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GOP owes charter schools some tough love
Since their inception in 1997, charter schools have been at the center of some of the most politically contentious debates in Ohio. The charter debate too often has been characterized by two competing camps.
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Charter School Authorizers and Student Achievement
This working paper from the Center on Reinventing Public Education – as part of its National Charter School Research Project – examines the impact of charter school authorizers on student achievement.
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Assessing the Determinants and Implications of Teacher Layoffs
Add this credible and quantitative research to the growing list of reports finding seniority-based layoffs to be detrimental both to student learning and to the bottom line.
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Learning about Teaching: Initial Findings from the Measures of Effective Teaching Project
In the fall of 2009, the Gates Foundation commenced an epic task: the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project.
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New legislative session kicks off with a bang -- several education bills on the table
It’s been a while since Gadfly buzzed about legislative hearings or new bills, what with the past legislature renowned for its inactivity. But the new 129th General Assembly already has several education bills in the works, so expect Gadfly to b
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Changes to K-12 governance give Kasich major ed reform opportunity
Education reform is moving fast in Ohio, and a sudden membership shuffle on the State Board of Education has given Governor Kasich the opportunity to ramp up the pace further, putting his imprint on the state’s schools much faster than his predecessors.
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Geoffrey Canada speaks to Dayton community
Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), spoke at the University of Dayton last week as part of the university’s diversity lecture series.
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School lunch special: Chicken a la... foam?
KidsOhio just released a study timed perfectly for National School Choice Week, which polled parents in Columbus’s Weinland Park (where Fordham-sponsored Colum
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Accountability in Action: A Comprehensive Guide to Charter School Closure
Steps one through forty-seven
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TFA-rrific news for Ohio
A recently introduced piece of legislation (House Bill 21) would qualify Teach For America alums for a professional educator license in Ohio. (The bill contains many other important provisions regarding virtual charters, use of Ohio's value-added metrics in grades 4-8 for teacher evaluations, etc. ?
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Quality Counts: Uncertain Forecast???Education Adjusts to a New Economic Reality
A poor ranking system, but a worthwhile report
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The 2010 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well are American Students Learning? Part III: NAEP and the Common Core Standards
Think NAEP is tough? Wait till we start testing the Common Core
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School Funding Reality: A Bargain Not Kept
The fatal blow to MA's foundation budget: health-care costs
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Ohio's K-12 system slips from 5th to 11th, but that's beside the point
Yesterday, Education Week unveiled its 15th annual “Quality Counts” rating of state school systems, with Ohio earning a B- and ranking 11th nationally.
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Slow and Uneven Progress in Narrowing Gaps
This report by the Center on Education Policy looks at student progress in the years since the implementation of the federal No Child Left Behind Act in 2001.
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Resetting Race to the Top: Why the Future of Competition Depends on Improving the Scoring Process
In this policy brief, TNTP lauds Race to the Top for spurring more statewide reform last year in education “than in the previous two decades,” attributing its success to the clear priorities and guidance for applicant states, and the transparency established by making applications available for public review.