Here is a nice profile of Haugland Learning Center in Sandusky, Ohio, a school dedicated to teaching students on the autism spectrum and those with developmental disabilities.
We start the week with a personal column in the Marion Times written by a dad who also happens to be a member of the paper
Fordham’s Chad Aldis—my boss, a stand-up guy, my direct supervisor, super smart, and did I mention he’s in charge around here?—has been having a recent run of very bad luck when it comes to being quoted in Ohio newspapers. Not because he’s not on the ball or not saying really smart stuff.
What is a curmudgeonly education news clips compiler to do when two of his most regular sources of questionable reasoning oppose one another on the pages of a major daily newspaper?
It would be very easy to characterize this item, an opinion piece attempting to villainize Ohio’s voucher program disguised as “news”, as nonsense.
I’m not sure what about it resonates so well at the national level, but Fordham’s 2017 interdistrict open enrollment report was cited once again, in an opinion piece on district
Kudos to the Springfield News-Sun for checking up on the report cards received by the two charter schools in Clar
Our own Aaron Churchill gives a nice analysis of where Ohio’s recent report card results fit into a national context.
Some surprisingly nuanced discussion of the online charter school environment in Ohio 18 months or so after the demise of ECOT
Before we get to the big news of the week, let’s take a brief moment to talk about awesome young people.
As promised, the Senate Education Committee yesterday took a look at a bill promising some big changes to the state’s academic distress paradigm.
Fordham’s new report on postsecondary readiness for Ohio high school grads got a little more coverage over the weekend, of just the sort I think we were looking for. To wit: the county rankings.
In case you missed it, Fordham-Ohio’s latest report was released yesterday.
Our own Chad Aldis is quoted in this primer on the new graduation requirements in place for this year’s high school freshmen.
You wanted the deets on Lorain City Schools CEO David Hardy’s job evaluation. You know you did.
What can I say about this train wreck of an issue? The news cycle giveth and the news cycle faileth to give sometimes.
I’m a little bit late in getting to this, but if you were interested in seeing the inside of the new ReGenerations School, a Fordham-sponsored charter scho
Here is a nice look at the opening day at Marion Preparatory Academy, a new charter school in Marion.
It’s back to school time across Ohio and the local news media is covering it from lots of angles. First up: the good.
I realize that Willard, Ohio, is a long way from Columbus. I will also grant that school superintendents are busy people even in the summer.
Things are quiet in the Statehouse these days. Too quiet. The lull is allowing Capitol Square reporters to branch out.
Well well well. We discussed on Monday how Akron City Schools seems to have perpetrated something of a bait-and-switch with regard to the outcomes imagined for its new career academies (“We are not built on the premise that we are producing a certain career field.”).
Last summer, Governor Kasich signed House Bill 318, a wide-ranging school safety and security bill.
Chad Aldis published an op-ed
With the dawning of a new school year comes the inevitable stories about transportation woes.
Fordham’s Aaron Churchill is quoted and blogs from Jessica Poiner are linked in this
Last fall, Fordham began releasing a series of education reform proposals for policymakers to consider in the budget cycle.
We talked last week about the recent meetings of the elected school boards in Youngstown and Lorain.
