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Gadfly Bites 12/14/16 - Non-decision re: "graduation apocalypse"

Jeff Murray
12.14.2016
  1. Fordham’s first-ever analysis of Ohio’s EdChoice program – released earlier this year – was cited in a “School Vouchers 101” piece on NPR. NPR!! (National Public Radio, 12/7/16)
     
  2. I’m sure we talked about this last week, but here it is again. Our own Chad Aldis is quoted in this piece which discusses the impending end of the Ohio Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Anybody besides me think Bush’s writing sounds positively giddy here? (Columbus Dispatch, 12/14/16)
     
  3. As we noted earlier, the Ohio State Board of Education this week discussed changing the state’s new graduation requirements before they were fully implemented, amid widely-publicized fears of a “graduation apocalypse”. I don’t know about that last part, but no changes were made to said requirements this week. Instead, a workgroup will be impaneled to further discuss the issue and to make recommendations somewhere down the road. Chad testified before the board yesterday on the topic. Coverage of the non-decision which notes and/or quotes Chad’s testimony can be found in Gongwer (Gongwer Ohio, 12/13/16) and on Ideastream public radio. (Ideastream Public Media, Cleveland, 12/13/16) Anyone interested can read the full text of Chad’s remarks here.
     
  4. Further coverage of the state board’s discussion of graduation requirements and their decision to impanel a workgroup can be found in the Plain Dealer (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 12/13/16) and in the Dispatch. (Columbus Dispatch, 12/14/16)
     
  5. Finally today, whatever honeymoon period Youngstown CEO Krish Mohip had “enjoyed” with regard to his relationship with the elected board there meeting, it now appears to be over. (Youngstown Vindicator, 12/14/16)
Tags: Cleveland EdChoice Krish Mohip National Public Radio Ohio Ohio Alliance for Public Charter Schools Youngstown
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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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