At the onset of the 2010-11 school year, 39 new charter schools opened their doors in the Buckeye State. These new schools bring the total number of charters in Ohio to just over 350.?? They collectively serve more than 100,000 students.
The following is a guest post from Peggy Lehner, Ohio State Senator for the 6th District, on why Ohio should be considered the reformiest state at our Ed Reform Idol event next week.
Lower taxes + Increased school spending = Balanced budget?
The skinny? Yes, charters are cream-skimming
Guess who pulled in the largest purse? Hint: Their initials are TFA
To what extent have Ohio's leaders met the challenges and opportunities before them in K-12 education? What needs to happen next?
Fordham's new paper authored by Rick Hess on ???Creating Healthy Policy for Digital Learning??? is critically important for those of us on the ground working as school administrators, school leaders, charter school authorizers and education policy makers.
You've probably heard that NCTQ president Kate Walsh and new Tennessee Commissioner of Education Kevin Huffman testified in Congress this week on issues related to teacher quality.
I had the good fortune to start my day at the Omega Baptist Church in Dayton with a group of young scholars and their 20-something mentors who were leading Harambee. Harambee means ???pull together??? in Swahili.
The proficiency illusion remains
Useful report, useless program
Ohio lawmakers have introduced a bill aimed at stemming Ohio's brain drain and keeping college graduates in the state after they earn their degrees.
Ohio's biennial budget put some significant education policy changes into effect this month, many of which we're still sifting through.
With Ohio's biennial budget (HB 153) now in effect, we're still wrapping our brains around all of the implications of various provisions (recall that there were several hundred pages of education policy changes in the legislation).
As Jamie previously mentioned, with Ohio's budget (HB 153) now in effect Fordham is busy dissecting all the different provisions and what they mean for Ohio's students.
Poor and minority students are learning more. Is it worth it?
