Gadfly Bites 4/21/25—What in the eCampus are you talking about, you dinosaurs?
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It’s state budget season, which means Ohioans are being inundated with an abundance of confusing numbers. Most have dollar signs attached.
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Last week, House lawmakers passed their version of Ohio’s biennial budget. As usual, the measure contains billions of dollars in appropriations and nearly as many policy changes.
Can a parent-education initiative help a school district to boost the readiness of three-year-olds who will soon enter pre-K? One Texas district has been implementing such a program for almost a decade, and a new working paper documents outcomes that are both promising and problematic.
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Via the state budget process, House lawmakers this week proposed putting the brakes on the Cupp-Patterson plan, the state’s school funding formula.
In 2022, the first year Samantha Eischen used Amplify CKLA, a reading curriculum based in the Science of Reading, the second-grade teacher at Escuela SMART Academy in Toledo was sold.
Governor DeWine first announced his interest in principal apprenticeship during his 2024 state of the state address.
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NOTES: Today, the Ohio House Finance Committee heard testimony on House Bill 96
NOTES: Today, the Ohio House Finance Committee heard testimony on House Bill 96
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Direct admissions (DA) programs—where colleges proactively (and preemptively) admit high school students to their institutions without the need to apply—are
As a recent edition of the Journal of School Choice makes abundantly
NOTES: Today, the Ohio Senate Education Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 127, which would make changes to the way in which low-performing public schools are identified and how the state intervenes when scho
Ohio’s current efforts to help high schoolers earn credentials before graduation are working, but there are flaws in the system that must be fixed. Gov. DeWine’s latest budget proposals are a start, but here’s how to make them even better.
It’s no secret that improving early literacy has been Governor DeWine’s hallmark education passion.
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With property values soaring throughout Ohio—and property taxes climbing upward—state lawmakers have been giving more time and attention to local tax policy.
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