OOPS joins education reform
Finally a chance for drug-addicted celebrities to help the little people
Amber Winkler's The State of State Playground Standards 2011
And one standards report to rule them all
The truth about Ohio's NAEP scores: achievement gaps should inform our definition of "success"
Terry RyanOhioans, for the most part, understand that strong teachers and good schools are a critical investment in our children's and our state's future. Consider that in 2010, the state invested more than $18.3 billion in K-12 public education ??? roughly $2,078 for every adult living in the Buckeye State.
A conservative's dilemma: school choice versus fiscal responsibility
Terry RyanMississippi Governor Haley Barbour, a prospective 2012 GOP presidential candidate, challenged Republicans to take a critical look at the defense budget earlier this month when he told a reporter in Iowa, “Anybody who says you can’t save money at the Pentagon has never been to the Pentagon.
A modest proposal for pension reform
Robert M. Costrell, Michael PodgurskyThe state budget deficit and collective bargaining reform are consuming much of the energy at the Statehouse, but legislators are also considering much-needed fixes to the state’s public pension systems.
New policy shop, Innovation Ohio, producing faulty, partisan research
Emmy L. Partin, Nick JochA new policy and research organization has opened shop in the Buckeye State. Innovation Ohio (IO) bills itself as a “nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting public policy that moves Ohio ahead without leaving some of its people behind.” The organization is led by former deputy chief of staff to Governor Strickland, Janetta King.
Ohio legislature paves the way for Teach For America
Jamie Davies O'LearyLast week marked history for the Buckeye State and its low-income children, as well as for the dozens if not hundreds of reform advocates who’ve been fighting to ensure that Teach For America finally grows roots in Ohio.
The MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: Preparing Students for College and Careers
Bianca Speranza, Daniela FairchildEarlier this month, MetLife released the findings of Part I of their annual education survey, which focuses on what it means to be “college and career ready.” The survey polled middle and high school teachers, students, parents, and Fortune 1000 executives to determine how they feel about the college and career-readiness goal and what students need to do to reach it. Major takeaways
A Smarter Teacher Layoff System: How Quality-Based Layoffs Can Help Schools Keep Great Teachers
Chris IrvineMoving from quality-blind to quality-based layoffs is integral to today’s education-reform agenda. Yet figuring out how best to pull this off in a productive, teacher-friendly manner has been a whopping challenge.
Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best
Janie ScullThe authors don’t beat around the bush: Bad charters may exist, but so do excellent ones—and the latter should be supported and scaled to serve exponentially more students. If the top 10 percent of charter schools expanded at a rate similar to other growing industries, we learn from this PPI study, they could reach all children in poverty by 2025.
LIFO, teacher bonuses, and good edu-reading
Nick JochWith all the collective bargaining hullabaloo of late, it’s hard to imagine a more opportune time for the release of Terry Moe’s new book, Special Interest: Teacher Unions and America’s Public Schools.
The incredible shrinking cities
Terry RyanThe 2010 census numbers came out this month and ???shrinkage??? is the defining term for Ohio's cities. Cleveland shrunk by 17 percent over the last decade and fell to 396,815 residents, a 100-year low. Cincinnati lost 10 percent of its population and is down to 297,000 residents, also a 100-year low. Toledo contracted by nine percent and now has a population of 287,208.
Special Interest: Teachers Unions and America's Public Schools
Chester E. Finn, Jr.Terry Moe?s magnum opus
Monitoring Progress: Response to Intervention's Promise and Pitfalls
Janie ScullRTI may be good, but how good is still in question
Projections of Education Statistics to 2019 (Thirty-Eighth Edition)
Gerilyn SlickerPeering into the education-statistics looking glass