Ohio: lower paid teachers teaching poor kids
Stafford PalmieriOr so a study released yesterday by the Education Trust has found.
Teacher Turnover, Tenure Policies, and the Distribution of Teacher Quality: Can High-Poverty Schools Catch a Break?
This comprehensive report neatly summarizes what we know about teacher effectiveness, turnover, distribution, and tenure--and their relation to the overrepresentation of low quality teachers in high poverty schools.
A 'third way' for Arne Duncan?
Michael J. Petrilli, Chester E. Finn, Jr.On Tuesday, President-Elect Obama ended weeks of speculation by selecting Chicago schools CEO Arne Duncan to be his secretary of education.
No money, no standards?
Here's an original (and fallacious) thought: when times get rough, absolve children of the need to learn math. That, at least, is the story coming out of Oregon, where budget woes have allegedly forced the state to drop its brand-new graduation requirements in algebra, geometry, and statistics.
A Child-Centered Solution to School Finance in Ohio
Emmy L. PartinBrian GottlobThe Buckeye InstituteDecember 2008
Republic of Scarsdale?
It's no new news that Scarsdale, NY has long disdained tests and suffered from an inflated ego on this topic as well. Its latest ploy to distinguish itself from the pack?
Facing the Future: Financing Productive Schools
Center on Reinventing Public Education, School Finance Redesign ProjectPaul T. Hill, Marguerite Roza, and James HarveyDecember 2008
Abbott & Costello
Here's a travesty: the perpetuation of the notorious funding adequacy case Abbott v. Burke. On Monday, the New Jersey Supreme Court decided 5-0 to, in effect, not decide, again, on the fate of this 27-year long effort to enhance the budgets of 31 poor and low performing districts in the Garden State.
2007-08 Ohio Report Card Analysis
Emmy L. Partin, Terry RyanThe Thomas B. Fordham Institute, in partnership with Public Impact, analyzed the 2007-08 academic performance data for charter and district schools in Ohio's eight largest urban cities.
Obama and Ohio's Dems race to victory--now they must get along
It's a cliché, perhaps, but one worth repeating. The real winners in Tuesday's election are the people of Ohio. An incredible number turned out to vote (rivaling the record set in 2004), and a clear majority delivered the state's electoral votes to U.S. Sen. Barack Obama.
The last hurrah
If you can't beat ‘em, go around ‘em? That seems to be the latest Bush Administration strategy when it comes to No Child Left Behind. Having spent the better part of four years trying to persuade Congress to reauthorize the act to no avail, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has taken the matter into her own hands. How?
Ohio Governor's Roadmap for Academic Reforms, translated by the Ohio Education Gadfly
(A guest post from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute's Ohio Education Gadfly)
A state perspective: the School Finance Redesign Project findings and Ohio
A post from guest blogger and Fordham Director of Ohio Policy and Research Suzannah Herrmann.
More ideas for funding Ohio's schools
Emmy L. PartinAt its meeting this month, the State Board of Education's school funding subcommittee approved for dissemination a draft of Toward Recommendations for School Funding Reform in Ohio (see
Accelerating Student Learning in Ohio
Emmy L. Partin, Terry RyanAs Gov. Ted Strickland concludes his 12-city "Conversation on Education" tour to gather ideas for reforming public education in Ohio, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute has put forth a report of five recommendations designed to keep improvements in the Buckeye State's public schools on track toward three critical goals: 1) maximizing the talents of every child; 2) producing graduates as good as any in the world; and 3) closing the persistent academic gaps that continue between rich and poor, and black and white and brown.
Five ways to do right by Ohio's students
A post from guest blogger and Fordham writer and researcher??Emmy Partin.
Achieving Teacher and Principal Excellence: A Guidebook for Donors
Andrew J. RotherhamPhilanthropy Roundtable2008
Herrmann to join Fordham-Ohio policy team
Dr. Suzannah Herrmann will join the Thomas B. Fordham Institute as Director for Ohio Programs and Policy on Sept. 8.
Plotting School Choice: The Challenges of Crossing District Lines
Stafford PalmieriErin DillonEducation SectorAugust 2008
Analysis of Local Report Cards: Ohio Urban School Performance for 2007-08
For the past five years, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute has been analyzing the academic performance of schools in our hometown of Dayton and in other Ohio cities.
Ohio Value-Added Primer
Beginning in August 2008, Ohio's academic accountability system includes a value-added component that measures student academic progress in addition to achievement. Fordham created this short primer on value-added to help business people, lawmakers, policymakers, and others understand this powerful but complex tool.
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Can Gloria Estefan save Miami's schools? In case you haven't heard, despite its subtropical location, the Miami-Dade County school district isn't doing so hot.
The next president will matter to education in Ohio
Emmy L. PartinWhat will be the impact of the next president on public education in Ohio? We'll know a lot more about their different plans a month from now after both parties have held their nominating conventions and unveiled their formal platforms.
Ohio ed. policy remains a hot summer topic
Emmy L. PartinThis month the State Board of Education officially kicked off its search for the state's new superintendent of public instruction. The search is occurring amid continued uncertainty about the actual role and responsibilities of the superintendent if Gov. Strickland gets his way with the creation of a cabinet-level director of education.
We're back for a brief visit
There's so much going on this summer: high gasoline and other energy prices, a looming presidential election, the nation's (and in particular, Ohio's) continuing economic problems, and ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In education, Gov. Ted Strickland is gathering input and, likely, putting the final touches on his education-reform ideas.
Wake up, Ohio
Chester E. Finn, Jr.Once known as the Mother of Presidents, the once-great state of Ohio is getting poorer, older and dumber--and making all the wrong moves to reverse the situation.