Policy Brief
Accountability & Testing, Teachers & School Leaders
Policy Brief: Pathways to Teaching in Ohio
A thorough overview of how teachers are trained and licensed
Commentary
Commentary
Charter Schools
Ohio’s charter school closure law is becoming irrelevant, and that’s a good thing
New reforms should be more effective at closing bad schools
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Commentary
Charter Schools
Past Ohio CSP winners have delivered results, future winners can do the same
A look back at the federal Charter School Program in the Buckeye State
Commentary
Commentary
Charter Schools
Charter leaders making a difference in Columbus
Improving the lives of their students and their city
Commentary
Charter Schools
Choice, Information, and Constrained Options: School Transfers in a Stratified Educational System
Revisiting a 1996 accountability effort in Chicago
Commentary
Charter Schools
Progress and problems: Checking in on the Cleveland Plan
A reality check amid signs of true progress
Commentary
Charter Schools
Text of testimony given before the Ohio Board of Education 9/15/15
Don't lose sight of oversight improvements already made
Commentary
Charter Schools
A solution to Ohio’s course access problem
Governance, funding, and accountability fixes
Commentary
Commentary
Charter Schools
Expansive school choice demands new rules for school sports in Ohio
New structure, new rules
Commentary
Charter Schools
Public policy and nonpublic schools: How the budget bill impacts private schools
Vouchers, graduation requirements, and more
Policy Brief
Accountability & Testing, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders
Policy Brief: The Ohio Teacher Evaluation System
A thorough overview of Ohio's teacher evaluation framework
Commentary
Charter Schools
Seizing the Future: How Ohio’s Career and Technical Education Programs Fuse Academic Rigor and Real-World Experiences to Prepare Students for College and Work
This is not your grandfather's vocational education
Commentary
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Commentary
Charter Schools
ESA Wonkathon recap
Commentary
Charter Schools
2015 Wonkathon: Who was the wisest wonk?
In Fordham’s second annual Wonkathon, fourteen wonks opined on education savings accounts:
Commentary
Charter Schools
Announcing the Fordham Institute’s second annual Wonkathon. This year's topic: Education savings accounts
In 2014, we hosted our first-ever Wonkathon, which was dedicated to the subject of charter school policy.
Report
Governance, Teachers & School Leaders
Getting Out of the Way: Education Flexibility to Boost Innovation and Improvement in Ohio
For the past year, Ohio policymakers have been grappling with the issue of deregulating public schools. But what does deregulation mean--and how should policymakers go about doing it?
Commentary
Charter Schools
Pattern of strengthening charter school oversight continues
A new sheriff on the road to redemption
Commentary
Charter Schools
Common Enrollment, Parents, and School Choice: Early Evidence from Denver and New Orleans
Benefits and areas for improvement in equal measure
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Commentary
Charter Schools
Andy Smarick on fixing Buckeye State charters
Editor's note: On May 6, Fordham contributor Andy Smarick delivered testimony before an Ohio education subcommittee on Senate Bill 148, a critical piece of legislation that would help clean up
Commentary
Charter Schools, Accountability & Testing
Ohio House proposes changes in testing, vouchers, and teacher evaluation
Looking beyond the "big issues" in Ohio's budget bill
Commentary
Charter Schools
Recapping Fordham’s school closures event
Marking our report release and continuing Ohio Education Speakers Series
Commentary
Charter Schools
An Analysis of the Charter School Facility Landscape in California
New report looks at facilities issues faced by charter schools in the Golden State
Commentary
Charter Schools
School choice of the future: A look at Cincinnati high schools
All district high schools in the Queen City are schools of choice