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Commentary
12.21.2015

Gadfly Bites - 12/21/15

Jeff Murray

What the heck is up with the Youngstown Academic Distress Commission? Nothing and everything

Commentary
12.11.2015

Gadfly Bites - 12/11/15

Jeff Murray

The parental "broccoli rule" to guide new state policy on truancy

Commentary
12.9.2015

The value of comparability

Chester E. Finn, Jr., Robert Pondiscio

Our friend and colleague Mike Petrilli is right about many things, but he’s wrong to dismiss solid interstate comparisons of academic performance as a “nice to have,” not a “must-have.” He acknowledges that the Common Core standards have largely failed to usher in an era of timely, valid, and informative com

Commentary
11.23.2015

Gadfly Bites - 11/23/15

Jeff Murray

Our own Aaron Churchill is briefly quoted in this piece taking a preliminary look at preliminary PARCC test scores. Aaron notes that this is only preliminary data. Preliminarily. (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 11/20/15)

Commentary
11.18.2015

Gadfly Bites - 11/18/15

Jeff Murray

Dayton City Schools still has 35 teaching vacancies to fill four months into the year. Officials are blaming large scale retirement of veteran teachers, despite having 81 new applicants show up at a recent job fair.

Commentary
11.6.2015

Gadfly Bites - 11/6/15

Jeff Murray

Dick Ross to retire, Youngstown mayor to appoint ADC member (but not himself)

Commentary
11.4.2015

Gadfly Bites - 11/4/15

Jeff Murray

Our own Jamie Davies O’Leary is front and center in the Enquirer with an opinion piece explaining why Ohio should not consider returning $71 million in recently-awarded federal Charter School Program (CSP) funds. (Cincinnati Enquirer, 11/3/15)