Gadfly Bites 8/9/23—You don’t say, padre
Some nice words for Ohio in this opinion piece written by the Senior Vice President of the Commonwealth Foundation in Pennsylvania.
Some nice words for Ohio in this opinion piece written by the Senior Vice President of the Commonwealth Foundation in Pennsylvania.
Computer-adaptive testing (CAT) is on the rise in K–12 schools, from Seattle to Virginia
In 2018, basketball superstar LeBron James opened the I Promise School (IPS) in his hometown of Akron, Ohio. IPS is a joint effort between Akron Public Schools (APS), the I Promise Network, and the LeBron James Family Foundation. It’s overseen and operated by APS, the state’s seventh largest school district.
Only one clip today, but I think it’s great that this one stands on its own…for a lot of reasons.
There are a lot of words in this piece (nearly 2,900 of them) talking in the most negative possible terms about state takeovers of chronically-underperforming districts and schools.
This is the article that every Columbus school parent has been waiting for: Asking the question
A recent headline in Education Week suggested that mayoral control is a “fading school reform.” The piece noted the impending transition to an elected school board in Chicago, as well as efforts in Boston to wrest co
Fox News and several other national entities covered the I Promise School story we talked about on Friday.
The time to close charter funding gaps is now
One more post-budget story? Sure thing!
Since he took office in 2019, Governor DeWine has consistently prioritized work-based learning and workforce development.
I’m going to go out on a limb to suggest that Dr. David Lawrence has harbored the ambition to lead Dayton City Schools for quite a while now.
Traditional district schools have become providers of many services and benefits for students. The list is nearly endless, but includes food provision (both in school and on weekends/summer break), athletics, the arts, computer and tech education, medical care, summer camps, and counseling.
While initial responses to the state budget focused mainly on voucher expansion and third grade retention for last year’s kiddos, we’re several weeks into the new biennium now and the reality of changes to be realized on
Led by Governor DeWine, Ohio lawmakers made early literacy a big priority in the recently signed state budget bill. The legislation requires schools to use high-quality instructional materials aligned to the
Praise for school choice expansion in Ohio
Earlier this spring, the Ohio Department of Education published in-depth data insights into Ohio’s teacher workforce.
Only two items to talk about today, but both of them are pretty interesting in their own way.
In early July, Governor DeWine put the finishing touch on a landmark state budget by signing House Bill 33 into law.
From the sublime… The Editorial Board of the Wall Street Journal has positi
Now that the latest state budget is officially in the books, it’s safe to say that school choice stole the show.
This piece asks the big question “What comes next after the historic increa
While I am not at all surprised to learn that
Enacted in 2012 under the leadership of Governor John Kasich, Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee included a retention requirement aimed at ending “social promotion,” the
The value of incorporating technology into secondary education courses is a matter of debate, but if there’s anywhere that it might be beneficial, it is most likely within STEM-related subjects—meaning that high schoolers might better see themselves pursuing science in the future if they a
On June 30, the Ohio House and Senate passed the state’s biennial budget bill for FYs 2024–25, and Governor DeWine signed the bill into law on July 3.
The end of our parental education journey is drawing near: Less than a year from now, both of our children will be looking at college graduation.