Seven education imperatives for Ohio

The Buckeyes need a new playbook; this is it

Majority of Ohio districts/charters rejected on first RttT try

Ohio school districts and charters that signed onto the state's Race to the Top proposal had until October 22 to submit their plans for implementation to the Ohio Department of Education.

Seven education imperatives for Ohio

John Kasich won the Ohio governor's race last Tuesday. He will take office two months from tomorrow with much goodwill and support in both the state House and Senate, where significant GOP majorities will rule both chambers. But he will also face a vast budget shortfall?estimated at $6 to $8 billion?for the next biennium.

Mid-term election results from Ohio

Ohio has a new Republican governor, a GOP-controlled House, a new US senator, and come January many other statewide offices will be a sea of red.

Running the Numbers: Young Voters in Ohio

New data from a Harvard survey shows that Obama is gradually falling out of favor with 18-29 year-olds. According to the survey, 49 percent of ?millennials? approve of the job the president is doing, while 11 months ago, 56 percent approved.

International Benchmarking: State Education Performance Standards

State cut scores still don't make the cut

Don't miss this week's Ohio Education Gadfly

In this week's Ohio Education Gadfly there's a lot of insight and analysis on school spending. Check out:

Ohio schools in need of foreign language 101

The Cincinnati Enquirer recently published an article about the poor performance of students at Ohio’s foreign language immersion schools.

Young and Broke in Ohio

This morning Jamie and I attended a presentation by Policy Matters Ohio on the economic prospects that face young Ohioans.?

Ohio Gadfly puts its two cents in

Don't miss this week's Ohio Education Gadfly for its usual frankness and insights on education policy matters. Check out:

Bold district reforms are a call for all, even Ohioans!

In a bold???and dare I say inspiring???op-ed to appear in Sunday's Washington Post, 16 school district leaders share a manifesto on ???how to fix our schools.???

"Educational malpractice" taking place in Ohio's longest-suffering schools

Last week the Columbus Dispatch featured a story about the worst-performing middle school in Ohio, Champion Middle School located on Columbus’s near east side.

Ohio higher-ed opportunities that won't break the bank

Rising college tuition got you down? School Choice Ohio (SCO) is here to help.

Brilliant quote on what's wrong with Ohio's school turnaround approach

This week Terry and I blogged about one Ohio middle school (the worst in the en

Re: Worst middle school in Ohio will turn itself around?

Jamie's post questioning Ohio's worst middle school's plans to turn itself around prompted me to go back and re-read a pi

Education experts share cost savings suggestions with Ohioans

Spending on K-12 education has increased continuously over the last several decades, while achievement remains flat (see Terry's piece in the Ohio Gadfly today for several graphs depicting this frustrating disconnect).

Is teacher performance data ready for primetime in Ohio?

The Los Angeles Times brought the concept of value-added education data front and center before the public when it conducted an analysis of teachers’ value-added scores in that city, and then published the findings – complete with teachers’ names attached – on its website.

85,000 students eligible for Ohio's EdChoice Scholarship

This summer it became evident that Ohio’s EdChoice Scholarship (a statewide voucher program for students in low-performing schools) would reach its cap and students would be waitlisted.

Ohio survey says? People want better weather?

Yesterday both the Plain Dealer and Columbus Dispatch ran results from the Ohio Newspaper Poll, which included several questions on O

85,000 students eligible for Ohio's EdChoice scholarship (voucher)

This summer it became evident that Ohio's EdChoice Scholarship (a statewide voucher program for students in low-performing schools) would reach its cap and students would be waitlisted.

Don't miss today's Ohio Education Gadfly

This week's Ohio Education Gadfly takes on the issue of charter school quality in Ohio. With 40 new charters opening this year (twice that of previous years) and eight of them ?drop back in?

New book and upcoming Ohio event on Stretching the School Dollar

Also running in place - Ohio's e-school performance

We’ve written about the stagnant academic achievement in reading and math of Ohio’s urban schools, both district and charter.  Proficiency rates in the state’s major cities haven’t improved in the past five years, despite heaps of money and e

Vigilant stakeholders must hold Ohio to its Race to the Top data promises

Ohio has committed to use part of its Race to the Top winnings to develop robust teacher evaluations, inform HR decisions, accelerate student academic growth reporting, and improve access to student data ??? in part using value-added data.

Main Street subsidizes Easy Street

Pensions: The next populist movement?

Ohio districts smart to sock away Edujobs funding

The superintendent of Ohio's largest school district is recommending that her school board sock away its $7.9 million in ???Edujobs??? funding in preparation for what is sure to be a tough budget next year.??

Bright spots in Ohio's urban education: 16 high-performing schools

Each year the Fordham Institute's Ohio team analyzes the academic performance of schools in Ohio's Big 8 cities (the largest eight urban districts).

Finally, some straight talk on the achievement gap

Let's start rooting for all groups of students to do better

Dear Ohio,

I've always been your ardent defender. I buy peanut butter buckeye candy for people out of state and I have a t-shirt with a red outline of you that says ?Midwest is Best.? And I really believe it.

Also running in place ??? Ohio's e-school performance

Yesterday, Terry wrote about the stagnant academic achievement in reading and math of Ohio's urban schools, both district and charter.??