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Gadfly Bites - 11/23/15
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)
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Gadfly Bites - 11/18/15
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.
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Gadfly Bites - 11/6/15
Dick Ross to retire, Youngstown mayor to appoint ADC member (but not himself)
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Increasing the transparency of districts’ financial reports
When is a pass-through not a pass-through?
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Gadfly Bites - 11/4/15
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)
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The opportunity gap: Extracurriculars and field trips aren’t just for fun
Inequitable distribution of resources and quality opportunities contribute to the achievement gap
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The products of a prototype: ReSchool Colorado’s efforts at systemic change writ small
Building evidence on a small scale to effect large-scale change
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Gadfly Bites - 11/2/15
Services and funding for gifted, special-needs students under the microscope in Ohio
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Evaluation of the Content and Quality of the 2014 MCAS and PARCC relative to the CCSSO Criteria for High Quality Assessments
Some months ago, we at the Thomas B.
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Gadfly Bites - 10/30/15
The CREDO report on e-school performance release earlier this week continues to ripple through Ohio media outlets. Chad is quoted in Gongwer’s report from yesterday. "Ohio shouldn't back away from its disappointing NAEP results," he said.
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What’s the best way to train and empower school leaders? A recap of Fordham’s school leadership event
A brief look at our most recent Ohio Education Speakers Series event
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Gadfly Bites - 10/23/15
Chad’s testimony earlier this week in front of the state board of education was covered, a bit belatedly, by Gongwer.
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Gadfly Bites - 10/21/15
The ripples - and the hourly billings - related to the Youngstown Plan continue
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