Two important upcoming events - Education for Upward Mobility and ESSA: Implications for Equity in Ohio
Ohio Education GadflyOn Wednesday, March 23, 2016, Fordham president Mike Petrilli will be in Columbus to discuss his new book, Education for Upward Mobility. In it, more than a dozen contributors work to answer fundamental questions: How can we help children born into poverty transcend their disadvantages and enter the middle class as adults? And in particular, what role can our schools play?
The Project L.I.F.T. Story: Early Lessons from a Public-Private Education Turnaround Initiative
Jamie Davies O'LearyFirst look at a focused, fully-funded turnaround effort in North Carolina
Informing Investments in Preschool Quality and Access in Cincinnati
Aaron ChurchillReturn on investment for quality pre-K - what the research shows
Teacher preparation: The complicated but important process of raising admissions standards
Jessica PoinerAddressing teacher quality issues at the source
Spotlight on Columbus
Jamie Davies O'Leary, Jeff MurrayTwo good news stories from Central Ohio
How to improve Ohio teacher preparation
Jessica PoinerThe first round of our recommendations for fixing vital but hard-to-change area of teacher training programs
Building a better (community) college student through remediation
Jeff MurrayTwo new reports look at the "preparation gap" for community college students
The Impact of Teacher Demographic Representation on Student Attendance and Suspensions
Jamie Davies O'LearyA topic that demands our attention—and our action
Gadfly Bites - 2/24/16
Jeff Murray"It costs more to graduate from [Youngstown's] East High than to graduate from college."
The Proper Perspective: An honest exchange about Ohio’s Charter School Program grant
Do Ohio's quality charter schools deserve expansion funding?
Generating Opportunity and Prosperity: The Promise of Rural Education Collaboratives
Jeff MurraySimilar challenges; collective efforts to address them
Gadfly Bites - 2/22/16
Jeff MurrayFinally, someone is willing to address the vexatious "goat rodeo" in Ohio private schools
Beyond PD: Teacher Professional Learning in High-Performing Systems
Jessica PoinerWhat can American schools learn from the world's high-performing education systems?
2016 teacher policy in Ohio: Same issues, new opportunities
Jessica PoinerWhat legislators and stakeholders need to know about teacher policy before crafting Ohio’s reforms in the wake of ESSA
Gadfly Bites 2/10/16
Jeff MurrayIntestinal fortitude in Youngstown, Google to the rescue in Fairborn, and more