Gadfly Bites 2/22/19 – What is the early bird to do if the worm doesn’t show up?
Jeff MurrayEditors in Columbus opined yesterday on at least part of the findings in the latest CREDO study of charter school performance in Ohio.
Gadfly Bites 2/20/19 – Some things considered
Jeff MurrayIn case you missed it, researchers
Gadfly Bites 2/18/19 – You are Here
Jeff MurrayAt least one district treasurer in Butler County finds the biennial state budget process “complicated and scary”.
No, Ohio shouldn’t give up on its academic distress commissions
Aaron ChurchillAuthorized in 2005, Academic Distress Commissions (ADCs) are the state’s mechanism for int
Gadfly Bites 2/15/19 – Perhaps deconstruction is the sincerest form of flattery
Jeff MurrayIn case you haven’t been following it (and who can blame you with everything else going on here?), a battle royale has been raging in neighboring West Virg
Gadfly Bites 2/11/19 – The other shoe
Jeff MurrayThe Path Forward series returns to the pages of Dayton Daily News, chronicling the efforts of Dayton City Schools to avoid state takeover start serv
Gadfly Bites 2/8/19 – Thus bud’s for you…maybe
Jeff MurrayWe told you a while back about a Toledo native and “herbal entrepreneur” (shall we say) who says
Gadfly Bites 2/6/19 – Learning called off on account of snow
Jeff MurrayThis week’s Dayton City Schools board meeting was supposed to be about reading and reviewing a draft strategic plan for future awesomeness.
Gadfly Bites 2/4/19 – What does a “D” taste like exactly?
Jeff MurrayThe Speaker of the Ohio House held an (extremely) informal presser late last week, talking about his priorities for the new General Assembly session.
Gadfly Bites 2/1/19 – The “no time to be clever” edition
Jeff MurrayCompiler’s note: The hellacious weather around here has destroyed my productivity this week so today you lucky lucky subscribers (I love all five of you—truly) will get to see behind the scenes of what I laughingly call my “process”. Below is simply the list of clips I’ve got for you today, with a couple of words to denote why it’s interesting/important/worth clipping.
Gadfly Bites 1/30/19 – “We routinely talk about how we can impact our students and their learning experiences.” OK. But what, exactly, do you DO?
Jeff MurrayNina Rees, president and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, t
Gadfly Bites 1/28/19 – “It’s showed me I can do new, hard things.”
Jeff MurrayOur own Aaron Churchill had an op-ed in the Di
Gadfly Bites 1/25/19 – Say Hmmm… to Education?
Jeff MurrayWe start today with further praise for the Say Yes to Education program
Gadfly Bites 1/18/19 – A single question with implications for tax policy, household budget, and gastronomy
Jeff MurrayWhen I was in school, a B- grade was nothing to rest upon.
Gadfly Bites 1/16/19 – Help (no longer) wanted
Jeff MurrayWe start today with sad (ish) news.
Gadfly Bites 1/11/19 – The Lorain Variations
Jeff MurrayHere are two variations of how Lorain City Schools CEO’s first Town Hall meeting of 2019 went. They are somewhat different in tone and content.
Gadfly Bites 1/7/19 – Sounds familiar
Jeff MurrayWhile I like the sentiment of course, this brief
Gadfly Bites 1/4/19 – The cart before the horse
Jeff MurrayA belated happy new year to all my loyal Gadfly Bites subscribers! At last, we’re catching up to all of the exciting education news clips so far in 2019. As with our 2018 wrap up, these clips are mainly presented in chronological order rather than organized to tell a story.
Successfully supporting community college students in Ohio
Jeff MurrayIn 2015, Ohio imported a successful program used to help community college students in the City University of New York (CUNY) system persist in school and complete a degree in three years or less.
Reflections on the 5 most interesting education stories in a topsy-turvy 2018
Aaron ChurchillLike the roller-coasters at Cedar Point, the past year had its highs and lows.
Predicting the top education issues for 2019
Jessica PoinerSome have said that we’ve reached the end of education policy, but that seems to be far from the case in Ohio.
Gadfly Bites 12/31/18 – The tail end
Jeff MurrayWe’re back with a wrap up of education stories from the end of 2018 (published between 12/22 and 12/31)! These are listed in chronological order (mainly) rather than arranged to tell a story as per usual. Apologies for my appalling lack of effort. New Year, New Resolve. I Promise.
Gadfly Bites 12/21/18 – “So busy being academic”
Jeff MurrayOur own Chad Aldis is quoted in this piece expressing hope that a “long term
Gadfly Bites 12/19/18 – Following the data leads to more questions
Jeff MurrayFull access has ap
Gadfly Bites 12/17/18 – We’ll leave the lights on for you…but not until you pay up
Jeff MurrayWe start today with an oldie-but-goodie:
Fordham Ohio’s top five blog posts of 2018
Ohio Education GadflyWe here at Fordham are obsessed with data, in case you didn’t know. Never more so than at the end of the year when we look to see which of our many blog posts were most successful at catching the attention of you, our readers. We have crunched the numbers and consulted the experts, and here are your top five most-read blogs of 2018: