Gadfly Bites 5/16/22—Wiggle room indeed
Jeff MurrayToledo City Schools is looking at the possibility of re-implementing block scheduling for high schoolers in one of severa
Fordham Institute media statement on new state superintendent
Ohio Education GadflyToday, members of the State Board of Education voted to select Steve Dackin as the next state superintendent of public instruction with 14 out of 19 votes.
For whom the school bell tolls: Data on in-person learning in 2020-2021
Jeff MurraySchool reopening decisions following emergency pandemic closures have been sources of much parental angst, pundit caterwauling, and political controversy. Now that most of the dust has settled, new research gauges what was really happening in U.S. schools during this turbulent time.
Gadfly Bites 5/9/22—Now, about those charter, STEM, and private school grads…
Jeff MurrayWe’re back, y’all. Still drying out from a rainy vacation and covering clips from 5/4 – 5/9.
Gadfly Bites 4/29/22—Updates
Jeff MurrayAnyone want an update on how the haters’ anti-voucher lawsuit is going? Me neither. But here it is anyway.
Gadfly Bites 4/27/22—In the big leagues
Jeff MurrayArts and College Preparatory Academy (a.k.a. ACPA) here in Columbus was the highest rated charter high school in Ohio, according to U.S. News and World Report.
Gadfly Bites 4/25/22—Notice that no actual teaching is inferred or implied by anyone
Jeff Murray
The ADC off-ramp is already letting districts shortchange students
Jessica PoinerLast year, lawmakers caved to political pressure and created an easy off-ramp for the three districts currently under Academic Distress Commissi
Gadfly Bites 4/20/22—Parks and wreck
Jeff MurrayApologies for the inadvertent time warp in Monday’s clips. Should have been dated 4/18, of course. Proper 4/22 version coming up Friday!
Gadfly Bites 4/15/22—McD’s gets degrees
Jeff MurrayHere’s a fantastic story about Jeannette Boyle of East Canton who recently earned
Gadfly Bites 4/11/22—Consolidate! Consolidaaaate!!
Jeff MurrayWhy yes, that is a Doctor Who/Dalek reference in the title of today’s clips. How astute of you to notice!
Gadfly Bites 4/6/22—Scraping the bottom: Plasma and PBS
Jeff MurrayNot much to talk about at all today; and what there is, well… Just take a look.
Ohio’s bad habit of sidestepping accountability
Jessica PoinerWhen the General Assembly adopted the Third Grade Reading Guarantee back in 2012, it was in response to research showing that reading proficiently by the end of third grade is a “make-
Gadfly Bites 3/21/22—So hard
Jeff MurrayNot much to talk about today, but at least the clip we have features my colleague Aaron Churchill talking about a topic near and dear to all of