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Foreword: Pathway to Success – Citizens Leadership Academy
Citizens Leadership Academy (CLA) is preparing Cleveland middle schoolers for success in high school, college, and life—and not just academically. CLA, whose population is 79 percent economically disadvantaged and made up almost entirely of students of color, is second among all public schools in the city on student growth.
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Actually, Betsy DeVos is perfectly qualified to be Education Secretary
The major charge against Betsy DeVos—and certainly the one that the writers at “Saturday Night Live” recently ran with—was that she doesn’t know enough about “school” to be Secretary of Education. She hasn’t been a teacher, a principal, or a superintendent.
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The Madam Secretary edition
On this week's podcast, Mike Petrilli, Alyssa Schwenk, and Brandon Wright discuss how Education Secretary Betsy DeVos can shore up support going forward. During the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines the effectiveness of “instructional scaffolding” for struggling readers.
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Firing ineffective teachers is an endless odyssey in America's biggest city
By David Griffith and Victoria McDougald
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Fordham Ohio Panel Discussion: Facilities Challenges Facing Ohio Charter Schools
Ohio charter schools have long reported struggling in their efforts to secure school facilities.
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Fordham Institute media response to newly released Ohio charter facilities survey
A report released today outlines the facilities challenges facing Ohio’s public charter schools.
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The Media vs. Betsy DeVos
On this week's podcast, special guest Dakarai Aarons, Vice President of Strategic Communications for the Data Quality Campaign, joins Mike Petrilli and Alyssa Schwenk to discuss press coverage of Betsy DeVos. During the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines the role high schools play in graduates’ colleges and majors.
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Standards, Accountability & Testing
Some immodest advice to the Ohio graduation requirements work group
NOTE: The Thomas B. Fordham Institute occasionally publishes guest commentaries on its blogs. The views expressed by guest authors do not necessarily reflect those of Fordham.
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Turnarounds rarely work; close dysfunctional schools instead
“Winners never quit and quitters never win.” There's a lot of truth in that cliché, but it doesn't seem to apply to education. When it comes to chronically low-performing schools, in many cases, the better – and more courageous – course is to “quit” and close a school that is simply beyond repair.
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Ohio’s ESSA plan: Identifying low-performing schools
One of the hallmarks of school accountability is the identification of and intervention in persistently low-preforming schools.
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Charter Schools
Good charters are good choices: Farah’s story (Columbus Collegiate Academy)
Parents make choices about their child’s schooling based on a variety of factors: location, safety, convenience, academics, extracurriculars, support services, and more. Many families choose their school by moving to the neighborhood of their preference, thus exercising “choice” when making homeownership decisions.
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A federal scholarship tax credit: Trump's only fifty-state school-choice option
By Thomas W. Carroll
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Too many pension systems are inequitable to new and future teachers
By Dara Zeehandelaar, Ph.D. and Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
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Capping off National School Choice Week with some Fordham favorites
Tomorrow marks the end of National School Choice Week 2017.
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