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Commentary

3.9.2011

The MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: Preparing Students for College and Careers

Daniela Fairchild

Favoring both the Common Core and 21st century skills?

Commentary

3.9.2011

Arts Education in America: What the Declines Mean for Arts Education

Gerilyn Slicker

The newest racial gap: exposure to arts education

Commentary

3.9.2011

Charter Schools

Fordham-authorized Columbus Collegiate Academy wins highest honor for student achievement

Jamie Davies O'Leary

Columbus Collegiate Academy, a Fordham-authorized charter school in one of Columbus's poorest neighborhoods (Weinland Park), has just been awarded the Gold-Gain EPIC award by New Leaders for New Schools for dramatic gains in student achievement.?

Commentary

3.8.2011

Fordham's Jamie Davies O'Leary testifies in Ohio Senate in support of TFA

Bianca Speranza

This morning the Ohio Senate Education Committee met to discuss SB 81- a bill that would allow Teach For America alumni to gain a resident teacher license and be equipped to teach in the State of Ohio. It also paves the way for the creation of an actual TFA-Ohio site.

Commentary

3.7.2011

Ohio superintendents: Yearning to break free-but after you go first

Terry Ryan

Last week we released Yearning to Break Free: Ohio Superintendents Speak Out ??? a statewide survey of Ohio superintendents and other education leaders.?? Among the key findings, superintendents told us they want state leaders to:

Report

3.3.2011

School Finance, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Yearning to Break Free

Steve Farkas, Ann Duffett

Statewide survey of Ohio school district superintendents (and other education leaders) on the most critical issues facing K-12 education in the Buckeye State, including budgets, school effectiveness, and troublesome laws.

Commentary

3.3.2011

New Fordham report: Yearning to Break Free

Education in Ohio, as in most of the country, is coming to terms with a challenging ?new normal,? as Arne Duncan calls it?the prolonged period ahead when schools must produce better results with diminished resources.