- Another clips compilation, another set of editors quoting Chad – and opining in agreement with him – about the need to hold the line on graduation standards. Although the editors at the Morning Journal have a couple of caveats they’d like to share. (Northern Ohio Morning Journal, 4/24/17)
- Anyone recall the protracted review and approval process for Ohio’s federal Charter School Program grant? Me too! Good times, right? At long last, the application process for year one distribution of those funds is beginning. However, for good or ill, the “rigorous school sponsor evaluation system has limited the number of eligible grantees in our community school pipeline.” So says the Ohio Department of Education. Fordham is namechecked as one of that limited number of sponsors in this story on the CSP grant. (Columbus Dispatch, 4/21/17) Chad is quoted (and Fordham namechecked) in the PD version of the story. It goes a little deeper, using the hook of ODE “returning” some of the grant money to the feds specifically because of the lack of qualified recipients to elicit a wide range of complimentary responses. Fascinating. (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 4/21/17) Editors in Youngstown take an even harder line on the topic of the CSP grant, opining against charter schools writ large, regardless of quality. (Youngstown Vindicator, 4/24/17)
- Krish Mohip’s mother believes that Youngstown teachers need a raise – right now. The district CEO opined in agreement with her in the Vindy yesterday. (Youngstown Vindicator, 4/23/17)
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