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Class Size: What Research Says and What it Means for State Policy
Findings that won?t please the advocates
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Unexpected but outstanding choice for Ohio's state schools chief
In a surprise move, Ohio's State Board of Education today tapped Interim Superintendent Stan Heffner as the state's new schools chief.?? Heffner never actually applied for the job when it opened up last spring and instead announced he'd be leaving Ohio in August for a job with ETS.??
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Ohio's state supe search: seeking top-notch talent on the cheap?
Yesterday, two days before the state board of education was slated to announce Ohio's new state superintendent, a second of the three finalists for the job removed himself from consideration. And the word on the street is that he exited the race over money, something the board could have prevented.
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Compelling more people to care about ed reform requires compelling narrative
Today in his piece, ?Understanding upper-middle-class parents,? Mike asked one question in particular that stood out to me: Can affluent parents (who are satisfied with their own kids' schools) be energized to fight on behalf of school reform for the poor? He goes on:
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Negotiating for Change: Modifying Collective Bargaining Agreements for School Turnarounds
Clip on this tool belt before hammering out a new CBA
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Strained Schools Face Bleak Future: Districts Foresee Budget Cuts, Teacher Layoffs, and a Slowing of Education Reform Efforts
Not enough money, too much conventional thinking
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Improving College Performance and Retention the Easy Way: Unpacking the ACT Exam
Robust study draws questionable conclusions
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Briefly Noted: A showdown of self interests
The NEA may want to lose weight, but it can?t find a diet it likes
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Ohio's biennial budget sets the conditions for education success
Gov. John Kasich is slated to sign Ohio's biennial budget today (it's a 5,000 page document), legislation that not only appropriates funding for the Buckeye State until 2013 but that also includes hundreds of pages of education-policy changes?most of which will move Ohio forward in significant ways.
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Ohio's Biennial Budget Sets the Conditions for Education Success
Charter schools, teacher quality, school accountability, and more
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Common Core: Not a communist plot, after all
Maybe, just maybe, conservatives think common standards are a good idea too
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Failing Liberty 101: How We Are Leaving Young Americans Unprepared for Citizenship in a Free Society
Reviving the American Dream
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Achievement Gaps: How Hispanic Students in Public Schools Perform in Mathematics and Reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress
Big gains for all but a yawning rift remains
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Ohio's Biennial Budget Sets the Conditions for Education Success
Gov. John Kasich is slated to sign Ohio’s biennial budget today (it’s a 5,000 page document), legislation that not only appropriates funding for the Buckeye State until 2013 but that also includes hundreds of pages of education-policy changes—most of which will move Ohio forward in significant ways.
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Observations from a state budget debate newbie
When I came on with Fordham it was in the summer of 2009, just after a notoriously difficult budget battle during which Fordham unsuccessfully fought against then Gov. Strickland's inputs-heavy ?evidence-based? model of school funding, though successfully fought against the Governor's and lawmakers' attempts to decimate charter schools (among lots of other battles).
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Charter Schools
Ed reform victories in Ohio budget
A legislative conference committee has reported out its version of Ohio's next operating budget.?? The Senate and House are expected to approve the committee's report today and tomorrow, with Governor Kasich signing it into law Thursday.??
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Setting the record straight: Fordham and charter-school sponsorship
Why Fordham authorizes charter schools despite the costs and hassles
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METCO Merits More: The History and Status of METCO
A tried-and-true integration program gets support from across the ideological spectrum
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Eliminating the Achievement Gap: A White Paper on How Charter Schools Can Help District Leaders
Three cheers for portfolio school districts
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Setting the record straight: Fordham and charter school sponsorship
Ohio has echoed with controversy in recent weeks regarding House-passed changes to the state’s charter law that would decimate an already weak charter-school accountability system (see here,
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Districts should embrace budget provisions that reward high-performing charters
Among the many differences the conference committee must resolve between the House and Senate versions of the state budget is a Senate provision that would reward exceptional charter schools with low-cost facilities. Specifically: