Speed dating, the state school board, and a perfect score

Aaron Churchill Jeff Murray

12.4.2013

Educator "speed-dating" is being tested as a means to fill numerous teaching vacancies in Cleveland. And it actually kind of works!
Ohio's Got (Math) Talent: Lancaster High School student Jaydeep Singh is one of only eleven students in the entire world to get a perfect score on his AP calculus exam.
Ohio’s state school board and its members have been scrutinized in the Akron Beacon Journal’s series of investigative reports.
The Columbus Dispatch’s editorial board opines on charter school quality and comes out (again) in support of the Common Core.

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Aaron Churchill is the Ohio research director for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where he has worked since 2012. In this role, Aaron oversees research and commentary aimed at strengthening education policy in Ohio. He writes regularly on Fordham’s blog, the Ohio Gadfly Daily on topics such as…

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Jeff Murray is a lifelong resident of central Ohio. He previously worked at School Choice Ohio and the Greater Columbus Arts Council. He has two degrees from the Ohio State University and lives in the Clintonville neighborhood with his wife.

He is proud every day to support the Fordham mission to help make excellent education options more…

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