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Gadfly Bites - 3/5/15
Yost gives his unique take on charter law reform; Ohio Senate creates "rockstar" advisory panel on testing
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Gadfly Bites - 3/4/15
Petrilli on opting out, the ABJ on open enrollment, and innovative dry-erase tables
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Gadfly Bites - 2/27/15
The value of standardized testing, begging for a state takeover, school funding beyond the Big 8, and more
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Gadfly Bites - 2/26/15
Defining high performers, celebrating Watch DOGS, checking out opportunity in Akron, and more
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Gadfly Bites - 2/25/15
Sad Game Show edition: Opt-out "consequences", "If This Were a Charter School...", and "What's Your Mandate Anyway?"
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Gadfly Bites - 2/24/15
Walk-through diagnostics for classrooms, budget cutting woes, a Research Bite on 30 years of school funding, and more
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School funding: Use reason, not rhetoric
Dissecting proposed changes to Ohio's school funding formula
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Principal leadership development: Can we do better?
Is one pathway to principalship better than another?
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Ohio’s Teacher Evaluation System (OTES): Early results
Not enough teachers rated Accomplished or too many?
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Doing the Math on Teacher Pensions: How to Protect Teachers and Taxpayers
Looking at teacher pension programs across the country
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Charter Schools
School Closings in Chicago: Understanding Families’ Choices and Constraints for New School Enrollment
What happens to students after their schools close?
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Charter Schools
Cheers and Jeers for February 23, 2015
The good and the bad in recent Ohio education news
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Gadfly Bites - 2/23/15
The State Auditor's perspective on charter law reform, PARCC testing, and the 5 of 8 rule
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Gadfly Bites - 2/20/15
What does it mean to align curriculum to standards, who are the Akron PeaceMakers, and more
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Gadfly Bites - 2/18/15
What the state budget may hold for charter schools, education/transportation, more
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Gadfly Bites - 2/17/15
Teacher success connected to teacher prep, dual enrollment, and Chad is everywhere
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Charter Schools
Opportunity to help transform and accelerate education outcomes in Cincinnati
Cincinnati Schools Accelerator seeks CEO
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Gadfly Bites - 2/13/15
He said/she said on the education budget and another Research Bites look at science proficiency
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Gadfly Bites - 2/12/15
Wide support for charter reform, Common Core success in Hudson, transportation audits, more
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The New Forgotten Half and Research Directions to Support Them
College is only worth it if you graduate. Michelle Lerner
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Gadfly Bites - 2/11/15
Opining on the governor's K-12 budget, PARCC safe harbor, "listen to the teachers", and more
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Charter Schools
Thomas B. Fordham Institute Proponent Testimony on Ohio House Bill 2
Chad's written testimony, delivered Feb 11, 2015.
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Gadfly Bites - 2/10/15
"Rock star" teacher leaving her gig, parents in schools, corporations in schools, more
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Charter Schools
The rating system at the heart of Kasich’s charter school reforms
Inside Ohio’s new Quality Sponsor Practices Review (QSPR)
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Curriculum & Instruction, Accountability & Testing
When the stakes get high, the politics shouldn’t get soft
An argument against watering down testing and accountability