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In Ohio’s great graduation debate, we at Fordham have
In Ohio’s great graduation debate, we at Fordham have
As noted in the Bites on Friday,
The 2017-18 school year saw our sponsorship portfolio grow from 4,100 students in 2016-17 to 4,800 students across five Ohio cities: Dayton, Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Portsmouth. We're also honored to have been recognized by the National Association for Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) as part of NACSA's Quality Practice Project.
Editor’s Note: As Ohioans await the start of the new governor’s
Albert Einstein Academy: Making a difference for bullied students
How many times have I started a clips rundown with this sentence in the last 18 months?
Fordham’s latest annua
Since 2005, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute has published annual analyses of Ohio’s state report card data, focusing on district and charter schools in Ohio’s Big Eight urban areas: Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, and Youngstown.
We have discussed the Move to PROSPER initiative here before.
Editor’s Note: As Ohioans await the start of the new governor’s term in January, and as state leaders look to build upon past education successes, we at the Fordham Institute are developing a set of policy proposals that we believe can lead t
Extending the New Markets Tax Credit
Saying that right sizing schools and saving money is a “distraction” from trying to stave off a “state takeover”,
Earlier this week, Republican candidate and current Attorney General Mike DeWine won the Ohio gubernatorial election by 4.2 percentage points over Democratic challenger Richard Cordray.
As all my loyal Gadfly Bites subscribers know (love to all six of you!), your humble clips compiler loathes politics.
Across the nation, urban public charter schools are posting impressive student achievement gains.
In case you didn’t know it, the brilliance of Fordham’s Chad Aldis knows no bounds. Earlier this week, he was in Indianapolis to give expert testimony regarding online schools to the Indiana Board of Education. Aldis unleashed!
A few weeks ago, officials at ACT released a report that breaks down the ACT test results of the 2018 graduating class.
Editor’s Note: As Ohioans prepare to elect a new governor this November, and as state leaders look to build upon past education successes, we at the Fordham Institute are developing a set of policy proposals that we believe can lead to increa
Not much in the way of education news in recent days. Wonder what else reporters are talking about?
Ohio’s news outlets have covered the debate over graduation requirements as if it were a burning problem that policymakers need to urgently “fix.” For instance, the local NPR affiliate headlined an article, “Ohio education panel still crafting long-term fix on graduation stan
On June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to prohibit public-employee labor unions from collecting “agency” or “fair share” fees, overturning a 41-year-old precedent. At the time, the ruling in the case of Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Council 31, was thought to have broad implications for education.
Not much to report today in proper education news, but most of what we have is decently good news. So there’s that.
KIPP Columbus hosts naturalization ceremony
It’s no secret that school attendance is a significant factor in student achievement. In elementary school, truancy can contribute to weaker math and reading skills that persist into later grades.
Although 90 percent of American parents believe their children are performing at or above grade level; in reality two-thirds of U.S. teenagers are ill-prepared for college when they leave high school. A major reason for this enormous disconnect is grade inflation.
Editor’s Note: As Ohioans prepare to elect a new governor this November, and as state leaders look to build upon past education successes, we at the Fordham Institute are developing a set of policy proposals that we believe can lead to increa
Martin Luther King III visits KIPP Columbus