Education in the P.R.C.: A layer cake baked from the top down
China?s heavy-handed governance structure
China?s heavy-handed governance structure
Alexander-Isakson: A porridge just right
The arrows point in the right direction?but just barely
We might be onto something here
What we have here, is a failure, to communicate
The State Board of Education has just eight weeks left to develop a model framework for teacher evaluations that will be used or adapted by over 1000 local education agencies (LEA) by July of 2013. (Ohio's biennial budget ? HB 153 ? stipulated that the Board come up with a model by December 31 of this year.)? Skeletal requirements are spelled out in state law.
Ohio currently has a basket full of publicly funded, private-school voucher programs, making it unique in America's school choice landscape. Ohio has three separate programs for students in failing districts, students with autism, and students living in Cleveland. A voucher program for students with disabilities launches next year.
Ohio needs an elementary school ???reading guarantee.???
Earlier this year I testified in both the Ohio Senate and the House in support of the education provisions embedded in the highly contentious Senate Bill 5. SB5, now known as Issue 2, is up for referendum next Tuesday and current polls show the bill will very likely be overturned.