Gadfly Bites 3/30/20 – “Everything feels off without school”

Here’s how Ohio’s three largest districts are dealing with coronavirus closures

On March 22, Governor DeWine issued a stay at home order for Ohioans.

Gadfly Bites 3/27/20 – Voucher Grouchers La Finale: God laughed, but not at my jokes

As all my dedicated, now-working-at-home subscribers will recall, the voucher grouchers saga began last fall with the release of the most recent list of EdChoice-eligible schools.

Gadfly Bites 3/25/20 – No playbook

While every public school and district in the state is required to have a school safety plan on file, these are not generally public knowledge, much to the chagrin of some reporters.

Gadfly Bites 3/23/20 – Seeking

We’ll start today with a bit of grim humor. (Seriously, what else did you expect from me?) How can we be sure that the current situation is an emergency?

Gadfly Bites 3/20/20 – Reigning chaos

Gadfly Bites 3/18/20 – Can-do

Gadfly Bites 3/16/20 – Cobbling together

In case you may have missed it somehow, Governor DeWine told the whole world over the weekend that Ohio’s school year may already be over.

Gadfly Bites 3/13/20 – Ish

School’s out. What? Y’all expected me to clip that for you? Not a chance. 

Gadfly Bites 3/11/20 – The true curmudgeon likes and dislikes in equal measure

Sorry to miss out on a Monday edition, but now we’re back with lots to catch up on.

Gadfly Bites 3/6/20 – Bits and Bobs

It’s one of those days where the clips don’t seem to want to cohere into a story of their own, so how about the story of same news, different day? With a side order of “perhaps Murray’s been doing this too long”. 

Gadfly Bites 3/4/20 – Voucher Grouchers 13: Expedition

As previously threatened, state supe Paolo DeMaria created Ohio’s “working definition for competency” (that’s definitely code for something) by setting the new graduation

Gadfly Bites 3/2/20 – Vouchers? What vouchers? No one’s talking about vouchers!

Another day, another charter school story that’s so good they didn’t have room to fit the words “charter school” in the printed story.