Gadfly Bites 5/20/20 – Public utility
While the sample is small and unrepresentative, the details on student engagement with distance learning in Northeast Ohio
While the sample is small and unrepresentative, the details on student engagement with distance learning in Northeast Ohio
Editor’s 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.
Celebrating National Charter Schools Week
We’ll start today’s clips with old legal news.
In this difficult time, I’m sure you’ll agree that we have to take whatever sunshine we can get.
Folks across the state are interested in the topic of how best to issue grades for K-12 students participating in remote learning in the final quarter of the school year
Editor’s 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.
One of the tougher accountability nuts to crack is how to gauge educational quality in early elementary grades. Federal education law does not require state exams until third grade, and states choose not to administer end-of-year assessments in grades K–2.
We start the week with our own Aaron Churchill’s latest op-ed. Title: “Even in a crisis, students must earn their diplomas”. Wonder how that’s going to go over? (Vindy.com, 5/3/20)
As we have discussed several times so far, there are certain things that even the Mighty ‘Rona can’t stop.
When Governor DeWine announced that Ohio schools would remain closed for the rest of the 2019–20 school year, many students and parents immediately began to wonder what school will look like in the fall. Given the unpredictably of COVID-19, it’s impossible to know.
We’ll start today with what should probably be news from the “no duh” department: the so-called “online gaming”
As part of the gargantuan aid package recently passed by Congress, Ohio will soon receive $105 million through the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund.
Editor’s 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.
In the face of a public health crisis, Ohioans have risen to the occasion. While images of heroic deeds by health care workers and grocery store employees come immediately to mind, there’s no shortage of positive stories from the education community as well.
At the start of week six of school building closures in Ohio, Cincinnati City Schools is here said to be “muddling through” whatever it is they have been doing.
EDITOR'S NOTE: On April 20, 2020, Governor DeWine ordered that schools should remain closed to in-person learning for the rest of the 2019-20 school year. Thus, the first option presented here has been rendered unfeasible.
These are unprecedented times. COVID-19 has greatly altered or paused much of what we do on a daily basis, including education. Governor DeWine has suspended in-person classes in K–12 schools statewide from March 17 until at least May 1. While most schools are attempting to offer some type of distance learning, it’s decidedly not business as usual.