The administration and elected school board of Green Local Schools announced last week that federal Covid-relief money will be u
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:
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.
We have been talking a lot this week about the Youngstown CEO’s unappreciated past, unbalanced present, and unlikely future in the district.
A teacher unionization effort is underway at Menlo Park Academy, the only Ohio charter school specifically for gifted stu
It appears likely that current district CEO Justin Jennings will not be superintendent of Youngstown City Schools when the elected school
In early November, Scott DiMauro, the President of the Ohio Education Association, went on the attack against public charter schools.
Another quiet news cycle to end the week. The Ohio Senate this week passed SB 229.
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.
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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We are back from last week’s Thanksgiving break and covering news stories from 11/19/21 – 12/3/21. Supporting “our entire family of schools”
There are only two times when school report cards are deemed correct by school district officials: the first is when they show traditional district schools
Where the heck are the education news stories these days? Only one to cover today, but at least it’s pretty interesting.
We’re back from the Thanksgiving holiday break, laden with leftovers.
No Bites on Friday (to help you avoid indigestion). Back Monday after Thanksgiving. Let’s hope there are some clips worth snarking upon when we return.
In the wake of the November elections, hundreds of new school board members will soon take their seats overseeing Ohio’s 600 plus districts.
We’re back after a short break. Looks like we missed a couple of humdingers. Let’s get to it!
Note: There will be no edition of the Charter News Weekly on Thanksgiving week. Two more charters for West Virginia
Gadfly Bites will be taking a little break on Friday. (Stop cheering back there, you ingrates!) We’ll be back on Monday to catch up with whatever exhausting shenanigans have happened in the interim.
Passed almost a decade ago, the aptly named Third Grade Reading Guarantee aims to ensure that every Ohio student reads proficiently by the end of third grade. That goal makes perfect sense. All children need foundational reading skills to succeed in middle and high school and beyond.
The recently passed state budget created an off-ramp for districts under the control of an
The term “dual enrollment” is often used to refer to young people earning college credits while simultaneously completing their high school coursework.
In case you missed it, the state board of education elected a new president and vice president this morning
Let’s start with the best news of the week: A groundbreaking ceremony was held earlier this week for a new charter school in Cincinnati the first IDEA school in t
Fordham’s own Chad Aldis testified before the House Primary and Secondary Education Committee yesterday on SB 229.
NOTE: Today, the Ohio House of Representatives’ Primary and Secondary Education Committee heard testimony on SB 229.
If you, like me, were hoping that passage of the new school funding formula—and especially the end of those hated school choice deductions from district finances—would make district treasurers happier than dogs in a butcher’s shop, early indications are that you were mistaken.
