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Beating the Odds: Inside Dayton’s high-performing public high schools
Join us at Stivers High School in Dayton to share ideas about what makes schools great. January 15 at 7pm.
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Sandy Hook is an outstanding school
There is very little to be added to what's already been said about Friday's horrendous murders at Sandy Hook Elementary School—President Obama has eloquently expressed the
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Charter Schools
Should we care how much money charter school leaders make?
Highly effective superintendents and charter school operators deserve to be paid well, but 'how much is too much’ is a question school boards have to grapple with as they also have to help make the case for school levies every couple of years
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Curriculum & Instruction
The weak critique of Common Core’s approach to great literature
Denizens of the anti-Common Core fever swamps, by misinterpreting the NAEP assessment framework, become a case-in-point for teaching informational texts
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Charter Schools
On voucher transparency, Rick Scott is right
Governor Rick Scott has garnered attention for suggesting that all schools receiving public funding, including private schools accepting voucher-bearing students, be held to Common Core standards
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Advanced Education
The costs of action and inaction
Everyone and their mothers are talking about the so-called “fiscal cliff”—the automatic budget cuts and tax increases that will affect all federal discretionary spending programs, cut you off in traffic, steal an old lady’s handbag, and wreak general havoc if lawmakers don’t co
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Charter Schools
The Education Choice and Competition Index: Background and Results 2012
New Orleans sets the pace
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Curriculum & Instruction
Inequality for All: The Challenge of Unequal Opportunity in American Schools
Another case for the Common Core
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Youth and Hard Work: Restoring Teen and Young Adult Connections to Opportunity
The multiple-pathways approach
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Curriculum & Instruction
Closing the reading gap with vocabulary and content
While there are achievement gaps between low-income and affluent students across content areas, none seem more vexing to close than the reading gap
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Charter Schools
In ranking choice, little differences add up to big change
The Brookings Institution's second Education Choice and Competition Index released yesterday
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Charter Schools
Marco Rubio floats a federal tax credit scholarship
Despite its popularity, however, there is a reason that a program like this is controversial: A tax credit scholarship is tantamount to a voucher.
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Reese’s cups, cars, and college
NPR discusses high-finance with kids from Village Prep, a Fordham-sponsored charter
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Experts provide Ohio lawmakers with guidance on improving school funding and performance
Eric Hanushek, Marguerite Roza, and Frederick Hess testify before Ohio House and Senate finance committees
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School leader profile: Dr. Glenda Brown
Born in Alabama, Dr. Brown now leads one of Cincinnati's highest performing charter schools. Our Q&A with Dr. Brown.
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Charter Schools
Changing One Million Lives
NACSA's call for states to be more proactive in closing failing charter schools and opening great new ones.
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Fordham supports HB 555
Terry Ryan testifies before Ohio Senate, in favor of school accountability overhaul.
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Fordham mobility report makes news
Buckeye State newspapers spotlight student mobility in their neck of the woods.
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Curriculum & Instruction
Getting Down to Dollars and Cents: What Do School Districts Spend to Deliver Student-Centered Learning?
What is student-centered learning -- and does it cost more?
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Strength in Numbers: State Spending in K-12 Assessment Systems
How much does Ohio spend on its assessments?