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Gadfly Bites - 9/25/15
Teacher evaluations, sponsor ratings, the implications of "less than zero", and the meaning of "surprise"
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Gadfly Bites - 9/23/15
Charter law reform, arguing on process, and federal funding restores real education
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Choice, Information, and Constrained Options: School Transfers in a Stratified Educational System
Revisiting a 1996 accountability effort in Chicago
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Republicans: Education doesn't matter unless you talk about it
There were many routes to the podium at last week’s Republican presidential debate.
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Gadfly Bites - 9/21/15
Chad Aldis is quoted in this DDN piece posted late on Friday. It is about the currently-stalled charter law reform bill and how quickly various stakeholders think it will take for the bill to become un-stalled once legislators return to work later this month.
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Progress and problems: Checking in on the Cleveland Plan
A reality check amid signs of true progress
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Gadfly Bites - 9/16/15
Before we get to the action from this week’s state board of education meeting, let’s take a look at a pretty important Ohio Supreme Court ruling in the case of Hope Academy Broadway Campus v. White Hat Management which came down yesterday morning.
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Text of testimony given before the Ohio Board of Education 9/15/15
Don't lose sight of oversight improvements already made
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Gadfly Bites - 9/14/15
Wishful thinking abounds among journalists, commentators, and interview subjects
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A solution to Ohio’s course access problem
Governance, funding, and accountability fixes
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Teacher Layoffs, Teacher Quality, and Student Achievement: Evidence from a Discretionary Layoff Policy
Discretionary layoffs vs. "last-hired, first-fired”
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Gadfly Bites - 8/31/15
The "worst students", transportation as punishment, and more education news of the bizarre
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Establishing a baseline: Ohio’s education system as it enters a new era
Who are Ohio's students and how are they faring?
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