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- Fordham’s Chad Aldis is among the voices quoted in this piece saying good things about Governor DeWine’s budget proposal, unveiled late on Monday. Among his positive points are continuing the state’s “bold literacy reforms”, continued support for charter schools, and additional emphasis on career and technical education. (Gongwer Ohio, 2/3/25)
- No outside commentators were required for these two pieces on the education proposals in DeWine’s budget. Cleveland.com has got a pretty good summary of all the big issues, I think. (Cleveland.com, 2/3/25) Gongwer hits some of the lesser lights briefly, but focuses most of its attention on the final phase-in of the Fair School Funding Formula (probably going to happen) and the start of the phase-out of funding guarantees for districts losing students (sorta going to happen). (Gongwer Ohio, 2/3/25)
- As all my dedicated Gadfly Bites subscribers will recall (hi there, you nutty nine!), News 5 in Cleveland has been waging a one-reporter pre-emptive crusade over the last few weeks in favor of (fervor for?) full funding of the last phase of the new formula, going so far as to manufacture the “threat” of a “cut” to funding and then to engineer a “victory” over that “threat”, for which that reporter continues to claim full credit. All caught up? Great! Given all of that, it stands to reason that Mike DeWine must now be crowned a SuperEducationHero by News 5 for proposing to do the final phase-in of the plan…even though he was probably going to propose it without the crusade. Even so, our intrepid reporter isn’t shy about explaining her vital part in this incredible victory. Again. (News 5, Cleveland, 2/4/25) The budget silliness is only beginning, and I’m already tired. Here is another case in point, where public school districts and their supporters are vigorously decrying a DeWine-proposed cut around funding guarantees, even though it’s just a 5 percent reduction of paying for “empty desks” (a characterization which they also dispute—vigorously). Oy vey. (Cleveland.com, 2/4/25)
- The City of Columbus and Columbus State Community College are looking to shake out millions from the corporate couch cushions of our city to continue funding the Columbus Promise scholarship program. It has provided (among other things) free tuition for CSCC for some years now to graduates of Columbus City Schools. I’m good with all this…except for one specific aspect. Can you guess what it is? (Columbus Dispatch, 2/3/25)
- If you’re still puzzling over the preceding guessing game I set for you, first: Shame on you. I am notorious for only playing one or two notes around here. Second, there’s a clue to the riddle in this clip: A Toledo charter school is launching a lecture series that is open to everyone, regardless of what kind of school they may attend or choose or prefer. See? Simple. (Toledo Blade, 2/3/25)
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