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Accountability & Testing
Science and social studies: To test or not to test
Data and policy options for stakeholders in Ohio
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Charter Schools
2014 Charter School Facility Finance Landscape
The ins and outs of financing charter school facilities.
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Gadfly Bites - 11/3/14
A special ed deep dive in Stark County, charter school successes, and be careful what you wish for.
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Gadfly Bites - 10/31/14
District merger update, how (not) to sell an old school building, and the Good Mathkeeping Seal of Approval.
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Gadfly Bites - 10/30/14
Not sure if it’s the impending arrival of Halloween or of next week’s election that is curtailing the education news stories (two very different versions of trick or treat there), but for whatever reason, there’s not much to report on today. But let’s make the most out of what we have, shall we?
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The Character Factor: Measures and Impact of Drive and Prudence
More character ed? Wouldn't be prudent. Robert Pondiscio
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Teacher Preparation Policies and Their Effects on Student Achievement
Judging individual teachers is easier than judging the programs that prepare them. Dara Zeehandelaar
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Gadfly Bites - 10/29/14
Closing down open enrollment, hate the standards AND the test, dual enrollment success, and more
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Gadfly Bites - 10/28/14
Arne Duncan in Columbus, small cities solving big-city problems, and Not This Again?!
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Columbus school-improvement “plans” require massive repair
Parents in Columbus need lots of information to make Ohio's "parent trigger" law truly helpful.
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Gadfly Bites - 10/23/14
Both sides of the testing debate, parent trigger in Columbus, and an editorial smackdown.
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Gadfly Bites - 10/22/14
Checking in on state board of ed races, modular classrooms, and closing bad charters.
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Accountability & Testing
Give PARCC a chance
Assessment is the drab side of schooling; but high-quality assessments are crucial.
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Standards
Common Core in Ohio: don’t look back
There is no room for Sisyphus in the fight to improve Ohio schools.
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Gadfly Bites - 10/17/14
A couple of school success stories, ESC weirdness, and budgetary philosophizing.
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Gadfly Bites - 10/15/14
Common Core repeal hearings return, fortifying our intestines again, suburban microcosms, and an inspirational story.
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Gadfly Bites - 10/13/14
The strike ends, grades will be weighted, the curve is ruined, and apparently no one likes taking tests.
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Educational improvement requires quality data and research
Data gurus raise prickly issues around the issue of boosting teacher quality.
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Gadfly Bites - 10/7/14
Progress in Cleveland (?), stealth negotiations (?), and the return of Common Core hearings (?).