Gadfly Bites - 10/13/14
Jeff MurrayThe strike ends, grades will be weighted, the curve is ruined, and apparently no one likes taking tests.
Educational improvement requires quality data and research
Aaron ChurchillData gurus raise prickly issues around the issue of boosting teacher quality.
Gadfly Bites - 10/7/14
Jeff MurrayProgress in Cleveland (?), stealth negotiations (?), and the return of Common Core hearings (?).
First year teachers: 'Sink or swim' has to stop
Jessica PoinerWhy do first year teachers leave the profession, and what can be done about it?
Breakthroughs in Time, Talent, and Technology: Next Generation Learning Models in Public Charter Schools
Jeff MurrayBlended learning: electronic babysitting, latest fad or education breakthrough?
International Benchmarking: State and National Education Performance Standards
Aaron ChurchillThe "Massachusetts Miracle" was more than just higher standards implemented well.
Exploring the connection between funding and quality in charter schools
Jeff MurrayFunding and quality in charter schools, views from 50,000 fee down to an individual school.
Gadfly Bites - 10/6/14
Jeff MurrayLess than a month until it’s all over and the gubernatorial race in Ohio is trending rather lopsided. Problem is, certain issues that typically arise during a contested race just haven’t gotten a lot of play this time around.
Gadfly Bites - 10/3/14
Jeff MurrayBoard of ed candidate surveys, curbing micromanagement, and doing the work required to help boys become young men
Gadfly Bites - 10/2/14
Jeff MurrayTesting percentages, joining the past, and Cleveland already knows its charters thanks.
Examining the Relationship Between Teachers' Instructional Practices and Students' Mathematics Achievement
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.Significant boosts, but a flawed study. Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
Gadfly Bites - 10/1/14
Jeff MurrayThe wolves at the charter school doors, school breakfasts, Lima vs. Columbus, and more weird stuff.
Innovation Ohio and OEA fail to help anyone 'know' anything
Aaron Churchill , Chad L. AldisAttempt at "transparency" looks more like data spin.
Gadfly Bites - 9/30/14
Jeff MurrayThe college-go?ing mindset, Ohio makes a top 10 list, and the 2014 Teacher of the Year.
Gadfly Bites - 9/29/14
Jeff MurrayOhio v Kentucky on teacher disciplinary actions, more picketing, and where have all the high schoolers gone.
Gadfly Bites - 9/26/14
Jeff MurrayGubernatorial candidates on education, students bucking the odds in the CLE, and it oughta be a law.
Gadfly Bites - 9/25/14
Jeff MurrayBus driver shortage in Cincy, "spillover" in Reynoldsburg, and Common Core on the lake shore.
Gadfly Bites - 9/24/14
Jeff MurrayReport cards, public math problems, the future of Common Core hearings, and more.
Gadfly Bites - 9/23/14
Jeff MurrayThe "new era of accountability in Ohio, private school merger update, and where IS that state board of ed anyway?
A portrait of Ohio at the cusp of a new era
Aaron ChurchillThe Buckeye State is at the cusp of an era of new emphasis in K-12 education - the college-and-career-ready era. We look at Ohio's report cards in this new light.
Ninth grade: the new ‘make or break’ year
Jessica PoinerMore students fail ninth than any other in high school, and a disproportionate number of students who are held back in ninth grade subsequently drop out.
The parent trigger hits Columbus: go time or time to go away
Chad L. AldisColumbus City Schools faces the reality of Ohio's "parent trigger" law for the first time.
Getting classroom observations right
Jessica PoinerA new Education Next study has implications for Ohio's OTES teacher evaluation protocols.
Calling Ohio’s urban education providers into the future
Jeff MurrayAndy Smarick came to Columbus to talk about options for urban education in the future...starting now.
Ohio’s school report cards in the press
Jeff MurrayMuch analysis of Ohio's school report cards has already taken place in the mainstream media.
Poised for Progress: Analysis of Ohio's School Report Cards 2013-14
Aaron ChurchillOn September 12th, Ohio released school report-card ratings for the 2013-14 school year. This report compiles and analyzes the statewide data, with special attention given to the quality of public schools in the Ohio Big Eight urban areas: Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, and Youngstown (both district and charter school sectors).
Gadfly Bites - 9/22/14
Jeff MurrayMore opining on state report cards, handicapping a state Supreme Court case, and how much testing?
Gadfly Bites - 9/19/14
Jeff MurrayThe Truth in Numbers review of State Auditor candidate John Patrick Carney has been published in the PD. Fordham is name-checked in discussion of charter school quality in Ohio, and a link is made to last year’s Parsing Performance report by our own Aaron Churchill.
Gadfly Bites - 9/18/14
Jeff MurrayAlmost nothing but news, opinion, and analysis about report cards.