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Charter Schools
Cheers and Jeers for February 9, 2015
The good and the bad in recent Ohio education news
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Gadfly Bites - 2/9/15
Sponsor-centric charter reform, retaining the voucher-eligible, and science proficiency among low-income students
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Charter Schools
Media Alert: Fordham Institute’s response to Governor Kasich’s new budget
Governor Kasich released his FY 16-17 biennial budget today. True to his word, Kasich featured charter school reforms prominently, with a focus on improving sponsor quality, eliminating conflicts of interest, and addressing some of the funding inequities that plague charter schools.
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Accountability & Testing
Research Bites - 2/2/15
Looking at the state of education in Ohio’s State of the State cities
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Gadfly Bites - 2/2/15
Charter school bill, charters in the budget, EdChoice applications, and much more.
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Gadfly Bites - 1/30/15
Opining on HB 2 begins, replacing the FRPL indicator, Austintown v Youngstown, and more
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Gadfly Bites - 1/29/15
House tackles charter law, Senate tackles testing, Toledo tackles Kindergarten readiness, more
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Who Enters Teaching? Encouraging Evidence That the Status of Teaching Is Improving
In New York, smart teacher-training policies led to universal improvement. Dara Zeehandelaar, Ph.D.
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Doing the Math on Teacher Pensions: How to Protect Teachers and Taxpayers
Stop robbing the piggy bank, politicos. Kevin Mahnken
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Preparing for a Renaissance in Assessment
Quality is still paramount in the new world of computerized testing. Victoria Sears
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Gadfly Bites - 1/28/15
It took a few days, but newspaper editors have finally started taking note of the state auditor’s report on charter school attendance.
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Gadfly Bites - 1/27/15
"Government schools", a Straight A Fund project, the end of disagreement on Common Core, and more
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Standards, Accountability & Testing
Deconstructing Ohio’s testing report recommendations
"Test mania" debunked - now for the real work to improve testing in Ohio
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Charter Schools, Accountability & Testing
What Schools Do Families Want (and Why)?
Real parent preferences revealed.
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Standards, Accountability & Testing
Cheers and Jeers for January 26, 2015
The good and the bad in recent Ohio education news.
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Accountability & Testing
Fixing No Child Left Behind: Oral testimony of Martin West
Editor's note: This testimony was presented at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions onFixing No Child Left Behind: Testing and Accountability on January, 21, 2015.
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Gadfly Bites - 1/21/15
Charter school becomes a victim of its own success, unionizing charters, National School Choice Week, and more.
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Gadfly Bites - 1/20/15
Whiz-bang PARCC tests, nuanced discussion of education funding, what is The Hub?, and more.
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Accountability & Testing
Timely Ohio report could change the ESEA testing debate
Though hardly the only issue to be debated during the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education act, annual testing has taken center stage in discussions so far.
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Gadfly Bites - 1/16/15
Decision time for "thorough and efficient" approaches, testing cuts, budget cuts, and Research Bites.
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Gadfly Bites - 1/15/15
One Toledo Catholic school changing things up in a big way, new EdChoice eligibility list, and more