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Charter Schools
Testimony given before the Ohio House Primary and Secondary Education Committee – 1/23/20
NOTE: 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
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/22/20 – Voucher Grouchers 2: Rise of the Have-Nots
Columbus City Schools is apparently hanging on to an eyesore/money pit of an empty, derelict school building.
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School Finance
The Longitudinal Effects of School Improvement Grants
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 marked a massive federal investment in our schools, with more than $100 billion to shore up school systems in the face of the Great Recession. Along with that largesse came two grant programs meant to encourage reform with all of those resources: Race to the Top and School Improvement Grants (SIGs).
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Accountability & Testing
Ohio’s college remediation numbers need more and better context
Against the backdrop of Ohio’s Attainment Goal 2025, the state’s annual report on college remediation rates—the number of first year college students requiring remedial courses before beginning credit bearing work—has taken on a greater
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/17/20 – Voucher Grouchers
Repetitive, soundbite-friendly carping about the EdChoice voucher program continues apace.
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Charter Schools
To get high quality charter funding, Ohio charter schools need to earn it
One of the most talked about education policy proposals during last year’s busy state budget season was the c
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/15/20 – Is it “war” in Bridgeport?
As 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
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Career & Technical Education
Ohio’s untapped potential for postsecondary attainment
It’s early January, which means ‘tis the season to contemplate the previous year and make resolutions for the next.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/13/20 – Refutation
Apparently, the feared “loophole” around additional charter school funding that we discussed last week has been avoided.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/10/20 – Stunning
We start today with some excellent news (IMO, naturally).
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Accountability & Testing
Rural Ohio schools that are beating the odds
In my annual review of Ohio report cards, I concentrate on the performance of public schools located in the state’s major cities, known as the “Big Eight.” The reason is twofold.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/8/20 – Off the table
Our first piece today is yet another look at the EdChoice voucher program from the perspective of a suburban school district leader.
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Charter Schools
Pathway to Success: Columbus Preparatory Academy raises the bar on rigor
With 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.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/6/20 – Bug or feature?
Slim pickings for us among the education news today. But at least this piece includes some quotes from our own Chad Aldis.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/3/20 – The board you deserve or the board you desire
The sitting members of the Youngstown school board are going to, at some point, search for someone to take the place of Barbara Brothers.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/2/20 – The last dregs of 2019
This 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.
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