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Gadfly Bites 10/17/16 - What's next for Ohio's charter sponsor and their schools?

Jeff Murray
10.17.2016
  1. The Dayton Daily News was talking about Ohio’s first-ever charter sponsor ratings late on Friday. Sponsors of Dayton-area charter schools did a bit better than the state average. Fordham’s own sponsor ranking (“effective”) is noted and our own Chad Aldis weighed in on the process and the outcome. (Dayton Daily News, 10/14/16) The Buckeye State is entering the “what’s next?” phase after these first-ever sponsor ratings. Chad is also quoted in this piece looking at the ratings process and the fallout from the results – specifically, what will happen too the schools whose sponsors were rated as “poor”? (Gongwer Ohio, 10/14/16)
     
  2. Fordham is namechecked in this editorial from the weekend, in which editors in Columbus opine in favor of a swift legislative fix to end the ongoing kerfuffle between Ohio’s largest online school and the state department of education. (Columbus Dispatch, 10/16/16)
     
  3. The reporter on the bus goes write write, write, write…. (Lancaster Eagle Gazette, 10/16/16)
Tags: Columbus Dayton Ohio

Jeff Murray is a lifelong resident of central Ohio. He previously worked at School Choice Ohio and the Greater Columbus Arts Council. He has two degrees from the Ohio State University and lives in the Clintonville neighborhood with his wife.

He is proud every day to support the Fordham mission to help make excellent education options more…

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