We?d like to extend our congratulations to Jennifer Felbaum, a teacher at Fordham-sponsored Columbus Collegiate Academy in Columbus. Jennifer was the recipient of the Ohio Alliance for Public Charter School?s annual teacher of the year award, a distinction given to just one teacher in Ohio for significant contributions when it comes to advancing student achievement
The number of districts rated excellent in Ohio has risen dramatically over the past several years, from 85 in the 2002-2003 school year to 352 in the 2010-11 school year (almost 60 percent of all districts in the state).
Like any large city, Cincinnati faces challenges in educating youth living in poverty. When it was reported that the number of Ohio and Kentucky students attending college lagged far behind that in other states, organizers at the KnowledgeWorks Foundation and the University of Cincinnati decided to increase Ohio and Kentucky?s post-secondary enrollment numbers.
The Rick Scott (and the Tea Party) could learn some lessons from Margaret Thatcher.
Is Newt Gingrich the GOP candidate with the most thought-out education policy?
Is testing the cause of or solution to the crowding out of important subjects?
View the footage from the Fordham & CEE-Trust charter incubation panel discussion, "Driving Quality."
View the footage from the third and fourth sessions of the December 1, 2011 Fordham-CAP "Rethinking Education Governance" conference.
A rash of hacking statements of late, made by adults, makes me wonder who among our edu-cators and -crats need a refresher course in critical thinking skills.
Weighted student funding, anyone?
In partnership with the independent education journal Catalyst Ohio (see here), we resolved to find out, and enlisted the expert help of the nonpartisan FDR Group (see here), a respected survey research firm led by veteran public opinion analysts Steve Farkas and Ann Duffett. The result is Checked Out: Ohioans' Views on Education 2009. This is the third such survey that we at Fordham have undertaken since 2005 on education issues in the Buckeye State. This makes it possible to track some key trends in public opinion over time.
The second edition of Fwd: Arresting Insights in Education summarizes Ohio state report card data for Dayton's district and charter public schools. Despite some recent gains, the phrase academic emergency continues to characterize the majority of Dayton's public schools. Also, youngsters in Dayton's charter schools outperformed their district peers on the 4th and 6th grade proficiency tests -- a finding that flies in the face of recent assertions that charter school students are learning less.
Robin Lake looks at the lessons from the Fordham and CEE-Trust policy brief.
View the video from NJ acting Commissioner of Education Chris Cerf's lunchtime keynote address at the Fordham-CAP "Rethinking Education Governance" conference.
Watch the video from the second session of the December 1, 2011 Fordham-CAP "Rethinking Education Governance" conference.
Fordham's Terry Ryan and CEE-Trust's Ethan Gray explain the potential of the charter incubation model and the characteristics of incubators.
This morning the NAEP Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) results for Mathematics and Reading were released. The TUDA results look specifically at 21 large urban school districts that volunteered to have their NAEP scores reported separately (three of which participated for the first time; see the complete rundown of cities here).
How states can ensure that the common core standards translate to clear student achievement outcomes.
Fostering efficiency in education will take more than transparency, as Montgomery County demonstrates.
Check out the footage from the first session of December 1st's Rethinking Education Governance conference.
White Hat Management, a major for-profit charter school operator, is fighting for its life. At least that?s the story told in a recent memo by founder David Brennan. Brennan told employees of White Hat that his family has committed over $50 million to sustaining White Hat, but that they simply cannot afford to do so anymore. Their financial commitment will only see the company through 2013. Brennan?s memo also pointed out that White Hat has not made a forecast for the bank in the last 5 years, and in order to start to turn things around they must produce in excess of $2 million every year.
Newt Gingrich's controversial comments in support of letting students work at schools may not be so crazy after all.
Guest blogger Stuart Buck explains the virtues of the Arizona Empowerment Scholarship program and the legal obstacles it faces.
