Gadfly Bites 8/5/19 – Winners, losers, and what comes next
Fordham’s Aaron Churchill is quoted and blogs from Jessica Poiner are linked in this
Fordham’s Aaron Churchill is quoted and blogs from Jessica Poiner are linked in this
NOTE: The Thomas B. Fordham Institute occasionally publishes guest commentaries on its blogs. The views expressed by guest authors do not necessarily reflect those of Fordham.
As with most education issues, the research on private school choice is a mixed bag. Some studies indicate positive effects, while others suggest neutral or negative effects. What the vast majority of studies have in common is a focus on short-term outcomes—mostly student test scores.
Separate, underfunded, wrongly-maligned
In the coming weeks, I’ll be working on a blog series that digs into Ohio’s school funding system.
Last fall, Fordham began releasing a series of education reform proposals for policymakers to consider in the budget cycle.
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.
NOTE: The Thomas B. Fordham Institute occasionally publishes guest commentaries. Their views do not necessarily reflect those of Fordham.
Before we get into budget stuff, there are a couple of other items to talk about.
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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.
NOTE: The Thomas B. Fordham Institute occasionally publishes guest commentaries. Their views do not necessarily reflect those of Fordham.
The little-understood role of charter sponsors
Spectrum News 1 visited our conference room a while back to ask Chad
For many Ohio students, taking college entrance exams is a key milestone on the path from high school to college. Yet countless thousands have foregone these exams, effectively slamming the door on their opportunity to attend four-year colleges and universities.
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
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