Coronavirus has made EdChoice debates even more complicated
It’s no secret that Covid-19 has had a massive impact on schools.
It’s no secret that Covid-19 has had a massive impact on schools.
In case you missed it, Fordham released a new report last week that aimed to provide practical recommendations for restarting—and reshaping—educational accountability
The General Assembly passed a sweeping education bill this week aimed at supporting schools—and pr
The good news: a blog post by Fordham’s own Jessica Poiner is quoted in this piece.
After a one-year pause in Ohio's school accountability system, the road back to normalcy is uncertain. Fordham's new policy brief titled Resetting school accountability, from the bottom up offers a clear and concise plan to restart state assessments and school report cards.
As the economy slowly reopens and Ohio returns to something resembling normalcy, it’s a nice opportunity to reflect on what we’ve learned during the pandemic. For me, time itself became very different, both in practice and in concept. The plague rid our daily lives of conventional time constraints—and freed us to use our days differently.
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.
An elected board member in Cambridge City Schools has a three-pronged message for parents looking toward next school year: Don’t do anything hast
As unprecedented as our current times may appear to be, large scale disasters and emergencies such as those provoked by the global spread of COVID-19 are not new.
As schools across Ohio stagger toward the finish line of a bizarre and difficult school year, educators, parents, and state and local leaders are beginning to turn their attention toward the uncertainties of the future.
1. In yesterday’s Very Special Episode of Live from the Crypt, Governor DeWine told us that the state’s goal is “to have kids back in the classroom” in the fall.
Let’s start with unequivocal good news. Here’s a look at the first ever graduating class of KIPP Columbus.
In Lorain, the old supe is finally the new CEO. The circle is complete. I think it’s the ninth.
While the sample is small and unrepresentative, the details on student engagement with distance learning in Northeast Ohio
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
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.