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Transforming Governance in Ohio's Urban Districts
Background Is it time for Ohio to consider new forms of school governance for its most troubled school districts, and if so, what might alternatives look like?
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A frank look at Fordham's ranking among Ohio authorizers
The Ohio Department of Education recently released performance rankings of all charter authorizers (aka “sponsors”), as part of the new requirement that those ranking in the bottom 20 percent of all authorizers cannot take on new schools for one year.
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How do Ohio districts' performance compare to international peers?
The George W. Bush Presidential Center (in Dallas) recently released data on international student achievement in both reading and math, which you can peruse in an interactive tool, the Global Report Card. The report card compares 2007 math and reading achievement levels between districts across the nation and 25 developed nations.
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The Impact of Ohio's EdChoice on Traditional Public School Performance
Rigorous studies have been conducted on various school voucher programs – most notably those in Milwaukee, the District of Columbus, and Florida – but this study by CATO’s Matthew Carr is the first of its kind to study Ohio’s EdChoice Scholarship program.
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State Capacity for School Improvement: A First Look at Agency Resources
With a continued emphasis from the federal government on accountability for K-12 schools, specifically among the lowest performers, state education agencies (SEAs) have had to take a more direct role in school improvement. However, do SEAs have the capacity and resources necessary to take on this work?
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Methods to improve math skills come from abroad
In a system of over 6,000 schools educating over 2 million students, Catholic schools in the United States are setting the bar high with graduation rates over 99 percent and students attending college at a rate of 84.7 percent. This article from Education Week credits the success of Catholic schools on their
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Charter Schools
Is school choice a worthy end in itself?
The Columbus Dispatch ran competing op-eds by School Choice Ohio's (SCO) Chad Aldis and Fordham's Terry Ryan on the expansion of vouchers in the Buckeye State. Both Aldis and Ryan support the expansion of school choice programs in Ohio, but how the state should hold these new programs accountable for their academic performance and even whether it should do so is contentious.
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School Choice, School Quality and Postsecondary Attainment
Posthumous proof of the benefits of a controlled-choice program
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State Achievement Score Trends Through 2008-09, Part 5: Progress Lags in High School, Especially for Advanced Achievers
Further evidence of the gifted gap
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Charter schools a hot topic in Ohio
This week StateImpact Ohio is featuring a series on charter schools in Ohio that will address questions about charter school performance, management/governance, finances, and more.
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A frank look at Fordham's ranking among Ohio authorizers
The Ohio Department of Education released performance rankings of all charter authorizers (aka ???sponsors???) this week, as part of the new requirement that those ranking in the bottom 20 percent of all authorizers cannot take on new schools for one year.
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A frank look at Fordham's ranking among Ohio authorizers
The Ohio Department of Education released performance rankings of all charter authorizers (aka ???sponsors???) this week, as part of the new requirement that those ranking in the bottom 20 percent of all authorizers cannot take on new schools for one year.
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How do Ohio's low-and high-performing districts compare to international peers?
The George W. Bush Presidential Center, located in Dallas, Texas recently released data on international student achievement in both reading and math, which you can peruse in an interactive tool, the Global Report Card. It compares 2007 math and reading achievement levels between districts across the nation and 25 developed nations.
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Columbus Collegiate Academy wins federal charter start-up grant
Last week the U.S. Department of Education awarded grants totaling $25 million to charter school management organizations that have been successful at raising student achievement in extremely difficult conditions.
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Discipline Policies, Successful Schools, and Racial Justice
Part report, part psychological analysis
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Transforming Public Education: Pathway to a Pre-K-12 Future
The last lurch of the preschool juggernaut?
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Teacher quality - know it when you see it?
Today on the Learning Matters blog (an affiliate of PBS) check out a discussion on teacher training programs and teacher quality, featuring New?Leaders for New Schools'?Jon Schnur, Allan Odden, Public Impact's Julie Kowal and Sharon Kebschull Barrett, and yours truly (among man
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Ohio must graduate more high school students college-ready, and more college students on time
The sad reality for many Americans, and Ohioans, is that too many of them are not prepared to enter the workforce.