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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/19/22—Wacky Wednesday
An interesting discussion of the importance of education in the Black community comes to us from Lima.
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Private School Choice
The anti-voucher lawsuit misses the mark in its constitutional arguments
If you’re at all involved in Ohio education policy, you’ve heard about the anti-voucher lawsuit that was recently filed by the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding.
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School Finance
EdChoice lawsuit twists the truth about school funding in Ohio
Last week, five school districts filed a lawsuit in the Franklin County courts that attempts to strike down EdChoice, Ohio’s private scholarship program that serves roughly 50,000 school children, many of whom are among the need
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 1.14.22
Groveport Madison Local Schools have sued the state of Ohio in response to a massive fine levied upon them for failing to properly transport resident charter and private school students over
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/14/22—Can we send a phalanx of bunnies to DC?
Ohio is one of 19 states whose state chapter withdrew from the National Association of School Boards last year in reaction to….well, you know.
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Standards
What does a new mayor mean for Cleveland schools?
On January 3, Justin Bibb was sworn in as the new mayor of Cleveland. His inauguration marks the first time the city has had new leadership since 2006.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/12/22—Bureaucracy strikes again
Last week, it was the new school funding system delayed due to the…intricacies...of operationalizing new legislation.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/10/22—Cold doses of reality
OSU professor and Columbus City Schools dad Vladimir Kogan hit the pages of the Dispatch today with a cold dose of reality.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/7/22—The future could be now
I’m sure my long-suffering tenured subscribers have noted that I am not clipping stories about which schools are closed/open/remote/in-person/hybrid/winging it due to SARS-CoV-2-related issues these days, despite the fact that education reporters (and government reporters and crime reporters a
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Private School Choice
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 1.6.22
Welcome back to our first edition of 2022, covering news from 12/17 – 12/31/21. We will return to regular weekly publication on Fridays starting tomorrow. Life advice and career advice
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/5/22—New lawsuit just dropped!
Remember last year when Red (Taylor’s Version) dropped and everyone was really excited that Taylor Swift had rerecorded her amazing album—making it even better in the process—in order to reclaim ownership of her music?
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/4/22—“A great choice for us.”
We’re back a day early (that’ll teach you!) with a roundup of clips we missed between December 22 and 31, 2021. Back with regular thrice-weekly publication for 2022 starting tomorrow. You have been warned.
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Governance
Predicting the top Ohio education issues for 2022
Every holiday season, those of us at the Ohio Gadfly try to predict what the new year will bring for education. This year is no exception.
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Governance
K–12 education in Ohio: The top four stories from 2021
As every year does, 2021 began with much optimism. Vaccines were rolling out, businesses were reopening, and the economy was on the mend. But then, as always, reality set in. While most Americans were vaccinated, the pandemic dragged on. The economy continued to pick up, but so did inflation. The year in K–12 education followed a similar pattern.
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Governance
Most read blog posts of 2021
Fordham Ohio’s blogging output this year was varied and prodigious.
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Curriculum & Instruction
My favorite children’s books of the past year
Among the many things that I’ve come to better understand as a new parent is that children’s books are a literary genre of their own. Who knew there’d be board books, peek-a-flaps, and battery-powered books that make sounds? Some books have clever storylines and rhymes. Some have exquisite artwork. They literally come in all shapes and sizes.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/22/21—The high cost of consolidation
This is our last edition for the year. (No. Don’t cry.) We’ll be back on Tuesday, January 4, with a final look at 2021. Regular thrice weekly publication will resume starting Wednesday, January 5. (Then you’ll have reason to cry.)
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/20/21—It’ll probably cost however much they’ve got
The administration and elected school board of Green Local Schools announced last week that federal Covid-relief money will be u
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Private School Choice
Are private schools “unaccountable”?
In the debates over private school scholarship (a.k.a. voucher) programs, one of opponents’ favorite talking points is to say that nonpublic schools are “unaccountable” or “unregulated.” To get a flavor, consider the following statements made over the past couple years:
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 12.17.21
This is the last edition of Ohio Charter News Weekly for the year. Thank you so much for reading and subscribing. We’ll be back on Thursday, January 6, with a wrap up of 2021 news you can use and resume regular Friday publication for the new year on January 7.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/17/21—Problem solved
We have been talking a lot this week about the Youngstown CEO’s unappreciated past, unbalanced present, and unlikely future in the district.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/15/21—Not Justin time
A teacher unionization effort is underway at Menlo Park Academy, the only Ohio charter school specifically for gifted stu
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/13/21—Crystal
It appears likely that current district CEO Justin Jennings will not be superintendent of Youngstown City Schools when the elected school
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Charter Schools
Rebutting the union’s misleading comparisons of charter and district schools
In early November, Scott DiMauro, the President of the Ohio Education Association, went on the attack against public charter schools.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/10/21—Simple cleanup
Another quiet news cycle to end the week. The Ohio Senate this week passed SB 229.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/8/21—Fantastical
I am always amused when average citizens attempt to handwave serious problems away by saying that “They should do something”. Not to minimize those nuisances at all, but the response to them follows a predictable and perhaps less-than-helpful pattern.
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School Finance
Build Back Better’s early childhood proposals will strain state budgets
President Biden and the Democratic-controlled Congress are poised to continue the federal government’s spending spree, this time through a $2 trillion extravaganza named Build Back Better (BBB). Just before Thanksgiving, the House of Representatives narrowly passed its version of the measure, and the Senate is now mulling possible changes to the package.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/6/21—Oh, there will still be plenty of academic distress—don’t you worry
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