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Trying not to trip over the changes afoot
North Carolina’s new budget, passed late Wednesday night and headed to Governor McCrory, has carved out dollars for a voucher program for low-income students
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Charter Schools
12 years; 12 lessons
After twelve years with the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Terry Ryan will be leaving the organization and the Buckeye state.
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Testimony to the Arkansas House and Senate Interim Committees on Education
Arkansas: Don't give up on the Common Core!
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A dose of reality: education professionals show the way in discussion of the Common Core
State Representative Gerald Stebelton and the Pickerington Chamber of Commerce convened an education summit this morning at Ohio University’s Pickerington Center
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Charter Schools
A charter incubator goes to the capital
For a state in which charter school performance has outpaced student gains at traditional public schools, Tennessee should have a better charter law
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Has SIG improved school performance in Ohio?
Has the U.S. government’s $3.5 billion School Improvement Grant (SIG) program delivered as promised? The data from Ohio indicates that the answer is no—but with a glaring exception.
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Charter Schools
Sunshine and school vouchers: How Louisiana gets it right
With the exception of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship, no other school-voucher program has endured so many growing pains as the Louisiana voucher program
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Charter Schools
Funding an expansion of pre-K in Columbus
The provision allocates 1 mil or approximately $42.5 million over 5 years to pre-K programs.
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Implementation, Implementation, Assessment, Assessment
Despite the tireless efforts of Common Core opponents and their acolytes and funders, few states that initially pledged their troth to these rigorous new standards for English and math are in divorce mode
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S-U-M-M-E-R spells research
StudentsFirst has made a thoughtful contribution to the burgeoning literature on school governance with its new policy brief Change the Leadership, Change the Rules: Improving Schools and Districts through Mayoral and State Governance.
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Common Ground: Chad Webb
The first entry of our Common Core series features a discussion with Chad Webb from Village Preparatory Academy::Woodland Hills Campus.
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Charter Schools
Governor Kasich signs Columbus education reform bill
A new era dawned today for Columbus’ public education system.
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Be all you can be and become a board member
A strong business acumen is needed for charter school board members.
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Charter Schools
A study in bad charter school governance
It’s time to talk more about how multi-school networks are governed
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Curriculum & Instruction
Early College, Early Success: Early College High School Initiative Impact Study
The power of high expectations
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Ohio Board of Education balances collecting data and protecting privacy
Ohio’s State Board of Education made student privacy a priority in yesterday’s education data hearing.
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Curriculum & Instruction
Skewering a widely circulated Common Core myth
There are scads of misinformation being tossed about when it comes to the Common Core Academic Standards.
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Charter Schools
Review – Remedial Education: Federal Education Policy
The global competitiveness of the U.S. education system continues to drive much of the school reform dialogue.
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Charter Schools
Cherishing choice in Ohio
Ohio governor John Kasich's guest post celebrates the state’s newest school-choice initiative, the Income-Based Scholarship Program
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Charter Schools
Mayoral sponsorship: How Columbus is dealing with a growing charter sector
A recent press release from the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools estimated that 920,007 students are currently on a waitlist to attend charter schools, a jump from the previous year’s 610,000.
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Navigating around icebergs in the sea of charter school finance
Charter school authorizers in Ohio must review the school financials of all authorized schools monthly. But too often authorizers either don’t do this or they do not do it well.
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The freedom to choose a quality education is a right worth celebrating
A guest column on school choice by Governor Kasich, which highlights some achievements in the recently signed state budget.