Joanne Jacobs Diana Senechal (guest-blogging for Joanne Jacobs*) had an unusual blog post this morning, calling out two other blogs (GothamSchools and one by Ed Week's Sarah Sparks) for sloppy reporting ? or more specifically, sloppy titling.
Pulling back the special-ed data mask Why are some states identifying twice as many students as disabled as others?
The "federal intrusion" threat is real, but has little to do with a "national curriculum"
Self-promotion or research? It?s hard to tell
A smart guide to, for, and by portfolio districts
More than you ever thought you wanted to know about School Improvement Grants
The Ohio Senate will unveil its version of the state's biennial operating budget early next month.
The Ohio Senate will unveil its version of the state’s biennial operating budget early next month.
Last week, Indiana State Superintendent Tony Bennett and former Commissioner of Education for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (and the Fordham Institute’s Ohio committee chair) David Driscoll spoke to the Ohio Senate Finance Committee about education reforms in their respective states.
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools and the National Association of Charter School Authorizers have joined the chorus of charter school advocates and others who are calling for the Ohio Senate to fix the charter provisions of HB 153 as passed by the Ohio House.
“Our blog tough on OH e-schools; Innovation OH report=misleading hit job” – that’s how Bill Tucker, managing director of Education Sector, a nonpartisan education policy think tank based in Washington, D.C., contrasted his organization’s recent blog series about Ohio’s e-schools with an
After two years of development, Cincinnati Public Schools recently revealed its new teacher evaluation system, which ties teacher pay to student performance.
The debate surrounding for-profit corporations in education is often highly polarized (especially in Ohio): For-profits are cast as either heroes or villains, but seldom anywhere in between.
If one ever doubted the need to improve science and math education in this country, performance on international tests should be motivation enough. On the 2009 PISA mathematics exam, 17 countries scored higher than the US and 12 scored higher than the US in science.
Four months ago, Michael Horn and Heather Staker released a white paper, “The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning.” In it, they warned policymakers of the need to support blended learning—education that splits students’ time between the teacher-led classroom and the digital realm&mdas
Do charter schools skim the top students from traditional public schools?
This week, I made my first trip to visit our Ohio team since joining Fordham last year. I found a lot to make me very hopeful about the Buckeye State, as well as seeing things that made clear to me just how difficult the challenges are there.
One small step for Georgia, one giant step backwards for charter schools
When it comes to school-board elections, the date matters a lot
The NEA leadership changes its stance on teacher evaluations
This morning Indiana State Superintendent Tony Bennett and former Commissioner of Education for the state of Massachusetts (and Fordham board member) David Driscoll spoke to the Ohio Senate Finance Committee about education reforms in their respective states.
Ohio is in the midst of a cosmic tussle around the future of its charter school program.
The status of the education of Hispanic students in the US is a hot topic of discussion. In this week's Ohio Education Gadfly, I reviewed a report from the Department of Education, Winning the Future: Improving Education for the Latino Community.
