Yesterday Terry outlined five ideas for strengthening Ohio's Race to the Top application for round two submission: invite critics into the conversation; remove the fat from the proposal; focus on real measures of teacher performance; remove the teacher unions' veto power ove
Based on today's round one Race to the Top (RttT) rejection, Ohio still has work to do to before submitting its round two application (due June 1) and demonstrating to the US Department of Education that the state is serious about education reform. Despite the disappointment many may feel, now is not the time for turning back.
Despite the overall dismal performance of schools serving Ohio's poor, urban youngsters, there are a handful of schools that buck these bleak trends and achieve significant results for their students. This report examines eight of these schools.
The superintendent of Ohio's Twin Valley Community Local School District has come under fire in his first year on the job from the local teachers union for, among other grievances, trying to mak
The National Council on Teacher Quality recently reviewed the 16 Race to the Top finalist states' ???great teachers and leaders??? application sections.
The 2009 NAEP reading scores were released this morning with little fanfare for Ohio. There has been virtually no growth in the Buckeyes State's NAEP reading results, with only 36 percent of fourth graders and 37 percent of eighth graders in Ohio proficient or above in reading.
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When asked how he would go about improving Pittsburgh, Frank Lloyd Wright offered a simple solution: ???Abandon it.???
“[This plan] will fundamentally change the federal role in education. We will move from being a compliance monitor to being an engine for innovation.” --Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, March 17, 2010, before the House Education and Labor Committee
Brookings' Brown Center on Education Policy just released a proposal for ???America's Teacher Corps,??? a federally funded program that would recognize highly effective teachers in Title I schools, award them a salary bonus ($10,000), and give them a ???portable credential???
Despite a debate among residents and school board members in Worthington, Ohio, over global warming, the district has put itself on the map for install
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.
When federal education Secretary Arne Duncan unveiled the finalists for his $4.35 billion Race to the Top sweepstakes last week, surprise was a common reaction – surprise both at how many (16 out of 41 applicants) and who made the cut.
The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) is seeking to close a troubled charter school sponsor (aka authorizer), the Cleveland-based Ashe Culture Center, Inc.
Forget accusations of terrorism, it seems wise to shy away from involvement with Bill Ayers if only because his ideas on public education reform are, well ??? pretty awful.
Spurred by a new report and the looming state financial crisis, the time may be right for school district consolidation for Ohio.??
