Are Charter School Unions Worth the Bargain?
Michael IshimotoIt's too early to tell
Comparability of State and Local Expenditures Among Schools Within Districts: A Report From the Study of School-Level Expenditures
Weighted student funding, anyone?
Checked Out: Ohioans' Views on Education 2009
In partnership with the independent education journal Catalyst Ohio (see here), we resolved to find out, and enlisted the expert help of the nonpartisan FDR Group (see here), a respected survey research firm led by veteran public opinion analysts Steve Farkas and Ann Duffett. The result is Checked Out: Ohioans' Views on Education 2009. This is the third such survey that we at Fordham have undertaken since 2005 on education issues in the Buckeye State. This makes it possible to track some key trends in public opinion over time.
Fwd: How Are Dayton's Charter Schools Doing?
Terry RyanThe second edition of Fwd: Arresting Insights in Education summarizes Ohio state report card data for Dayton's district and charter public schools. Despite some recent gains, the phrase academic emergency continues to characterize the majority of Dayton's public schools. Also, youngsters in Dayton's charter schools outperformed their district peers on the 4th and 6th grade proficiency tests -- a finding that flies in the face of recent assertions that charter school students are learning less.
CRPE's Robin Lake on "Better Choices"
Robin J. LakeRobin Lake looks at the lessons from the Fordham and CEE-Trust policy brief.
Chris Cerf takes on education governance
View the video from NJ acting Commissioner of Education Chris Cerf's lunchtime keynote address at the Fordham-CAP "Rethinking Education Governance" conference.
Taking a hard look at local control
Watch the video from the second session of the December 1, 2011 Fordham-CAP "Rethinking Education Governance" conference.
Charter incubation as a strategy for improving the charter school sector
Terry RyanFordham's Terry Ryan and CEE-Trust's Ethan Gray explain the potential of the charter incubation model and the characteristics of incubators.
Lackluster NAEP results from Cleveland show that reforms aren't working (yet)
Bianca SperanzaThis morning the NAEP Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) results for Mathematics and Reading were released. The TUDA results look specifically at 21 large urban school districts that volunteered to have their NAEP scores reported separately (three of which participated for the first time; see the complete rundown of cities here).