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Charter Schools
What history can teach our school choice debates today
It's worth looking back at the bipartisan roots of the school choice movement.
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Curriculum & Instruction
An Apple on every desk?
Why iPads won't replace textbooks in every classroom anytime soon.
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Funding the future of K-12 education in Ohio
Have the state and local school districts promised more than they can deliver? Has education really adjusted itself to the “new normal,” or have we been buying time and hoping for new money to bail out schools, money that isn’t likely to show up?
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In-school credit union branches helping youngsters learn to manage money
An innovative partnership to teach money-management skills to students launched this month between a southern Ohio school district and a local credit union.
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Charter Schools
Ohio’s “unique” approach to charter-district collaboration
Ohio is unique in its ability to turn the best of charter school theory and practice on its head. The most recent example comes from an Ohio school district that set up a charter school to offload test scores of low-performing students while making money for the district.
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Ohio’s ed system ranked 10th nationally, still merits just a C+
Ohio has gotten a lot of feedback on its education system in the past few weeks. On January 12, Education Week released the national report card Quality Counts 2012: The Global Challenge –Education in a Competitive World.
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Curriculum & Instruction
Adoption was the easy part: Gauging Common Core implementation progress across the country
When the Common Core academic content standards were first introduced, most observers thought at best ten or 12 state would adopt them, and few thought it possible they’d be adopted by all but a handful of statesHow is Ohio doing when it comes to preparing for the full implementation of the Common Core standards by 2014?
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The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood
Into the contentious debate over teacher effectiveness and value-added metrics (VAM) comes this important, timely, and supersized analysis, conducted by a trio of respected economists with the NBER, showing that the impact of good teachers follows their students into adulthood
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Charter Schools
The State of Charter Schools: What We Know – and What We Do Not – About Performance and Accountability
Since the first charter school opened its doors in Minnesota in 1991, over 6,700 charter schools have set up shop in 40 states and DC. Unfortunately, not all of these schools have been successful and a number of them have since closed.
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Charter Schools, Curriculum & Instruction
Raising Job Quality and Skills for American Workers: Creating More-Effective Education and Workforce Development Systems in the States
The U.S. economy has shed more than eight million jobs since 2008, and has created only two million new jobs in that same period of time, resulting in not only a high number of unemployed people, but also a high number of job vacancies.
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Three Columbus events mark first-ever Digital Learning Day (February 1)
Next Wednesday, February 1, is the first-ever Digital Learning Day. This national effort is designed to celebrate educational practices that make learning more personalized and engaging for students and to explore educational policies to support innovative models of teaching and learning.
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EVENT: Embracing the Common Core: Helping Students Thrive (February 15)
On February 15, the Thomas B.
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Event: The Future of Math Education in Ohio (February 21)
High-quality math education has never been more important for our students. Join an expert discussion about the future of math instruction and learning in the Buckeye State.
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OAPCS debuts 2012 Ohio Charter Law Guidebook
The Ohio Alliance for Public Charter Schools has released a nifty guide intended to serve as a tool for the many non-attorneys who must navigate the state’s community school laws. The guide puts complex legal language into a simpler format and provides helpful links directly into the Ohio Revised Code and other resources.
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Becoming tech-savvy
Google has attempted to bring online educational videos safely into the classroom by creating a Youtube site that is dedicated to all levels of education, from help in K-12 classes to full university courses to lifelong learning videos.
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Governor Kasich should follow Governor Scott’s school-funding lead
Governor John Kasich’s decision to take his second State of the State address on the road has been big news in Ohio. Kasich and legislative Republicans delivered some sizeable reforms in the state’s biennial budget last June. But there is much left to be done. The most pressing issue facing the state is putting in place a proper school funding plan.
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Curriculum & Instruction
Some classroom practices should be refined, not abandoned
When done correctly, data-driven instruction and lessons organized around clearly-defined aims are critical parts of improving student performance.
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“An Open Letter to Urban Superintendents in the United States of America” – A short response
Is it time for urban school superintendents to move from being Reformers to Relinquishers? Yes, is the compelling case that Neerav Kingsland,chief strategy officer for New Schools for New Orleans makes.
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Education reform comes home: the state of the states
'Twas the day before the State of the Union, and all through the House, not an educator was stirring, not even a teacher union louse…
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Curriculum & Instruction
States on common core implementation: Act now! (Align later.)
It's nice to see that states have plans for Common Core implementation--let's just hope they're good plans.
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The rule of law for thee but not for me
Guest blogger Joshua Dunn writes that a Colorado judge blatantly breached her constitutional duty in ruling that the state is underfunding education by more than $2 billion a year.
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Are funding troubles brewing in Ohio?
In case you missed it, Terry Ryan wrote a great post yesterday on the potential implications of Ohio's funding crisis for education in the state:
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Ohio’s “unique” approach to charter-district collaboration
Ohio is unique in its ability to turn the best of charter school theory and practice on its head.
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Ohio's education system ranked 10th in nation, but still earns just a C+
Ohio has gotten a lot of feedback on our education system in the past few weeks. On January 12, Education Week released the national report card Quality Counts 2012: The Global Challenge –Education in a Competitive World.
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Union members have a right…to their paychecks
Chris explains why paycheck protection should be at the top of education reformers' agendas.
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Curriculum & Instruction
Should schools turn children into activists? And should Uncle Sam help?
Thinking twice about “action civics” education
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Curriculum & Instruction
Evolution is to climate change as…
Walking the line between science and politics
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Charter Schools
Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts
Updated, but still without names
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iPads, Indiana, and the dangers of indiscriminate praise
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg showed some serious moxie in last week’s State of the City address, taking on the United Federation of Teachers directly by proposing an ambitious merit-pay system and drastic personnel changes at failing schools.