMSS edition
On this week’s podcast, Checker Finn, Robert Pondiscio, and Alyssa Schwenk discuss America’s performance on two recent international assessments, TIMSS and PISA. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines a U.S. Department of Education guide on how to teach writing.
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The reform royalty edition
On this week's podcast, special guest Lisa Graham Keegan, executive director of A for Arizona, joins Mike Petrilli and Alyssa Schwenk to discuss the pros and cons of a big federal push on school choice. On the Research Minute, David Griffith teams up with Matthew Ladner, Senior Advisor of Policy and Research for the Foundation for Excellence in Education, to examine the effects of teacher turnover on instructional quality.
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Foreword – 2016 Fordham Sponsorship Annual Report
It would be an understatement to say that the 2015–16 school year was one of transition. Indeed, over the past twelve months, we lived through the implementation of the third state assessment in three years, the rollout of Ohio’s revised sponsor evaluation, and the introduction of a new state superintendent at the Ohio Department of Education (ODE).
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