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Charter Schools
Left-of-center reformers: Join the voucher movement today
In which Mike addresses the left's main concerns with voucher programs
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Charter Schools
Time for more generous vouchers and Catholic charter schools
But because charters and Catholic schools share similar traits and comparable missions in serving inner-city, low-income youth, there ought to be equal opportunities for each sector to thrive
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Charter Schools
Governance in the charter school sector: Time for a reboot
As charters evolve, so must the rules
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Curriculum & Instruction
Fraudulence gets checked—but not without excuses
The dramatic test-cheating scandal in Atlanta—which has seen the indictment of thirty-five educators, including
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A small yet nice honor for high-achieving students in one Ohio district
Students’ academic excellence recognized in Dublin City’s financial report
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Curriculum & Instruction
Why conservatives should support the Common Core
Two education scholars from right-of-center think tanks set the record straight
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Curriculum & Instruction
Common ground
An introduction to our upcoming Common Core blog discussions with school leaders
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Common Corps—and la Coeur
Continuing his stunning career ascent, Common Core architect David Coleman has agreed to take a top post in Pope Francis’s inner circle, just months after joining the College Board.
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Ohio Department of Education’s Physical Education Evaluation Instrument
The following is a real-life excerpt from a standardized assessment that Ohio plans to put to K–2 kids—and the only piece of this Gladfly that is 100 percent true.
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Curriculum & Instruction
A piece of the puzzle: Teach For America, Dayton and its schools
Enticing our top college graduates to teach in America’s classrooms is a serious challenge, bordering on an epidemic in some of our poorer communities and neighborhoods.
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Charter Schools
Moving beyond the fringe voices in the voucher debate
The New York Times published a semi-balanced story today on the growth of the private school-choice movement
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Curriculum & Instruction
The Common Core, digital transformation, and the Kasich budget proposal
Starting in the 2014-15 school year, Ohio’s schools will fully implement the Common Core State Standards and the PARCC exams--online assessments aligned to the Common Core. As the Buckeye State draws nearer to lift off for these new academic standards and tests, school districts are ratcheting up their technological infrastructure and capacity.
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Charter Schools
Governance in the charter school sector: Time for a reboot
Much has happened in the charter sector in the last twenty years, but the laws ruling its governance largely remain the same
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Charter Schools
Governance in the Charter School Sector: Time for a Reboot
Review by Terry Ryan of Fordham's latest report
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Teacher Evaluation Overkill in Ohio - What about PE Teachers?
Evaluating teachers to gauge their impact on student achievement is a necessary reform.
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Can mayoral control fix what ails Ohio’s urban school districts?
Ohio’s urban school districts, like many others across the country, face a slow burning governance crisis.
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Charter Schools
Governance in the Charter School Sector: Time for a Reboot
Fordham’s new policy brief by Adam Emerson, “Governance in the Charter School Sector: Time for a Reboot,” tackles the governance issue head-on.
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Ohio swears in Richard Ross as new state superintendent
Richard (Dick) Ross was sworn into Monday by State Board of Education President Debe Terhar as Ohio’s 37th State Superintendent of Public Instruction.