Congratuations to Andy Boy!
Congratulations to Andrew Boy, the co-director and founder of Columbus Collegiate Academy, one of the six charter schools Fordham authorizes.
Should federal dollars be used to try to turn around failing charters?
Terry RyanCharter schools are different from traditional district schools in that they are free of many regulations and operating constraints, but in return for their freedoms they are held accountable for their results. Those charter schools that fail to deliver results over time are closed, the theory holds.
Today's Ohio Education Gadfly: find out why Ohio might be a trailblazer in charter accountability
This week's edition kicks off with a great piece by Terry discussing the unprecedented move by the Ohio Department of Education to close a charter school sponsor (aka authorizer) for fiscal mismanagement.
Buckeye State holding charter school sponsors accountable
Terry RyanThe Ohio Department of Education (ODE) is seeking to close a troubled charter school sponsor (aka authorizer), the Cleveland-based Ashe Culture Center, Inc.
The latest Ohio Education Gadfly ?????' who knew decreasing class size was so expensive?
It's no surprise that Ohio's economy is in crisis, but you might be amazed at the price tag for some of Gov. Strickland's new education mandates. Terry points out the implications of decreasing class size in grades K-3 alone (to 15:1), which will cost $784 million per year by 2014.
Re: Cleveland teachers union: If you can't beat ???????em, join ???????em
Emmy L. Partin???????The overriding question is how will having a teachers union improve on our ability to educate all of our children and make sure they're ready to graduate from college? We respect that they represent the interests of teachers; we represent the interests of students.???????????
Romeo and Juliet have nothing on Ohio charter schools
Terry RyanSince the troubled birth of charter schools here in 1997, school districts have had a love/hate relationship with them. Some district officials have sought to embrace them as part of their larger reform efforts, while others have done everything in their power to kill them off. A few leaders have actually done both simultaneously.
Cincinnati: We'll sell you a school building, just don't use it for a school
Kathryn MullenCan a school district sell a school building and prohibit the buyer from opening a school in that building?
Curious omissions: charter schools left out of Ohio's Race to the Top application
Emmy L. PartinOhio has the sixth-highest charter school enrollment in the nation ???????? about 90,000 children attend a Buckeye State public charter school.????
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Dayton Education Association makes (weak) case for rejecting RttT
Terry RyanLast week I, and o
Lessons from the Garden State
Jamie Davies O'LearyHaving spent four years working in New Jersey, I was happy to hear the announcement this week that New Jersey Governor-elect Christie selected a school choice advocate (Bret Schundler) to serve as state education co
Setbacks in Cincinnati
Emmy L. PartinAfter the release last month of The New Teacher Project's Cincinnati-focused human capital reform report (see Jamie's take here), both district and union leadership
Buckeye Education in Review: 1999 to 2009
Check out this special edition of the Ohio Education Gadfly, a look back at the decade's most significant education events in Ohio.