Thanks to the leadership of Governor DeWine, Lieutenant Governor Husted, and the Ohio General Assembly, high-performing public charter schools have in recent years received additional dollars through the Quality Community School Support Fund. These funds were designed to help narrow longstanding charter funding gaps that have made it difficult for quality charters to recruit and retain talented teachers and have stymied their ability to expand and serve more students.
Now in its sixth year, we at Fordham sought to examine whether the program has made a difference. Have the funding enhancements worked as intended—helping to strengthen charter schools’ instructional staff and improving student learning? Or has the program fallen short?
Join us at the Columbus Athletic Club to hear research findings from Stéphane Lavertu, Senior Research Fellow for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and professor at The Ohio State University. In conjunction with the release of a forthcoming report, Dr. Lavertu will present his analysis about the impacts of the Quality Community School Support Fund. A panel discussion—panelists to be announced soon--and audience Q&A will follow the presentation.
Presenter
Dr. Stéphane Lavertu
Senior Research Fellow, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Moderator
Chad L. Aldis
Vice President for Ohio Policy, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Panelists
Anthony Gatto
Executive Director, Arts and College Preparatory Academy (ACPA)
Ciji Pittman
Superintendent, KIPP:Columbus
Charles Bull
Deputy Superintendent, Dayton Early College Academy (DECA)
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