Buckeye State holding charter school sponsors accountable
The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) is seeking to close a troubled charter school sponsor (aka authorizer), blazing new territory for the nation’s charter school program.
The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) is seeking to close a troubled charter school sponsor (aka authorizer), blazing new territory for the nation’s charter school program.
Is America’s civil-rights leadership looking out for the essential interests of African-American children? Former education secretary Rod Paige says no.
None of the more than 500 people attending last week’s statewide STEM meeting in Columbus needed to be convinced of the importance of science-and-math education, although many might wonder exactly what it really means for their schools.
Caprice Young, CEO of Distance Learning, has been elected to the board of trustees of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and Foundation. Young has been CEO of the California Charter Schools Association and president of the Los Angeles Board of Education.
A Thomas B. Fordham Institute analysis indicates consolidating just a few administrative roles in Ohio school districts with fewer than 1,700 students might save as much as $40 million a year.
Diane Ravitch’s important new book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System, has already
Do you have a great example of charter schools and traditional district schools working together? Then the Ohio Alliance for Public Charter Schools wants to hear from you!
This week we’d like to start of Editor’s Extras by giving a warm welcome to our newest intern, Dan Woolf, who will be working on reviews, research and creating these wonderful Editor’s Extras. Dan is a graduate from Miami University, where he double-majored in philosophy and American studies. Welcome to TBFI!
I was just starting to write a post reiterating the problems with Arne Duncan's "civil rights" announcement yesterday when the phone rang.
Newsweek's Thomas and Wingert with a very good write-up of the Rhee-Weingarten saga Very good i3 analysis from Tom Vander Ark
I believe the Department's decision to set a low bar for RTT finalists sent precisely the wrong message. Instead of pushing states to continue making big changes to their policies and propose bigger, bolder plans in their applications, the Department's stance lowered states' sense of what is required to compete. From the Lincoln Star Journal:
We may live in a digital world, but that doesn't mean you can have your laptop in class.
On Monday, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that his department will expand its efforts in civil rights enforcement.?? Its civil rights division will monitor racial disparities in enrollment in college prep classes, school discipline, and teacher assignment.
???We're not trying to dummy-down the curriculum.?? The whole [educational] system is focused on trying to move kids in a path to get a four-year degree in college, but a number of kids don't want that.??? ??? Mississippi State Rep. Cecil Brown, D-Jackson