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.
TechCred: An overview of Ohio’s promising new credential reimbursement program
Jessica Poiner2019 was a busy legislative year in the Buckeye State.
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
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 1.31.20
Chad L. Aldis, Jeff MurrayHappy National School Choice Week!
Gadfly Bites 1/31/20 – Voucher Grouchers 5: The Neverending Story
Jeff MurrayBefore we get to the actual news you probably came here for, how about a related side trip?
Columbus City Schools should follow the law and sell its unused buildings
Jessica PoinerWith thousands of Columbus students in need of a world-class education, it’s painful to see school district officials impeding the expansion efforts of a top-notch charter network by refusing to offer a vacant facility for sale or lease.
Gadfly Bites 1/27/20 – Voucher Grouchers 3: A lose-lose win-win
Jeff MurrayWe’re back! With lots to talk about. But we’re not going to start where you might expect. Let’s hit some reality first.
Testimony given before the Ohio House Primary and Secondary Education Committee – 1/23/20
Chad L. AldisNOTE: Today, the Primary and Secondary Education Committee of the Ohio House of Representatives is hearing testimony on House Bill 409 which would, among other thing
Gadfly Bites 1/22/20 – Voucher Grouchers 2: Rise of the Have-Nots
Jeff MurrayColumbus City Schools is apparently hanging on to an eyesore/money pit of an empty, derelict school building.
Gadfly Bites 1/17/20 – Voucher Grouchers
Jeff MurrayRepetitive, soundbite-friendly carping about the EdChoice voucher program continues apace.
To get high quality charter funding, Ohio charter schools need to earn it
Jessica PoinerOne of the most talked about education policy proposals during last year’s busy state budget season was the c
Gadfly Bites 1/15/20 – Is it “war” in Bridgeport?
Jeff MurrayAs dedicated Gadfly Bites subscribers will no doubt recall, your humble clips compiler is of the opinion that a) the EdChoice voucher program is not “broken” (it is operating as designed, including a boost in the number of eligible students based on school report cards, which has happened before), an
Ohio’s untapped potential for postsecondary attainment
Jessica PoinerIt’s early January, which means ‘tis the season to contemplate the previous year and make resolutions for the next.
Gadfly Bites 1/13/20 – Refutation
Jeff MurrayApparently, the feared “loophole” around additional charter school funding that we discussed last week has been avoided.
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 1.10.20
Chad L. Aldis, Jeff MurrayTo and through college
Gadfly Bites 1/10/20 – Stunning
Jeff MurrayWe start today with some excellent news (IMO, naturally).
Gadfly Bites 1/8/20 – Off the table
Jeff MurrayOur first piece today is yet another look at the EdChoice voucher program from the perspective of a suburban school district leader.
Pathway to Success: Columbus Preparatory Academy raises the bar on rigor
Lyman MillardWith little fanfare, Columbus Preparatory Academy regularly appears near the top of the charts when it comes to state test scores. In 2018-19, for example, its performance index score ranked twelfth out of 3,225 Ohio public schools.
Gadfly Bites 1/6/20 – Bug or feature?
Jeff MurraySlim pickings for us among the education news today. But at least this piece includes some quotes from our own Chad Aldis.
Gadfly Bites 1/3/20 – The board you deserve or the board you desire
Jeff MurrayThe sitting members of the Youngstown school board are going to, at some point, search for someone to take the place of Barbara Brothers.
Gadfly Bites 1/2/20 – The last dregs of 2019
Jeff MurrayThis is a special Thursday edition of Gadfly Bites, catching up on all the great/horrifying/mystifying (delete as appropriate) clips we missed while we were on break at the end of 2019. Back to regular service for 2020 tomorrow.