Gadfly Bites 10/26/26—Bright horizons

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1. Only one story of note today, but it’s a good one: A very nice look at the Horizon Science Academy charter school network here in Columbus. You’ll read a lot about adults working together—in the buildings, in families’ homes, and in the community—to overcome all types of barriers to student learning. Even though staffers interviewed express the usual bothersome platitudes about “looking beyond test scores,” because reporter Amani Bayo makes sure to include some of Horizon’s more impressive school report card grades, I think parents and the public at large can be clear that strong academic outcomes and postsecondary success remain top of mind at all their schools. Lovely. (Columbus Dispatch, 10/26/26)

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