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Rewarding Experienced Teachers: How Much Do Schools Really Pay?
New study looks at pension plans as a vital part of teacher compensation
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Charter Schools
Past Ohio CSP winners have delivered results, future winners can do the same
A look back at the federal Charter School Program in the Buckeye State
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New legislation puts Ohio's charter school sector on the road to redemption
Ohio’s charter school sector has been a thorn in the side of the Buckeye State for far too long.
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Fordham Institute media statement on House and Senate passage of comprehensive charter school reform-HB 2
The Ohio House and Senate each voted overwhelmingly this afternoon (October 7, 2015) to approve the report of the Conference Committee on House Bill 2 (HB 2).
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Delaware’s Student Success 2025 plan: Swinging for the fences but falling short of a home run
What would happen if both sides of today’s education reform debate—the “public common school” crowd and the education reformers—got everything they wanted all at once? The newly released Student Success 2025 plan aims to envision just that for the state of Delaware.
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Charter Schools
Charter leaders making a difference in Columbus
Improving the lives of their students and their city
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Parental Incentives and Early Childhood Achievement: A Field Experiment in Chicago Heights
Findings of parental involvement study merit further investigation
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Advanced Education
AP in the Queen City: Blended model can expand access and nudge Ohio policy forward
New steps to expand AP course access in Cincinnati
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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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Charter Schools
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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Charter Schools
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