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Charter Schools
New research on Ohio charter quality and policy makes headlines, creating consensus that change is needed
Ohio on the cusp of big changes to charter school law
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Charter Schools
Ohio problems, Ohio solutions
Editor's note: This post originally appeared in a slightly different form at Bellwether Education Partners' Ahead of the Herd blog.
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Charter Schools
Stuck inside of Cleveland with the Buckeye Blues again
Editor's note: This post originally appeared in slightly different form at the Chartering Quality blog.
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Charter Schools
The Road to Redemption: Ten Policy Recommendations for Ohio's Charter School Sector
Fixing Ohio’s charter law is a difficult, but necessary task. Chad L. Aldis and Aaron Churchill
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Charter Schools
The Road to Redemption: Foreword
Setting out the case for ten policy recommendations to improve the quality of Ohio's charter school sector.
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Charter Schools, Governance
The Road to Redemption: Ten Policy Recommendations for Ohio's Charter School Sector
Latest report from Bellwether Education Partners.
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Accountability & Testing, Charter Schools
Charter School Performance in Ohio
Charter schools are quickly becoming a defining feature of Ohio’s public-education landscape, educating over 120,000 children statewide. The “theory of action” behind charters is fairly simple.
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Charter Schools
CREDO issues another reality check for Ohio charters
An important new look at charter school quality in Ohio.
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Accountability & Testing, Charter Schools
2014 Fordham Sponsorship Annual Report
The 2014 Fordham Sponsorship Annual Report is our opportunity to share the Fordham Foundation’s work as the sponsor of eleven schools serving 3,200 students, and our related policy work in Ohio and nationally. We are fortunate as an organization that our policy work benefits our sponsorship efforts; and, that our lessons from sponsorship inform our policy and advocacy strategies.
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Charter Schools
School-choice lessons emerge from two different educational crises
Good school choice practices emerge from a charter school crisis in Indianapolis.
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Accountability & Testing
Why legislators should slow-walk demands to limit Ohio’s state tests
Rushing to find a solution could swing the pendulum too far the other way
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Accountability & Testing
Next-generation teacher evaluations: Are they living up to expectations?
Early results say no. Chad Aldis
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Accountability & Testing
Science and social studies: To test or not to test
Data and policy options for stakeholders in Ohio
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Charter Schools
2014 Charter School Facility Finance Landscape
The ins and outs of financing charter school facilities.
Commentary
Accountability & Testing
Give PARCC a chance
Assessment is the drab side of schooling; but high-quality assessments are crucial.
Commentary
Charter Schools
Breakthroughs in Time, Talent, and Technology: Next Generation Learning Models in Public Charter Schools
Blended learning: electronic babysitting, latest fad or education breakthrough?
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Charter Schools
Exploring the connection between funding and quality in charter schools
Funding and quality in charter schools, views from 50,000 fee down to an individual school.
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Charter Schools
Innovation Ohio and OEA fail to help anyone 'know' anything
Attempt at "transparency" looks more like data spin.
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Standards, Accountability & Testing
A portrait of Ohio at the cusp of a new era
The Buckeye State is at the cusp of an era of new emphasis in K-12 education - the college-and-career-ready era. We look at Ohio's report cards in this new light.
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Accountability & Testing, Curriculum & Instruction
Getting classroom observations right
A new Education Next study has implications for Ohio's OTES teacher evaluation protocols.
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Charter Schools
Calling Ohio’s urban education providers into the future
Andy Smarick came to Columbus to talk about options for urban education in the future...starting now.
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Accountability & Testing
Ohio’s school report cards in the press
Much analysis of Ohio's school report cards has already taken place in the mainstream media.
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Accountability & Testing, Charter Schools
Poised for Progress: Analysis of Ohio's School Report Cards 2013-14
On September 12th, Ohio released school report-card ratings for the 2013-14 school year. This report compiles and analyzes the statewide data, with special attention given to the quality of public schools in the Ohio Big Eight urban areas: Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, and Youngstown (both district and charter school sectors).
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Accountability & Testing
A first-look at student performance on Ohio state exams from 2013-14
A quick first look at the trove of new performance data from around Ohio.
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Standards, Accountability & Testing
Effort to repeal Common Core leaves Ohio school board member “baffled”
Worthington school board member’s testimony in support of Common Core
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Accountability & Testing
The Condition of College & Career Readiness
We take a look at a new report on college and career readiness as measured by ACT test scores.
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Charter Schools
The saga of VLT Academy continues
Supporting parents and students must be uppermost in any discussion of charter school authorization reform in Ohio. So far, their concerns seem to be last in consideration.
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Accountability & Testing
Failing schools, or failing to consider multiple indicators?
Achievement ratings alone don’t tell the whole story of a school.
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Charter Schools
Evaluation of the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program: Participation, Compliance and Test Scores in 2012-13
Do private schools taking "cherry pick" their voucher students?
Commentary
Charter Schools
The saga of - and the lessons from - VLT Academy
The closure of a charter school in Cincinnati shows that Ohio's accountability system can work, but needs some tweaks.