After a judge ruled last year that Los Angeles was in violation of the Stull Act—a forty-year-old state law signed by Governor Ronald Reagan requiring that
No easy choices here
While there are still a couple of steps to go before it is law (everybody sing along), Ohio’s next biennial budget was voted out of the Senate Finance committee yesterday and heads now to the full Senate with nearly 1000 pages of amendments.
The intersection of school and community
From bureaucracy to performance
Do you believe that well-written and timely stories can change minds? Do you have the ability and the drive to research and write those stories? Would you like to work at the forefront of Ohio education policy? If so, you might be perfect as Education Writer and Policy Associate for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute’s Ohio office.
Read about the journey of Bianca Speranza, a 2013 Teach for America Corp member in Southwest Ohio.
How big cities in Ohio are working on the forefront of education reform.
A long way to go for charter high schools in graduating college-bound students
Illinois's new moratorium on virtual charter schools could have been worse
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation last week that places a one-year moratorium on new virtual charter schools outside Chicago and directs a state commission to study the effects and costs of virtual charters.
Career-tech courses neither hurt nor help
Reading plus math equals rags to riches
A feature article about Menlo Park Academy, Ohio’s sole charter school whose emphasis lies in educating gifted students.
Blended learning: It’s the talk of the town and perceived favorably, but it hasn’t found widespread use…yet.
The Common Core. Portfolio management. Superintendents’ views on education reform. If you’ve missed any of Fordham's recent research reports or events on these timely and relevant topics in Ohio education reform, read the notes below and click on the links!
Blended learning: It’s the talk of the town and perceived favorably, but it hasn’t found widespread use…yet.
Charters will soon be able to lease as many as sixteen former or soon-to-be-closed public school buildings
The top five takeaways from his interviews with USED, PARCC, and Smarter Balanced
Takeaways from last week's interviews with USED, PARCC, and Smarter Balanced on the move to Common Core-aligned assessments
