Gadfly Bites 1/31/20 – Voucher Grouchers 5: The Neverending Story
Before we get to the actual news you probably came here for, how about a related side trip?
Before we get to the actual news you probably came here for, how about a related side trip?
We’re back! With lots to talk about. But we’re not going to start where you might expect. Let’s hit some reality first.
Columbus City Schools is apparently hanging on to an eyesore/money pit of an empty, derelict school building.
Repetitive, soundbite-friendly carping about the EdChoice voucher program continues apace.
As dedicated Gadfly Bites subscribers will no doubt recall, your humble clips compiler is of the opinion that a) the EdChoice voucher program is not “broken” (it is operating as designed, including a boost in the number of eligible students based on school report cards, which has happened before), an
Apparently, the feared “loophole” around additional charter school funding that we discussed last week has been avoided.
We start today with some excellent news (IMO, naturally).
Our first piece today is yet another look at the EdChoice voucher program from the perspective of a suburban school district leader.
Slim pickings for us among the education news today. But at least this piece includes some quotes from our own Chad Aldis.
The sitting members of the Youngstown school board are going to, at some point, search for someone to take the place of Barbara Brothers.
This is a special Thursday edition of Gadfly Bites, catching up on all the great/horrifying/mystifying (delete as appropriate) clips we missed while we were on break at the end of 2019. Back to regular service for 2020 tomorrow.
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