- Not sure why the Dispatch decided to pick on one particular private school in Cincinnati to make its point here, but be that as it may, the paper is not wrong in its analysis. Information on private school quality is hard to come by in Ohio, even for publicly-funded EdChoice voucher students. As you may have guessed, this piece is riffing off of our EdChoice evaluation report released two weeks ago. Thanks for the love, guys. (Columbus Dispatch, 7/17/16)
- EdChoice is namechecked in this piece (along with charter schools and open enrollment) about Mansfield City Schools’ imminent release from state-mandated fiscal emergency status. The stats reported here are pretty interesting, especially the comparison between Mansfield and similar districts like Whitehall and Zanesville. It is noted that Mansfield has fewer kids open-enrolled to neighboring districts than those to which it is compared but has more charter and voucher students. Honestly, though, it seems like the inefficiencies of a smallish but spread-out district are what’s really come home to roost here. Kudos to the district for making the needed changes to tighten things up. Next up for Mansfield to tackle: that “at risk for academic distress” albatross. (Mansfield News Journal, 7/16/16)
