A school for scholars: Q & A with Chad Webb, Village Preparatory charter school
This Q&A with Chad Webb, the head of school for Village Preparatory School-Woodland Hill campus, is the fifth of our seven-part series on school leadership.
This Q&A with Chad Webb, the head of school for Village Preparatory School-Woodland Hill campus, is the fifth of our seven-part series on school leadership.
The AEA decided to lawyer up before Alabama's new tax-credit law even reached the governor’s desk
Sibling rivalry
The proof is in the pudding
Alabama teacher unions and school boards have, for now, defeated what should be the state's first private school choice plan
It is exactly because Common Core is pushing reformers to take classroom-level change more seriously that it has the potential to have such far-reaching impact
Mathematica Policy Research released report about student performance of those who attend KIPP middle schools
Yesterday was the first day of public testimony on Governor Kasich’s budget proposal before the Ohio House Finance Primary and Secondary Education Committee.
With the results from this latest CREDO study, it’s clearer now than ever that lawmakers should lift the state's cap on charters
With just a few hours left before automatic, across-the-board federal budget cuts take effect, the odds seem slim that Congress will pull a rabbit out of this hat.
Even charter opponents agree: There’s no explaining away these results
When then-Governor Ted Strickland issued his Evidence-Based Model (EBM) of school funding reform in 2009 we engaged Professor Paul Hill to provide an analysis of the proposals. We couldn’t think of anyone better to do the work than Professor Hill. His credentials are impeccable.
Student mobility is an ongoing cycle within Ohio school districts
A deeper reading of Campbell's Law reveals a nuanced and constructive message on measuring progress
Comments about Mayor Coleman's State of the City address
In a futile effort to counter the influence of test-preparation companies, New York City’s education department changed part of the test it administers to four-year-olds to determine whether or not they are
A short review of a study conducted by Education First and Editorial Projects in Education, Inc. that examines the Common Core and states' progress with implementation. How does Ohio fare?
A glimpse into competition among schools and performance ratings
This Q&A with Hannah Powell Tuney, the executive director of KIPP: Central Ohio, is the third of our seven-part series on school leadership.
Ohio's charter schools have an excellent model in place for regular enrollment checks and this model should be followed by public school districts.
Unfortunately, this event has been canceled.
We’ve made the necessary oblations to Common Core, and now it’s time to get serious about the seriousness of implementation
The senator, immediately after his Republican response to the president's State of the Union address, released a far-reaching federal school-choice plan
State policy environments continue to improve
Big impacts, big financial returns
Joint efforts between city, district, and charter leaders are good if they lead to more and better options for all students, but some key city officials sound more like they’re trying to put a brake on the charter momentum
The point of the “One Million Lives” campaign is to create the conditions that allow a million kids a seat in at least 3,000 high-performing schools
What does the CCSS text-complexity guidance means for curriculum, instruction, and standards implementation?
Key findings for Ohio based on Fordham report School Choice Regulations: Red Tape or Red Herring