Vaccination for school personnel
Yesterday, Governor DeWine announced that Covid vaccinations would begin February 1 for school teachers and staff across the state, as long as school leaders sign a document stating their intent to have students in buildings—either a hybrid or fully in-person model—for learning by March 1.
Grant dollars for charters
Apologies for the subscriber-only content in this link, but the news is so great that we had to share! We learned earlier this week that Philanthropy Ohio and the Ohio Department of Education awarded $2.6 million in grants to help schools and districts improve their remote learning efforts while the pandemic still requires it. And perhaps longer. While the Gongwer story doesn’t note it, but the detailed list of awardees includes a number of charter schools and networks across the state. Kudos to all!
Lessons learned
An in-depth piece published just after the first of the year looked at lessons learned in education at schools in the Dayton area during the fall pandemic-influenced semester. Teachers and school leaders, including the head of Dayton Leadership Academies, are heard loud and clear. It is hoped that these lessons will help improve remote and hybrid learning models going forward for as long as they are needed in 2021.
Myth busting
Washington Post columnist Jay Mathews produced a fantastic piece looking to establish unequivocally that charter schools cannot—and do not—cherry pick their students. It’s an important canard to dispel. Here’s hoping he has succeeded at last.
