Gadfly Bites 7/29/20 – Robust disaster
We start today with what could likely end up being News of the Moot.
We start today with what could likely end up being News of the Moot.
In the discussion of whether and how to reopen schools in the fall, the spotlight falls (sort of) on private schools in central Ohio.
Assessing parent satisfaction with distance learning
We’ll start today with some unequivocal good news.
We continue our theme of low-quality clips this week.
Not much in the way of clips today.
In case you missed it, there was a meeting of the state board of education earlier this week.
Researching recent history
We start today with a Fordham cite—always fun.
It’s no secret that the national debate about reopening schools has been heating up.
Officials at Cleveland Metropolitan School District and the Say Yes to Education program in the city sound very
School reopening resources
State Senator Peggy Lehner took a visit to the I Promise School in Akron (pre-pandemic, I’m guessing), and the experi
The Dispatch took a gander at which educational institutions—including K-12 schools—in central Ohio were ap
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Enacted in 2012, Ohio’s (well-named) Third Grade Reading Guarantee aims to ensure that children can read proficiently by the end of third grad
In case you missed it over the long holiday weekend, Governor DeWine issued some preliminary guidelines for schools to reopen in the fall.
Thomas Sowell—writer, economist, social theorist, and currently a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution—is having a moment at age 90. He has long been a champion of high-quality education as a source of power for Black youth.
When districts announce school transportation changes during the early days of summer break, they usually don’t cause a lot of consternation. It’s understandable that administrators would use the lazy days of summer to make scheduling adjustments and such.
We noted last week that Columbus City Schools hired its first ever chief equity officer.
With the announcement last week that Dayton City Schools would offer a fully online learning option
Veteran teacher and administrator Dave Taylor will take over as superintendent of Dayton Early College Academy s
Interdistrict open enrollment is the biggest school-choice program that practically nobody ever mentions, perhaps because it’s less conspicuous and more socially acceptable than its cousins, private school vouchers and public charter schools.
Quick: What was the subject of the universally-reviled HB 70 out of the 131st General Assembly? Buzzzzz. It was NOT Academic Distress Commissions, but thanks for playing! It was a bill allowing school districts to create community learning centers.
A group of Horizon Science Academy schools across Ohio are suing the state over what they reckon to
In late March, state lawmakers gave local schools emergency authority to determine whether students in the class of 2020 satisfied graduation requirements.