Gadfly Bites 11/25/24—Looking for options, are you, kids?

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Will Ohio’s revamped post-secondary readiness measure have sufficient rigor?

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 11.22.24

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Gadfly Bites 11/22/24—Told you so

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Testimony on Ohio House Bill 407—11/20/24

Note: On November 20, 2024, the Ohio House Primary and Secondary Education Committee heard testimony on

Gadfly Bites 11/20/24—Absentia

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What should Ohio policymakers do to boost math proficiency?

Through its science of reading initiative, Ohio is devoting significant resources to strengthening literacy across the state. Boosting reading proficiency is essential, and this ambitious effort holds great promise to do just that.

How low-performing school identification changed from the NCLB to ESSA era

In 2001, Congress enacted No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the much-discussed statute that, among other things, required states to identify their lowest-performing schools and help them improve. In 2015, in an effort to address perceived problems with NCLB, lawmakers revised the law into its current form, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Ohio must measure the value of industry-recognized credentials

The number of industry-recognized credentials (IRCs) being earned by Ohio students is skyrocketing<

Gadfly Bites 11/18/24—Conversation or monologue?

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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 11.15.24

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Gadfly Bites 11/15/24—The “process”

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Gadfly Bites 11/13/24—Please mess with success

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Gadfly Bites 11/11/24—Icky

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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 11.8.24

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Gadfly Bites 11/8/24—Moving parts

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The impact of an influx of English Learners on existing students

The number of English learner (EL) students enrolled in public schools has grown substantially in the United States over the past two decades. How has this impacted non-EL students in those schools? New research aims to find out.

With third-grade retention in shambles, it’s another year of social promotion in Ohio

Without a strong third grade retention policy, it’s a sure bet that Ohio students who cannot read proficiently are being promoted to fourth grade. We look at the data which starkly illustrate the problematic return of “social promotion.”

Gadfly Bites 11/4/24—Money (not) well spent

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Keeping Ohio’s talented students in the Buckeye State should be a priority for policymakers

The Economist recently made the case that the United States economy is the envy of the world.

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 11.1.24

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Gadfly Bites 11/1/24—No follow-ups

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Gadfly Bites 10/30/24—Competition abounds

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Ohio receives a federal grant to support its early literacy efforts

Last year, Ohio policymakers established a statewide science of reading initiative. And this year, that initiative is well underway.

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 10.25.24

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Gadfly Bites 10/25/24—And they would have got away with it too…

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Teacher salary reforms could boost efforts to retain more early-career educators

About a month ago, I published an analysis of the starting salaries of teachers working in school districts across the Cleveland and Columbus metro areas. Strong entry-level pay is crucial as schools work to attract talented folks into the profession.

Gadfly Bites 10/23/24—Complicated calculus? Downright twisted, if you ask me

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A closer look at Ohio’s industry-recognized credential data

Since taking office in 2019, Governor DeWine has prioritized expanding and improving