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Gadfly Bites - 5/15/15
Reporting the honesty gap in Ohio, dissecting social mobility in Ohio, and more on school closures
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Ohio high-flyers share the strategies behind their success
School districts close gaps using common strategies
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Leveraging highly effective teaching: The potential of the “hybrid teacher”
Teacher attrition discussions should focus more on retaining the most effective professionals
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Gadfly Bites - 5/8/15
Fordham voices past and present, charter law reform, voucher expansion controversies, and more
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Charter Schools
Andy Smarick on fixing Buckeye State charters
Editor's note: On May 6, Fordham contributor Andy Smarick delivered testimony before an Ohio education subcommittee on Senate Bill 148, a critical piece of legislation that would help clean up
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Gadfly Bites - 5/6/15
Increasing high-quality seats in Cincy, scoring PARCC in Westerville, and more
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Charter Schools, Accountability & Testing
Ohio House proposes changes in testing, vouchers, and teacher evaluation
Looking beyond the "big issues" in Ohio's budget bill
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Charter Schools
Recapping Fordham’s school closures event
Marking our report release and continuing Ohio Education Speakers Series
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Gadfly Bites - 5/4/15
Opinion roundup (school closures, charter law reform, transportation) and more.
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Charter Schools
An Analysis of the Charter School Facility Landscape in California
New report looks at facilities issues faced by charter schools in the Golden State
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Charter Schools
School choice of the future: A look at Cincinnati high schools
All district high schools in the Queen City are schools of choice
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Gadfly Bites - 4/29/15
Contentious properties, contentious testing changes, contentious action plans
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Charter Schools
Thomas B. Fordham Institute Proponent Testimony on Ohio House Bill 2 and Senate Bill 148
Chad's written testimony, delivered April 22, 2015
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Gadfly Bites - 4/22/15
Charter law reform, performance audit disbelief, the post-5-of-8 world, and more
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Charter Schools
“The oversight of charter schools Ohio desperately needs”
The Ohio Senate takes a strong stand on charter law reform
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Charter Schools
“That’s not how this works!”- correcting the rhetoric around public charter schools
Misunderstanding or misleading?
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Curriculum & Instruction
National Board Certification and Teacher Effectiveness: Evidence from Washington
Are National Board Certified Teachers more effective than their non-certified counterparts?
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Gadfly Bites - 4/17/15
Charter law reform IS the real deal in Ohio, PARCC-blocking, prom-blocking, and more
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Gadfly Bites - 4/15/15
State Board of Ed news, Ohio House news, and a Dayton news and opinion roundup
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Gadfly Bites - 4/13/15
Count Week RIP, academic monitors begin work in Lorain, 5 of 8 Rule RIP?, and more
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Accountability & Testing
Should districts get rid of middle schools?
Does middle school really stink?
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Curriculum & Instruction, Accountability & Testing
The promise of mastery grading (continued)
Pros and cons of mastery-based education
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