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Commentary

6.25.2021

Accountability & Testing

Fordham Institute media statement on passage of school report card reform

Ohio Education Gadfly

Today, the General Assembly passed House Bill 82, legislation that contains comprehensive reforms to the state’s school report card system. In recent years, education groups (including Fordham) have urged the legislature to make improvements to the report card that would make it fairer to schools and easier for Ohioans to understand.

Commentary

6.23.2021

Governance

Gadfly Bites 6/23/21—Bristles

Jeff Murray

It is truly an unusual situation when the good folks at Gongwer use an evocative, emotional word like “bristle” in a headline. Must mean it’s budget season and some folks don’t like what they’re seeing in the tea leaves.

Commentary

6.23.2021

Accountability & Testing

Testimony provided to the Ohio Senate Education Committee on HB 82—6/23/21

Chad L. Aldis

NOTE: On June 23, 2021, the Ohio Senate’s Primary and Secondary Education Committee heard testimony on Substitute House Bill 82 which would, among other things, ma

Things to keep during conf comm blog image

Commentary

6.21.2021

School Finance

Six ideas that conferees should include in the final budget bill

Jessica Poiner

It’s been a busy budget season filled with heated debates over how to revise Ohio’s school-funding formula, testing and

Commentary

6.21.2021

Governance

Gadfly Bites 6/21/21—The good old summer time

Jeff Murray

Lots of folks worried about a decline in student enrollment last year and what it might mean for the future. Oh. Sorry.

Commentary

6.18.2021

Charter Schools

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 6.18.21

Chad L. Aldis, Jeff Murray

More details on the Senate’s budget bill

Commentary

6.18.2021

Governance

Gadfly Bites 6/18/21—“They’re back on their own…”

Jeff Murray

On Wednesday, we covered some sobering data about economic segregation in Ohio’s education system, including interdistrict open enrollment.

Commentary

6.16.2021

School Finance

A primer on the Ohio Senate’s school funding plan

Aaron Churchill

Over the past few years, school-funding policy has been at the forefront of Ohio’s education debates.

Commentary

6.16.2021

Governance

Gadfly Bites 6/16/21—“It’s a tuba thang, shorty.”

Jeff Murray

Fordham’s Aaron Churchill is one among several of the advocates quoted in this piece applauding the school choice-friendly aspects of the Senate’s budget bill. Naturally.

Commentary

6.14.2021

School Finance

The Senate’s enrichment ESA proposal could help Ohio eliminate opportunity gaps

Jessica Poiner

Earlier this year, Governor DeWine requested that all public schools create and publish plans to address student learning loss caused by the pandemic.

Commentary

6.14.2021

Governance

Gadfly Bites 6/14/21—The future might be now

Jeff Murray

A blog by Fordham’s Jessica Poiner is quoted in this piece, looking at the state budget bill’s provisions to expand computer science education.

Commentary

6.11.2021

Charter Schools

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 6.11.21

Chad L. Aldis, Jeff Murray

School choice provisions in the Senate budget bill

Commentary

6.11.2021

Governance

Gadfly Bites 6/11/21—Off point

Jeff Murray

The state budget bill remains the story of the week. In case you missed it, the Senate passed their version of the bill and the House refused to concur in the changes thereunto. Thus setting up a conference committee.

Commentary

6.9.2021

School Finance

The Ohio Senate puts educational choice front and center

Aaron Churchill

Across the nation, state lawmakers have been heeding the call for parents to have more control over their children’s education.

Commentary

6.9.2021

Governance

Gadfly Bites 6/9/21—Direct routes

Jeff Murray

In case you missed it, the Senate Finance Committee voted out their version of the budget bill—amended before approval—moving it on to the full Senate for a vote.

Commentary

6.7.2021

Accountability & Testing

Why college entrance exams matter

Jessica Poiner

Since the spring of 2017, all Ohio eleventh graders have been required to take either the ACT or the SAT at the state’s expense.

