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State report cards offer good news and bad news in reading
Consistent, rigorous implementation of the science of reading should produce literacy achievement gains. State report cards for the 2025–26 school year, which were released last week, reveal both good news and bad news on this front for Ohio.
Jessica Poiner 9.21.2026
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Governor DeWine doubles down on cellphone bans in schools
Jessica Poiner 3.24.2025
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Gadfly Bites 3/24/25—Seeing the data and responding to the data are two different things
Jeff Murray 3.24.2025
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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 3.21.25
Jeff Murray 3.21.2025
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Gadfly Bites 3/21/25—Data and words…but mostly data
Jeff Murray 3.21.2025
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Ohio Charter News Weekly special edition – 3.20.25
Jeff Murray 3.20.2025
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Gadfly Bites 3/19/25—Show your work, people
Jeff Murray 3.19.2025
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Comparing the mental health impacts of schools' restrictive and permissive cellphone policies
Jeff Murray 3.18.2025
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Four ways Ohio lawmakers could strengthen Governor DeWine’s literacy and numeracy push
Jessica Poiner 3.17.2025
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Gadfly Bites 3/17/25—Multiple topics
Jeff Murray 3.17.2025
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The cost of “updating inputs,” plus other notes on the state budget
Aaron Churchill 3.13.2025
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Governor DeWine is right: Ohio must stop funding “empty desks”
Aaron Churchill 3.13.2025
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Here’s how to make Governor DeWine’s proposed career planning requirement work better for students
Jessica Poiner 3.10.2025
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