The effects of teacher effectiveness on student achievement
Christopher YalumaBy Christopher Yaluma
Hard lessons from Ohio’s innovation fund
Aaron ChurchillNOTES: John Mullaney is the Executive Director of the Nord Family Foundation. Both authors were part of the Straight A Fund advisory board in FY 14-15.This piece originally appeared in a slightly different form in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Ohio’s charter sector continues to contract, and here’s why that’s worrisome
Jamie Davies O'LearyThe big squeeze continues. Ohio’s charter sector shrinks again as reforms enacted in 2012 and 2015 are fully implemented. The Buckeye State will see a record-low number of new charter schools open this fall, a slow-down that persists for the third year in a row.
Illiteracy in Ohio: Where does the buck stop?
Madison YoderLast month, several urban Ohio school districts began sounding alarms over Ohio’s third-grade reading guarantee—a policy put in place several years ago that requires students who don’t reach reading proficiency by the end of grade three to be held back—fearful that a much larger number of their third graders won’t meet the requirements for promotion.
No, Common Core did not increase student suicides. And claiming it did is reprehensible.
Erika SanziBy Erika Sanzi
How stakes affect the accuracy and efficacy of teacher ratings
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.By Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
The NAACP's duplicitous engagement of black families on charter schools is a betrayal
Derrell BradfordBy Derrell Bradford
The Challenges of High School Choice—and How to Overcome Them
What are the pitfalls to the typical comprehensive high school that high schools of choice can better remedy?
The first 17 ESSA accountability plans correct many NCLB-era errors
Brandon L. Wright, Michael J. PetrilliBy Brandon L. Wright and Michael J. Petrilli
Louisiana threads the needle: Curriculum reform in a local-control state
Robert PondiscioBy Robert Pondiscio
More than just numbers: Policy implications of the latest CREDO charter study
Jamie Davies O'LearyLast month, the Center for Research on Educational Options (CREDO) at Stanford University released a new analysis of the performance of charter management networks, entities that may be engaged to oversee the day-to-day operations of a charter school.
How states can avoid proficiency rates when measuring academic achievement under ESSA
Brandon L. WrightBy Brandon L. Wright
Education philanthropy and the unfinished business of policy reform
Michael J. PetrilliBy Michael J. Petrilli
Kasich’s misstep on the evaluation of charter sponsors
Aaron ChurchillAt the end of June, Governor John Kasich vetoed a provision in the state budget bill that would have changed school grading calculations for purposes of evaluating the performance of Ohio’s charter