From Stumbling to Sprinting- Ohio Senator Calls for Charter Improvements
Ohio intern Rachel Roseberry wrote this guest post.
Ohio intern Rachel Roseberry wrote this guest post.
Executive Office of the President, Council of Economic AdvisersJuly 2009
By guest blogger Ohio Policy & Research Intern Matt Walsh
The dust has finally settled on a long and contentious legislative battle over education reform in Ohio.
Alan Vanneman, Linda Hamilton, Janet B. Anderson, and Taslima RahmanNational Center for Education StatisticsJuly 2009
Jesse RothsteinPrinceton University and National Bureau of Economic ResearchFebruary 2010 (anticipated)
Sometimes you have to take one step backward to go two steps forward. That's more or less what happened in New York State when the clock struck midnight on July 1, the long-scheduled date for "sunset" of mayoral control of Gotham's schools.
Joan Baratz-SnowdenCenter for American ProgressJune 2009
Consider that these sorts of politics might be in play. There's little doubt that the Obama political operation will want Governor Strickland to still be Governor Strickland in 2012. And there's little doubt that Governor Strickland sure could use several??
Who better to report on the ???????brain drain??????? than college students themselves?????
Today's Ohio Education Gadfly is our last regular issue before a short summer break, so you don't want to miss it.????
Policies aimed at creating and implementing better academic standards are spreading across the nation like a firestorm. Ohio is no exception to these winds of change. In the Buckeye State, the governor's budget proposal and the House-passed version of H.B.
The Fordham Institute's latest report on how young Ohioans view their state-it's really nice but they are looking for jobs and Ohio is hurting on this front-has received an astounding reception.
Institute of Education SciencesJune 2009
Tough economic times mean looking for creative ways to stay in the black. For schools short on options, this often means simply asking parents to pitch in a few coins, a practice widely seen on both sides of the Atlantic. Unfortunately, some British parents say these "voluntary" contributions are not voluntary at all--and they're feeling bullied by the schools' heavy-handed tactics.
The "Great Recession" has been painful for all Americans, but especially cruel for Ohio cities like Youngstown, Toledo, Canton, and Fordham's hometown of Dayton.
Ohio's best-and-brightest college students may love the Buckeye State, but too many can definitely jilt it for a future elsewhere, according to a new survey from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.
Today's Ohio Gadfly is a must-read. In Capital Matters, Checker, Terry, and I offer Fordham's recommendations for the state's pending biennial budget.
Common CoreJune 2009
There isn't much hope at the moment for meaningful, statewide education reform in the Buckeye State, but there are promising things happening at the local level.
The recent furor over the many flaws and unrealities in Gov. Ted Strickland's (and the Ohio House of Representatives') plan to alter Ohio's school-finance system has diverted attention from other grave mistakes in the education portion of the state's biennial budget bill (see here).
Center for American Progress, American Enterprise Institute, New Profit Inc., and Public ImpactMay 2009
President Obama has pledged to spend $10 billion more a year on "zero to five" education, and his 2010 budget makes a $2 billion "down payment" on that commitment. (Billions more are already in the "stimulus" package.) Any number of congressional leaders want more preschool, as do dozens of governors.
In late April, the Coalition for Student Achievement released Smart Options: Investing the Recovery Funds for Student Success (see here).This document, developed following a convening of more than 30 K-12 national education leaders, including state and district superintendents, was sponsored by the Bill and Me
Arizona charter-school operators are moving to cleanse their ranks of weak schools by seeking tougher state charter-school standards based on value-added test scores. The proposal is similar to language proposed in Ohio's current biennial budget and could lead to the closing of weak schools that, as in Ohio, taint the entire charter-school movement.