Gadfly Bites 5/11/20 – Impending doom?
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
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
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.
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.
Now in its fourth edition and fully updated for 2020, Ohio Education by the Numbers Education is a look at vital statistics about Ohio’s schools and the students they serve. We intend it to be a readily accessible resource that keeps education stats—with cites to original sources—at your fingertips.
The guardians of status quo in education in Ohio are here said to be looking for exemptions to everything – testing, accountability, requirements, etc. Soooooo many exemptions.
With the economy in free fall due to the coronavirus pandemic, schools across the nation are very likely to face significant fiscal challenges.
In case you missed it earlier this week, the Ohio Department of Education released guidance for schools and districts on how to issue coronadiplomas to
On March 27, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act.
On March 25, Ohio lawmakers unanimously passed emergency legislation that covers an array of policies affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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.