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Fordham in the News

A selection of Fordham quotes in national media, Ohio newspapers, and the blogosphere

The Chinese delegation to ? Ohio?

Recently, China's Hubei Bureau of Education Deputy Director Huang Jian has been visiting Ohio, specifically our schools, as part of the U.S.-China Administrator Shadowing Project.

Ohio can learn from Gates' District-Charter Compact endeavor

Yesterday the Gates-led ?District-Charter Collaboration Compact?

You're Leaving? Succession and Sustainability in Charter Schools

What happens when a charter principal says "I'm outta here"?

Other Ohio districts should take a cue from Cleveland

We've been no fans of the Columbus City School District's treatment

Closed Ohio charter school returns $423,421 to state's coffers

Much has been written about spectacular charter school blow-ups that have cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. Rarely, if ever, do we see headlines that read ???Closed charter school returns $423,421 to state's coffers.???

Renewal and optimism: Five years as an Ohio charter authorizer

The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation has been authorizing (aka sponsoring) charter schools in Ohio since 2005, and we’ve learned a ton these past five years. Sharing these lessons is important – one of the reasons we devote time, energy, and money on our annual sponsorship report.

Snapshot of Ohio's civic and economic health

A key purpose of education is to strengthen the polity. Thomas Jefferson summed it up when he said, ???To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.??? The health of Ohio's polity is like that of a middle-aged smoker.

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.

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

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

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

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.