NOTE: Gadfly Bites is going on vacation from Wednesday, August 6 through Tuesday, August 12.
- Guest commentary from Cleveland leads the clips from the weekend. To wit: two opposing viewpoints on charter schools. On the pro side is the new president of the Ohio Alliance for Public Charter Schools. A blogger and former advocate for public education justice for the United Church of Christ takes the con side of the argument. (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
- Sticking with the public common schools for a moment, here’s an update on the “confusion” surrounding the hiring of Norwalk schools’ interim superintendent, as we first told you last week. Sounds a bit less like “the wrong person was hired” and more like a swing vote gone wrong. Or, perhaps, counting one’s chickens before they’re hatched. (Norwalk Reflector)
- The editorial page editor of the Beacon Journal opines strongly in favor of the Common Core. (Akron Beacon Journal)
- District superintendents in the New Philadelphia area have their own opinions on the new legislative assault on Common Core in Ohio, as this report illustrates. A representative quote: “…I’d hate to think that a few legislators can completely erase everything we’ve worked for these past few years, with no solid plan of what or how the standards would be replaced.” (New Philadelphia Times Reporter)
- Some school lunch cooks from districts in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky were at boot camp last week – learning some new tricks for making better lunches for their students – thanks to the Cook for America Program. (Cincinnati Enquirer)
