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Ohio Charter Schools' Turnaround, 2007-2025 Report_WEB OCT FINAL cover
10.13.2026

Ohio Charter Schools’ Turnaround, 2007–2025: The Role of Funding and Accountability in their Performance Trajectory

Stéphane Lavertu

Our latest report shows that Ohio charter schools are delivering a quality education for their students. Analysis indicates that the average student attending a brick-and-mortar charter school outperforms her district peer on state math and reading exams.

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11.13.2026

Why Ohio’s charter funding gap is growing

Aaron Churchill
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11.11.2026

How Ohio is helping students learn with technology while keeping them safe online

Stephen D. Dackin
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11.10.2026

How to fix Ohio’s latest industry credential mess before it gets out of hand

Jessica Poiner
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11.2.2026

To balance out screen time, Ohio should ensure high schoolers get real-world experience like part-time jobs or volunteering

Jessica Poiner
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10.28.2026

Educator and student perspectives on career-connected learning and what they mean for Ohio

Jessica Poiner
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10.27.2026

Public school activists’ lawfare will head to the Ohio Supreme Court

Aaron Churchill
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10.19.2026

Ohio strengthens its reports on teacher preparation programs

Jessica Poiner
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10.13.2026

NCTQ lays bare Ohio’s backward approach to paying teachers

Aaron Churchill
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10.12.2026

Three ways Ohio can tackle its persistent chronic absenteeism problem

Jessica Poiner
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10.9.2026

Industry credentials committee undermines the state’s new and improved framework

Aaron Churchill
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10.6.2026

State report cards set the baseline for math improvement in Ohio

Jessica Poiner
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10.2.2026

Ohio charter schools’ performance in 2025–26

Aaron Churchill
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9.29.2026

How Ohio’s brand-new advanced math policy will work

Aaron Churchill
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8.18.2026

The Next Chapter: Ohio’s implementation of the science of reading—and where to next

Aaron Churchill
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11.13.2026

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 11.13.26

Jeff Murray
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11.13.2026

Gadfly Bites 11/13/26—Tough sell

Jeff Murray
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11.12.2026

An opportunity to renew Texas’s legacy of education leadership

Alicia Anderson
11.12.2026

Seeing my former students in Texas’s next governor

Dale Chu
11.12.2026

Want to build better pathways after high school? Look to the states.

Cindy Marten, Stephen D. Dackin
11.5.2026

The AP quandary and how to resolve it

Chester E. Finn, Jr., Michael J. Petrilli
11.5.2008

Election reflection

Michael J. Petrilli, Chester E. Finn, Jr.
11.5.2026

The civic importance of loyal opposition

Walter Parker
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