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Welcome to the new Ohio Gadfly Daily!

Adrienne King Kathryn Mullen Upton Emmy L. Partin Terry Ryan Bianca Speranza Theda Sampson
1.4.2012

Good morning and welcome to a new year and a new look for the Fordham website, and a new approach to our blog. In the past Flypaper has served as the main and only blog for the Fordham team, allowing for a variety of voices to share their opinions on various topics in the ed-policy world. But we at Fordham believe that a group blog has its limits (i.e. as new posts get added every day, posts that are still timely and relevant get pushed to the bottom, making it difficult for the reader to keep up with the swarm of blog posts) so Fordham now has six separate blogs, each with their own authors, focusing on specific topics. Read Mike Petrilli’s explanation of the new blogs here for a better understanding of the new blog approach and what topic each new blog will focus on.

Most exciting out of this change for our small (but mighty!) team in Ohio is that we now have our own blog, Ohio Gadfly Daily. This blog, which will be co-authored by the entire Fordham-Ohio team (with occasional guests bloggers), will allow for keen insight into Ohio’s education policy scene, where we not only advocate for educational excellence for all students, but attempt to put those policies into action with  the sponsorship of eight charter schools.

Be sure to stay tuned to Ohio Gadfly Daily for what is sure to be an exciting and busy year, and as always our Ohio Education Gadfly will continue to provide thoughtful and original analysis and commentary on all things relevant to K-12 education in the Buckeye State.

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Adrienne is a Policy and Research Intern with Fordham's Columbus office. She is a 2011 graduate from the University of Dayton, receiving a B.A. in English and a B.S.E in Education. At Fordham, she hopes to learn more about the process of Education Reform, and plans to pursue her interests in grant writing and public policy.

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Kathryn Mullen Upton

Emmy served as Director of Ohio Policy and Research for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

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Terry Ryan was Vice-President for Ohio Programs and Policy at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, and a Research Fellow at the Hoover Research Institution.

He is the author, with Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Michael Lafferty of Ohio’s Education Reform Challenges: Lessons from the Frontlines (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).

Bianca was a policy and research associate in the Dayton office. Prior to this role, she worked as a research assistant and a research intern for Fordham. She came to Fordham as a recent graduate from Ohio State’s John Glenn School of Public Affairs, where she earned a Master’s in public administration. Prior to working at Fordham Bianca worked as a research assistant analyzing Ohio’s Step up To Quality Initiative.…

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Theda Sampson is the Deputy Director of Ohio Sponsorship for the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, in Community School Sponsorship. Following a career in restaurant management, development, and ownership, she became actively involved in the formation of a local 501(c)(3) teen center with a music venue. She has a B.A. in Political Science and Business Management, along with a certification in non-profit management, from Wright…

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