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Good and could get better: Terry Ryan’s testimony on the Kasich plan
Terry Ryan's written testimony at the Ohio House Finance Primary and Secondary Education subcommittee
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Charter Schools
The End Of The World and other light reading
With just a few hours left before automatic, across-the-board federal budget cuts take effect, the odds seem slim that Congress will pull a rabbit out of this hat.
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Charter Schools
KIPP Middle Schools: Impacts on Achievement and Other Outcomes
Even charter opponents agree: There’s no explaining away these results
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The MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: Challenges for School Leadership
The survey that cried wolf?
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The Opportunity Cost of Smaller Classes: A State-By-State Spending Analysis
CRPE gets stingy—and smart
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Charter Schools
Steps in the Right Direction: Assessing "Ohio Achievement Everywhere" - the Kasich Plan
When then-Governor Ted Strickland issued his Evidence-Based Model (EBM) of school funding reform in 2009 we engaged Professor Paul Hill to provide an analysis of the proposals. We couldn’t think of anyone better to do the work than Professor Hill. His credentials are impeccable.
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Charter Schools
The wheels of churn in our schools
Student mobility is an ongoing cycle within Ohio school districts
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The broken record of education policy—it’s a good thing
We repeat, and repeat, and repeat, our messages—but it helps new leaders
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Curriculum & Instruction
Trust but verify: The real lessons of Campbell’s Law
A deeper reading of Campbell's Law reveals a nuanced and constructive message on measuring progress
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Charter Schools
Two thumbs up to Columbus’s Mayor Coleman
Comments about Mayor Coleman's State of the City address
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Bringing back the art of teaching under the Common Core
In a Senate hearing on February 20, the Acting Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael Sawyers presented progress the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) has made in the past six months on various initiatives.
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Governor Kasich brings cheer to one of America's saddest cities
The governor's school finance plan moves Ohio in the right direction
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Charter Schools
Tests and finances
In a futile effort to counter the influence of test-preparation companies, New York City’s education department changed part of the test it administers to four-year-olds to determine whether or not they are
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Does Athletic Success Come at the Expense of Academic Success?
You can have both athletes and mathletes
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Curriculum & Instruction
Moving Forward: A National Perspective on States’ Progress in Common Core Standards Implementation Planning
A short review of a study conducted by Education First and Editorial Projects in Education, Inc. that examines the Common Core and states' progress with implementation. How does Ohio fare?
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Charter Schools
Principals’ Perceptions of Competition for Students in Milwaukee School
A glimpse into competition among schools and performance ratings
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Dramatically improving schools in Columbus by 2020
Columbus needs more high-performing schools for children.
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Curriculum & Instruction
Problem-solvers, optimists wanted: A Q&A with KIPP Journey’s Hannah Powell Tuney
This Q&A with Hannah Powell Tuney, the executive director of KIPP: Central Ohio, is the third of our seven-part series on school leadership.
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Charter Schools
Charter system for counting, funding students a model for districts
Ohio's charter schools have an excellent model in place for regular enrollment checks and this model should be followed by public school districts.
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Shuttered Public Schools: The Struggle to Bring Old Buildings New Life
A look at the process of finding new uses for old schools buildings in a number of cities throughout the country.
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Charter Schools
CANCELED: Fordham Institute's Michael Petrilli to visit Columbus and discuss latest book
Unfortunately, this event has been canceled.
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Curriculum & Instruction
The Common Core implementation gap
We’ve made the necessary oblations to Common Core, and now it’s time to get serious about the seriousness of implementation
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Dramatically improving schools in Columbus by 2020
Columbus urgently needs more high performing schools for its children
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Charter Schools
Rubio will need Florida-style bipartisan backing for choice plan
The senator, immediately after his Republican response to the president's State of the Union address, released a far-reaching federal school-choice plan
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