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Gadfly Bites - 1/14/15
More Common Core repeal efforts to come, a candid interview, and the return of cafeteria boot camp.
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Charter Schools
Straightening the record on charters and local tax revenue
Clearing up common misconceptions
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Charter Schools
Filling the Skills Gap: Massachusetts Vocational-Technical Schools and Business Partnerships
Technical high schools can thrive with the support of local businesses
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Curriculum & Instruction
Differentiated instruction vs. ability grouping: It’s time to toss out “one or the other” thinking
How about a hybrid?
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Gadfly Bites - 1/9/15
Yet more on charter school reform, dual enrollment increases, and another Research Bite.
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Gadfly Bites - 1/8/15
Editors in Cleveland opine strongly against retire-rehire/double-dipping among the ranks of superintendents in Ohio. Choice words they used: “shameless”, “ridiculous charade”, “pension jackpot”. Ouch. (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
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Charter Schools
Ohio charter quality and policy continues to make headlines; editorials spotlight differing views
Reaction to two recent Fordham-sponsored reports on charter schools continues.
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Gadfly Bites - 1/6/15
How to recruit a diverse teaching staff, and possible education deregulation in Ohio.
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Gadfly Bites - 1/5/15
Online charter schools, racial "lopsidedness", and introducing Ohio Research Bites.
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Gadfly Bites - 1/2/15
Charter law reform (editorializing and prognosticating), ESC shopping, and more.
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Gadfly Bites - 12/31/14
Successful supports for at-risk students, when audit reports turn smarmy, and more.
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Gadfly Bites - 12/29/14
An editorial on charter law reform, an editorial in support of Common Core, and more.
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Gadfly Bites - 12/23/14
Academic distress, tired charter school rhetoric, and a puzzling "pep rally"
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Charter Schools
New research on Ohio charter quality and policy makes headlines, creating consensus that change is needed
Ohio on the cusp of big changes to charter school law
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Gadfly Bites - 12/22/14
Calls for charter changes in Ohio draw kudos, another charter to get local funds in Cleveland, and more.
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Charter Schools
Ohio problems, Ohio solutions
Editor's note: This post originally appeared in a slightly different form at Bellwether Education Partners' Ahead of the Herd blog.
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Charter Schools
Stuck inside of Cleveland with the Buckeye Blues again
Editor's note: This post originally appeared in slightly different form at the Chartering Quality blog.
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Gadfly Bites - 12/18/14
Rational "5 of 8" discussion, Cleveland Scholarship Program news, and payroll woes for one troubled district.
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Charter Schools
The Road to Redemption: Ten Policy Recommendations for Ohio's Charter School Sector
Fixing Ohio’s charter law is a difficult, but necessary task. Chad L. Aldis and Aaron Churchill
