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A serious mistake on school funding
A short article published this week in the Columbus Dispatch makes serious reporting mistakes that
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Gadfly Bites 6/24/16 -- Is it OK for people who live in brick houses to cast stones?
I sometimes feel like I’m the only person who has no further need to be convinced that kids dropping out of school without graduating is a bad thing. Why? Because it seems any discussion of “what to do about dropouts” still requires an obligatory introduction about WHY we need to do something about the problem.
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Wider than ever: Ohio’s “high-performing teacher” definition reminds us of public education’s philosophical divides
Last year’s biennial budget (HB 64) required Ohio to define what it means to be a “consistently high-performing teacher” by July 1, a date that is fast approaching.
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Gadfly Bites 6/22/16 - Bricks, bucks, and 'bots
Having failed, thus far, to scupper Ohio’s $71 million federal Charter School Program grant award, opponents of charter schools seem to be pivoting toward begging for additional oversight of whatever money Ohio’s charter schools might receive. Unfortunately for Sen.
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Gadfly Bites 6/20/16 - May the best plumb win
There was more talk of the “HB 2 Effect” this weekend. The Dispatch didn’t go into quite the level of detail that the Plain Dealer did, but Chad was quoted saying the same thing.
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Gadfly Bites - 6/17/16
The NAPCS/50CAN/NACSA report on the quality of virtual schools across the country made a splashy debut yesterday. It was big news in Ohio for sure, although folks took its messages somewhat differently. Was it an attack? A “call for action”? You decide. Our own Chad Aldis was quoted in all of the following pieces. The PD was first out of the gate with coverage.
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Gadfly Bites - 6/15/16
After some drops, adds, and sifting, the list of finalists for Dayton City Schools superintendent is down to three. They were introduced to the public late last week and here are brief profiles of them all. Not sure when the board will make the decision. Hopefully soon.
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Text of testimony given before the Ohio Board of Education 6/14/16
NOTE: Tom Lasley, executive director of Learn to Earn Dayton and former dean of the School of Education and Health Sciences at the University of Dayton, addressed the Ohio Board of Education in Columbus today. These are his written remarks in full.
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Better Use of Information Could Help Agencies Identify Disparities and Address Racial Discrimination
No, the GAO did not find that school segregation is on the rise
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Testing the Causal Links Between School Climate, School Violence, and School Academic Performance
Surprising findings of causation
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Gadfly Bites - 6/10/16
If things go as planned, Cincinnati City Schools’ board of education will pass a resolution next week to authorize negotiations with Phalen Leadership Academies, a charter school network from Indianapolis, with an eye toward opening a district-sponsored Phalen
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Gadfly Bites - 6/6/16
Catching up with weird charter school stories and other education news from last week
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Gadfly Bites - 5/23/16
Ohio Auditor Dave Yost (!) has been absent from these pages for a bit. And here’s why: He and his team have been preparing a report of their findings during an attendance audit of charter and district schools across the state.
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2016 Wonkathon: Who was the wisest wonk?
In Fordham’s third annual Wonkathon, eleven wonks opined on ESSA and parental choice:
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GIVE Back, GO Forward: Ohio’s intergenerational college affordability initiative
Volunteerism begets free college credits in pilot program
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