Gadfly Bites 3/27/19 – Colossal
Jeff MurrayFordham is namechecked in this story taking an Ohio angle on
Tackling Ohio’s toughest education challenges: Create a preschool scholarship for low- to middle-income students
Ohio Education GadflyEditor’s Note: Back in September 2018, awaiting the election of our next governor, we at the Fordham Institute began developing a set of policy proposals that we belie
Gadfly Bites 3/25/19 – Sometimes you’re just wrong
Jeff MurrayFour months ago, Say Yes to Education was a firm “maybe” for expanding to Cleveland.
Gadfly Bites 3/22/19 – Another curious use of the conditional
Jeff MurrayAs befits a school with a long-standing and storied journalism school (hi Kaleigh!), Ohio University—Athens seems to have a wide variety of outlets for pub
Ohio’s alternative graduation routes: The soft bigotry of low expectations rears its ugly head
Aaron Churchill , Jessica PoinerBack in July 2017, the Ohio General Assembly passed legislation permitting students in the class of 2018 to graduate based on weak alternative pathways recommended by
Gadfly Bites 3/20/19 – THIS is what you guys want to protect?
Jeff Murray“Deterioration”? “Goosebumps”? Seriously, you guys?
Policymakers should listen to Ohio’s business community on graduation requirements
Jessica PoinerAt their March meeting, the State Board of Education voted to send its proposal for a new set of high school graduation requirements to the Ohio General Assembly for consideration.
Gadfly Bites 3/18/19 – “Addition by subtraction”
Jeff MurrayAs you may have heard, Governor DeWine released his first biennial budget on
Highlights from Governor DeWine’s K–12 education budget
Aaron ChurchillOn Friday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine released his state budget proposals for fiscal years 2020–21. While we await the detailed policy language that will come when his budget is put into bill form in the General Assembly, his outline doesn’t offer much in the way of surprises.
Fordham Institute media statement on release of Governor DeWine’s budget
Ohio Education GadflyGovernor Mike DeWine unveiled his first biennial budget proposal today, including a number of important recommendations for K-12 education. “The governor’s budget proposal lives up to its billing,” said Chad L. Aldis, Vice President for Ohio Policy and Advocacy at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.
Gadfly Bites 3/15/19 – “The governor must not let the children of Youngstown become pawns in the political games in Columbus”
Jeff MurrayWell well well. Perhaps not everyone in Ohio has lost their minds.
Gadfly Bites 3/13/19 – With Apologies to Eva, or The (Mis)Education of Paolo DeMaria
Jeff MurrayThe
ADCs aren't perfect, but they prove that accountability pressure works
Jessica PoinerIn an article published on March 5, Bill Bush of the Columbus Dispatch wrote that Columbus City Schools plans to target key areas of their state report card where “modest gains
Gadfly Bites 3/11/19 – I guess if your only tool is a multi-user spreadsheet and a raft of Ph.D.s…
Jeff MurrayIn case you missed it last week, the USDOE touted a tax credit program propo
A sobering reality: A look at the districts where the highest percentage of students used alternative pathways to graduate
Jessica PoinerOne of the defining characteristics of Ohio’s graduation debate is a lack of data.
Gadfly Bites 3/8/19 – You have diagnose the right ailment first
Jeff MurrayEditors in Toledo
Four things to look for in Governor DeWine’s education budget
Aaron ChurchillGovernor Mike DeWine is expected to release his biennial budget proposal next week, which will include his plan to fund education.
Gadfly Bites 3/6/19 – How many clips do you really need?
Jeff MurrayJust one clip today, but it feels pretty important somehow.
Fulfilling the Readiness Promise: Twenty-Five Education policy ideas for Ohio
Ohio Education GadflyCreating smart, coherent education policy is painstaking work; there are technical, budgetary, and political challenges at almost every turn. But it is some of the most important work that state leaders can undertake.
Gadfly Bites 3/4/19 – Parallels
Jeff MurrayThis piece about a group of high-performing charter school