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
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
Gadfly Bites 3/8/19 – You have diagnose the right ailment first
Jeff MurrayEditors in Toledo
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 3.8.19
Chad L. Aldis, Madison YoderCharter school leaders call for more money for charters
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
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 3.1.19
Chad L. Aldis, Madison YoderNew paper on charter school facilities financing sources
Policy Brief: Ohio Community School Governance
Jessica PoinerA thorough overview of Ohio's charter/community school governance framework
Gadfly Bites 2/22/19 – What is the early bird to do if the worm doesn’t show up?
Jeff MurrayEditors in Columbus opined yesterday on at least part of the findings in the latest CREDO study of charter school performance in Ohio.
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 2.22.19
Chad L. Aldis, Madison YoderCREDO releases report on Ohio’s charter school sector
Gadfly Bites 2/20/19 – Some things considered
Jeff MurrayIn case you missed it, researchers
Fordham Institute press release: Ohio charters deliver academic gains for black students
Ohio Education GadflyToday, the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University released a new analysis of Ohio charter school performance.
Charter School Performance in Ohio—2019
Today, approximately 340 public charter schools educate 105,000 Ohio students. Authored by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University, this report contains a rigorous analysis of the state’s charter schools using data from 2013-14 through 2016-17.
CREDO’s latest on Ohio charters: Brick-and-mortar schools deliver strong returns
Aaron ChurchillA brand-new evaluation from the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University offers promising signs that Ohio is on strong footing, especially with its brick-and-mortar charters.
Gadfly Bites 2/18/19 – You are Here
Jeff MurrayAt least one district treasurer in Butler County finds the biennial state budget process “complicated and scary”.
No, Ohio shouldn’t give up on its academic distress commissions
Aaron ChurchillAuthorized in 2005, Academic Distress Commissions (ADCs) are the state’s mechanism for int
Gadfly Bites 2/15/19 – Perhaps deconstruction is the sincerest form of flattery
Jeff MurrayIn case you haven’t been following it (and who can blame you with everything else going on here?), a battle royale has been raging in neighboring West Virg
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 2.15.19
Chad L. Aldis, Madison YoderNational expert praises progress in Ohio charter sector
Ohio charter school performance: On the upswing?
Has the performance of Ohio charters improved in the wake of these important reforms? Or is the sector still struggling to keep pace? Join us at the DoubleTree Suites in Downtown Columbus on Tuesday, February 19 to learn about the results from a brand-new CREDO study that examines Ohio charter performance from 2013-14 through 2016-17.
Ohio’s charter school students need more facilities funding. The state can provide it
Chad L. AldisOhio Gov. Mike DeWine and the new state legislature can score a major win for educational equality and opportunity by providing more funding for public charter school facilities.
Gadfly Bites 2/11/19 – The other shoe
Jeff MurrayThe Path Forward series returns to the pages of Dayton Daily News, chronicling the efforts of Dayton City Schools to avoid state takeover start serv
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 2.8.19
Chad L. Aldis, Madison YoderOhio House Speaker discusses education priorities