Gadfly Bites 4/1/20 – Reckoning?
On Monday it was announced that Ohio schools will remain closed until at least April 30.
On Monday it was announced that Ohio schools will remain closed until at least April 30.
On March 22, Governor DeWine issued a stay at home order for Ohioans.
As all my dedicated, now-working-at-home subscribers will recall, the voucher grouchers saga began last fall with the release of the most recent list of EdChoice-eligible schools.
While every public school and district in the state is required to have a school safety plan on file, these are not generally public knowledge, much to the chagrin of some reporters.
The Knowledge is Power Program, or KIPP, is the nation’s largest charter school network. It currently operates 240 schools that serve more than 100,000 students, the vast majority of whom are low-income students of color.
We’ll start today with a bit of grim humor. (Seriously, what else did you expect from me?) How can we be sure that the current situation is an emergency?
Guidance issued for Ohio schools during closure
In case you may have missed it somehow, Governor DeWine told the whole world over the weekend that Ohio’s school year may already be over.
Ohio, like many other states, has made college and career readiness a major priority.
DeWine closes DeSchools
School’s out. What? Y’all expected me to clip that for you? Not a chance.
Sorry to miss out on a Monday edition, but now we’re back with lots to catch up on.
Start with the big picture
It’s one of those days where the clips don’t seem to want to cohere into a story of their own, so how about the story of same news, different day? With a side order of “perhaps Murray’s been doing this too long”.
Last week, I wrote a piece about Pathways, a statewide program in Delaware that offers students the opportunity to complete a progra
In December, a workgroup established by the State Board of Education released a number of
As previously threatened, state supe Paolo DeMaria created Ohio’s “working definition for competency” (that’s definitely code for something) by setting the new graduation
Another day, another charter school story that’s so good they didn’t have room to fit the words “charter school” in the printed story.
In the last few years, a significant number of states have set attainment goals in an attempt to increase the number of adults with a postsecondary certificate, credential, or degree.
Reinforcing the importance of the CSP
In case you missed it, Chad was a panelist at a recent Cleveland event discussing Ohio’s voucher program.
Still 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.
Today’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.
Blocking out the block grant?
In EdChoice news: [Sung to the tune of that Hamilton! song] Here Comes the Governor! (Gongwer Ohio, 2/19/20) Seriously, thou
The endless hours of EdChoice testimony continued—including this past Saturday and a nearly 10-hour marathon on Presidents Day.