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Charter Schools
Ohio’s charter school closure law is becoming irrelevant, and that’s a good thing
New reforms should be more effective at closing bad schools
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Charter Schools
Past Ohio CSP winners have delivered results, future winners can do the same
A look back at the federal Charter School Program in the Buckeye State
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Charter Schools
Charter leaders making a difference in Columbus
Improving the lives of their students and their city
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Charter Schools
Choice, Information, and Constrained Options: School Transfers in a Stratified Educational System
Revisiting a 1996 accountability effort in Chicago
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Charter Schools
Progress and problems: Checking in on the Cleveland Plan
A reality check amid signs of true progress
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Charter Schools
Text of testimony given before the Ohio Board of Education 9/15/15
Don't lose sight of oversight improvements already made
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Charter Schools
A solution to Ohio’s course access problem
Governance, funding, and accountability fixes
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Charter Schools
Expansive school choice demands new rules for school sports in Ohio
New structure, new rules
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Charter Schools
Public policy and nonpublic schools: How the budget bill impacts private schools
Vouchers, graduation requirements, and more
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Charter Schools
Seizing the Future: How Ohio’s Career and Technical Education Programs Fuse Academic Rigor and Real-World Experiences to Prepare Students for College and Work
This is not your grandfather's vocational education
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Charter Schools
ESA Wonkathon recap
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Charter Schools
2015 Wonkathon: Who was the wisest wonk?
In Fordham’s second annual Wonkathon, fourteen wonks opined on education savings accounts:
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Charter Schools
Announcing the Fordham Institute’s second annual Wonkathon. This year's topic: Education savings accounts
In 2014, we hosted our first-ever Wonkathon, which was dedicated to the subject of charter school policy.
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Charter Schools
Pattern of strengthening charter school oversight continues
A new sheriff on the road to redemption
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Charter Schools
Common Enrollment, Parents, and School Choice: Early Evidence from Denver and New Orleans
Benefits and areas for improvement in equal measure
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Charter Schools
Andy Smarick on fixing Buckeye State charters
Editor's note: On May 6, Fordham contributor Andy Smarick delivered testimony before an Ohio education subcommittee on Senate Bill 148, a critical piece of legislation that would help clean up
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Charter Schools, Accountability & Testing
Ohio House proposes changes in testing, vouchers, and teacher evaluation
Looking beyond the "big issues" in Ohio's budget bill
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Charter Schools
Recapping Fordham’s school closures event
Marking our report release and continuing Ohio Education Speakers Series
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Charter Schools
An Analysis of the Charter School Facility Landscape in California
New report looks at facilities issues faced by charter schools in the Golden State
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Charter Schools
School choice of the future: A look at Cincinnati high schools
All district high schools in the Queen City are schools of choice
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Charter Schools, Governance
School Closures and Student Achievement: An Analysis of Ohio’s Urban District and Charter Schools
School Closures and Student Achievement: An Analysis of Ohio’s Urban District and Charter Schools examines 198 school closures that occurred between 2006 and 2012 in the Ohio ‘Big Eight’ urban areas (Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, and Youngstown). The research included 120 closed district-run schools and seventy-eight closed charter schools.
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Charter Schools
Thomas B. Fordham Institute Proponent Testimony on Ohio House Bill 2 and Senate Bill 148
Chad's written testimony, delivered April 22, 2015