Afterschool Alliance summer-report-2021 SR image

Commentary

6.7.2021

Curriculum & Instruction

The past, present, and future of summer programs for students

Jeff Murray

As post-pandemic life cautiously starts to take shape here in America, uncertainty abounds. Will our systems and processes and activities eagerly snap back to their 2019 forms? Or will our lives in 2021 and beyond take on new contours influenced by what we have learned, for good and ill, during the challenges forced upon us by 2020?

Commentary

6.7.2021

Governance

Gadfly Bites 6/7/21—A no-news day

Jeff Murray

Just two clips today, neither of which are news.

Commentary

6.4.2021

Charter Schools

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 6.4.21

Chad L. Aldis, Jeff Murray

Leading with the data

Commentary

6.4.2021

Governance

Gadfly Bites 6/4/21—What a difference a month makes

Jeff Murray

Sometimes this clips gig is fun; sometimes it lands somewhere south of that.

Commentary

6.3.2021

Accountability & Testing

Yes, the House’s proposed school rating labels are “actively misleading”

Aaron Churchill

After months of debate, state lawmakers continue to mull significant changes to Ohio’s school report card system. Two vastly different proposals to overhaul the report card framework have emerged (House Bill 200 and Senate Bill 145).

Chad Aldis HB 110 Testimony for Senate Finance 6-3-21 image

Commentary

6.3.2021

School Finance

Testimony given before the Senate Finance Committee on HB 110—6/3/21

Chad L. Aldis

NOTE: On June 3, 2021, the Ohio Senate’s Finance Committee heard testimony on House Bill 110, the state budget bill.

Commentary

6.2.2021

School Finance

Media statement on the Ohio Senate’s K-12 education proposals

Ohio Education Gadfly

Today, the Ohio Senate released its version of the biennial state budget (House Bill 110). As a sizeable portion of overall state expenditures, K–12 education funding has rightly been subject to much debate since Governor DeWine and the Ohio House unveiled their budget proposals earlier this year.

Commentary

6.2.2021

Governance

Gadfly Bites 6/2/21—The rubber hits the road

Jeff Murray

Our own Jessica Poiner had an op-ed published in the Enquirer last week arguing for keeping Ohio’s universal college admissions testing requirement.

Commentary

6.1.2021

Curriculum & Instruction

What’s next for College Credit Plus?

Aaron Churchill

Back in 2014, Ohio lawmakers overhauled the state’s dual-enrollment program that gives students opportunities to take advanced courses through two- or four-year colleges.

Commentary

5.28.2021

Charter Schools

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 5.28.21

Chad L. Aldis, Jeff Murray

The past, present, and future of charter schools

Commentary

5.28.2021

Governance

Gadfly Bites 5/28/21—Worthy of note

Jeff Murray

Back in September in these very Bites, we were cheering because Lima private school Golden Bridge Academy was on the grow and moving to a new and prominent location on the town square. What was not, apparently, worthy of note in that piece at the time was that the school was changing its name and “going public”!

Commentary

5.26.2021

Governance

Gadfly Bites 5/26/21—“I was skeptical... And it caused me to dig deeper into my data.”

Jeff Murray

Only one clip of note today, but that’s OK. I’m still resting up from Monday’s exertions. Plus, this is a weirdly interesting one.

Commentary

5.25.2021

Career & Technical Education

The Senate should say no to making driver’s licenses count as industry-recognized credentials

Jessica Poiner

The state budget has long been the primary vehicle for instituting sweeping education policy changes in Ohio. Amidst all the hustle and bustle and debate, it’s easy to forget that standalone bills are still being proposed. In fact, given the high stakes, it may even seem wise to focus solely on the budget.

Commentary

5.24.2021

Governance, Advanced Education

Gadfly Bites 5/24/21—Perhaps they are referring to the party game?

Jeff Murray

This headline, as with almost every legislation-related headline that includes it, misuses the term “limbo” in referencing the topic of education funding reform. (13ABC News, Toledo, 5/22/21)