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Gadfly Bites 11/13/19 – I promise this edition is worth your time

Jeff Murray
11.13.2019
Gadfly Bites
  1. Only two clips today—both on the same subject. Both are fantastic. Both of them beg a question. Here is an inside look at how the highly-touted I Promise Village in Akron came about. Clear-eyed, detailed, interesting, and important. (Akron Beacon-Journal, 11/9/19)
  2. It is spelled out in the above piece that such a direct connection between safe and secure housing for families and education for their young children is unusual. But it’s not unique. The ABJ digs into similar examples from a school district in Maine and a charter school in California, both of which sound pretty good. And yes, you guessed it, the charter is a boarding school model. So now for the question: Why are folks in Mahoning County (and Hamilton County and elsewhere) so dead set against such a thing? (Akron Beacon Journal, 11/9/19)

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Policy Priority:
School Funding
Topics:
Governance
Tags: Akron California Mahoning County Maine

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.

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