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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/3/24—Eyebrow raisers
Welcome back to our first edition of 2024. Sorry you didn’t have anything better to do on January 2 than this.
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Governance
Predicting the top Ohio education issues for 2024
It’s the start of another year, and that means it’s time for us at the Ohio Gadfly to predict what awaits in the next twelve months. In light of last year’s historic budget bill, there’s plenty on the agenda.
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Accountability & Testing
Ohio’s sluggish pandemic recovery in 2023 as seen through six charts
With the past year now in the books, it’s time to look back. During 2023, we at Fordham wrote extensively about the biggest and most important policy issues of the past year, most of which were debated as part of the state budget process.
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Governance
Fordham Ohio’s favorite posts and publications of 2023
Fordham’s published work is guided by a number of longstanding precepts, including detailed policy analysis, speaking out on behalf of families and students, filling research gaps, challenging misconceptions, and highlighting education issues being discussed by state leaders.
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Governance
Fordham Ohio’s most-read blog posts of 2023
At end of every year, we are reminded of how important you—regular readers of our analyses, commentary, reviews, and research—are to us. We appreciate that you find value in the work we do, and we are interested in understanding which topics draw your attention the most.
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 12.22.23
This is our last edition of 2023. Thanks for reading and subscribing. We’ll be back on Friday, January 5, 2024. Happy New Year!
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/22/23—Clusters
Last edition of 2023. Thanks for reading and subscribing, despite your better judgment. Back on Wednesday, January 3, 2024.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/20/23—Crushing education
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Accountability & Testing
Is Ohio meeting its math and reading goals?
One of the best kept secrets in education policy is that Ohio policymakers have set achievement goals for Buckeye State students.
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School Finance
Looking at the racial and ethnic dimension of school closures in California
Between 2007 and 2022, California saw its K–12 public school enrollment decrease by more than 390,000 students, or more than 6 percent statewide, according to data from the state’s Department of Education.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/18/23—Not so “mock”
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 12.15.23
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/15/23—Baby steps
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/13/23—Actually doing the math
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Governance
Why Ohio districts’ decision to go dark is the wrong response to “eclipse fever”
Imagine for a moment that William Shakespeare came back to life for one day and promised to devote all of that time to young students—answering their questions about writing and theater and sharing details about the unique aspects of life in England centuries ago.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/11/23—Right-sizing
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 12.8.23
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. Burgeoning school choice – Michigan
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/8/23—The biggest and the best
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Accountability & Testing
A tale of two districts: Goal-setting exercises in Dayton and Columbus illustrate challenges to improving urban schools
In late November, two large urban Ohio school districts publicly engaged in academic goal-setting exercises. They ended very differently.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/6/23—Every minute counts
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Career & Technical Education
Indiana’s recent CTE efforts provide lessons for Ohio
For nearly a decade, leaders in Indiana have shaped state policy based on the Next Level Agenda, a series of legislative and administrative priorities that cover a wide variety of issues ranging from the economy and infrastructure improvements to the drug epidemic.
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Teachers & School Leaders
Do licensure tests predict future teacher effectiveness?
Relaxing licensure requirements for new teachers is one of many proposals being floated in order combat teacher shortages and diversify the pipel
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/4/23—Oxymoronic
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 12.1.23
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. An opening
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/1/23—Critical thinking
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 11/29/23—Put on your own oxygen mask before helping others
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Governance
Ohio districts should permanently close their lowest-performing schools
With a federally-induced “fiscal cliff” looming and enrollments on the decline, school district leaders need to find ways to tighten their belts and operate within their means. One way to do that is by permanently closing schools that are low-performing and under-enrolled.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 11/27/23—Data? We don’t need no stinkin’ data!
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 11/22/23—“Real” concerns
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Gadfly Bites 11/20/23—Trying to gain a better understanding of the core
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