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Charter Schools
Public policy and nonpublic schools: How the budget bill impacts private schools
Vouchers, graduation requirements, and more
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Gadfly Bites - 7/17/15
As we told you already, the Ohio Department of Education’s charter school sponsor review process came under fire in the State Board of Education earlier this week. The piling on has begun, but obviously when State Auditor Dave Yost (I know!) weighs in, folks listen.
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Warning signs: Observations on teacher evaluation results in Ohio
Analyzing first-year results of Ohio's teacher evaluation system
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Charter Schools
Seizing the Future: How Ohio’s Career and Technical Education Programs Fuse Academic Rigor and Real-World Experiences to Prepare Students for College and Work
This is not your grandfather's vocational education
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Gadfly Bites - 7/8/15
A rally was held yesterday in Youngstown by folks opposed to the so-called “Youngstown Plan”, which is really a sharpening of the Academic Distress Commission protocols in Ohio…although targeted fairly specifically at Youngstown.
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Accountability & Testing
The ABCs of ADCs: An in-depth look at the new academic distress commission legislation
A new tool for school district reform
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Leading the News: 25 Years of Education Coverage
The perception of our education system is largely reflected through local reporting
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Gadfly Bites - 7/1/15
Chad is quoted in a story on the stall in charter law reform in Ohio. The bill that was oh-so-close to passage earlier this week now appears to be delayed until at least September. (Columbus Dispatch, 7/1/15)
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ESA Wonkathon recap
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Diplomas Count 2015: Life After Special Education
Ohio-centric look at this year's annual graduation report
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Gadfly Bites - 6/29/15
Editorializing on the so-called “Youngstown Plan” – that is, a proposal to strengthen Ohio’s Academic Distress Commission protocols that is likely to be signed into law by the governor – began in earnest this weekend. You can find quick-hit blog posts both in Ohio and nationally.
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Gadfly Bites - 6/26/15
Most media discussion of legislative activity in Ohio is currently about the state budget, which faces a looming deadline by which it must be finished. But last night, House Bill 2 passed the Ohio Senate by a vote of 30-0.
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Sharpening the academic distress commission in Ohio
A proposed new tool to address persistent underperformance
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Charter Schools
2015 Wonkathon: Who was the wisest wonk?
In Fordham’s second annual Wonkathon, fourteen wonks opined on education savings accounts:
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