Gadfly Bites 7/29/19 – What’s next? “Board Members on Buses”?
We talked last week about the recent meetings of the elected school boards in Youngstown and Lorain.
We talked last week about the recent meetings of the elected school boards in Youngstown and Lorain.
Charter schools in Ohio, post-budget
For many years, first-rate charter networks looked at Ohio and immediately “swiped left.” Sadly, the state’s charter sector had a well-earned reputation for mediocre performance, was too often mired in
As my loyal Gadfly Bites subscribers know very well (love to all five of you!), your humble clips compiler loves to unearth obscure stories from odd outlet
We’re still in Post-Budget Land around here, based on the available material for clips today.
In case you missed it, Ohio has a
About a month ago, I took a look at four of the most significant education policies that were set to be debated in conference committee.
Governor Mike DeWine is expected to sign the state budget bill, House Bill 166, into law today. HB 166 is chock full of education provisions that extend far beyond the dollars and cents of funding allocations.
Before we get into budget stuff, there are a couple of other items to talk about.
Chad trekked over to the Spectrum News offices last week to
Ohio has been locked in the jaws of a busy budget season for months. There’s been no shortage of debate on a variety of education policies, including graduation requirements, academic distress commissions, and school choice.
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The little-understood role of charter sponsors
Spectrum News 1 visited our conference room a while back to ask Chad
The ECOT boogeyman looms large in this piece, rehashing the whole story from what is meant to be a brand new perspective.
School districts in Ohio have been dealing with the scourge of grade inflation—blamed largely on dual enrollment in college courses—by doing away with the
Let’s take it from the top
From the What Did You Expect Department: A
Late last week, Governor DeWine announced two
Following on with our theme from yesterday, little birdies in the Statehouse are apparently suggesting that changes to the state’s intervention efforts int
Real estate agents to the rescue?
While our clips have in the last several weeks focused heavily on the state budget process, it is only now at the end where the plaintive cries of “But Ohi
Happy Monday! We start today with the topic of charter school funding.
Our title today is a little misleading.
Charter school funding in the biennial budget
A blog post by our own Jessica Poiner is cited in this announcemen
Settlement reached with former ECOT sponsor