Improving Ohio’s measure of English language progress
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Gadfly Bites 2/28/20 – It’s a riddle
Jeff MurrayIn case you missed it, Chad was a panelist at a recent Cleveland event discussing Ohio’s voucher program.
Gadfly Bites 2/26/20 – Dismantling
Jeff MurrayStill in something of a holding (our breath) pattern on EdChoice in Ohio, so let’s talk about some other stuff first. Big news from the world of student wellness funding. Governor DeWine says more money’s coming.
Gadfly Bites 2/24/20 – Flat, dead facts
Jeff MurrayToday’s clips are a side trip inside the universe of the voucher grouchers saga; since many of the grouchers are otherwise occupied and we are in something of a lull. Maybe think of it like the gap between production of Return of the Jedi and Phantom Menace.
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 2.21.20
Chad L. Aldis, Jeff MurrayBlocking out the block grant?
Gadfly Bites 2/21/20 – Voucher Grouchers 12: Blink
Jeff MurrayIn EdChoice news: [Sung to the tune of that Hamilton! song] Here Comes the Governor! (Gongwer Ohio, 2/19/20) Seriously, thou
Gadfly Bites 2/19/20 – Voucher Grouchers 11: The Treadmill of Tedious Temerity
Jeff MurrayThe endless hours of EdChoice testimony continued—including this past Saturday and a nearly 10-hour marathon on Presidents Day.
Here’s what parents think about Ohio’s school report cards
Jessica PoinerFor the past several years, there has been a steady push by traditional education groups in Ohio to weaken state accountability and school report cards in particular.
Gadfly Bites 2/14/20 – Voucher Grouchers 10: Other Shoes
Jeff MurrayUpdating the voucher groucher saga, the other shoe finally dropped earlier this week when the Senate at last refused to concur in the House’s Christmas stocking full of g
Gadfly Bites 2/12/20 – Voucher Grouchers 9: Slogging through Eternity
Jeff MurrayAs sagas go, today’s voucher groucher update feels more like the laggy parts near the middle where the themes are expounded on but not much plot actually happens.
Gadfly Bites 2/10/20 – Lucre
Jeff MurrayWhile we will be talking about Ohio’s EdChoice program today and all the folks working mightily to make changes to it, we’ll take a break from the official Voucher Grouchers saga since things are reasonably quiet on that front for the moment. I guarantee that will change soon enough.
Gadfly Bites 2/7/20 – Voucher Grouchers 8: Christmas in February
Jeff MurrayWhen last we updated the voucher groucher saga, we noted that families and private schools had attempted to take the initiative by suing nearly everyone in state government due to the legislated delay in opening the EdChoice application process.
Gadfly Bites 2/5/20 – Voucher Grouchers 7: It’s About Time
Jeff MurrayAgain due to the publication timeline of Bites, I am lagging behind the biggest news.
Gadfly Bites 2/3/20 – Voucher Grouchers 6: The Fermata
Jeff MurraySo, as you probably know, the General Assembly voted to hose families interested in getting a voucher kowtow to the voucher grouchers rather than enacting some kind of quick fix to something that wasn’t broken or indeed rather than standing pat and letting the voucher program go forward as per