Gadfly Bites 7/30/21—The new school year is upon some of us already
In case you missed it, the Ohio Department of Health this week released its Covid guidance for K-12 schools for the new school year
In case you missed it, the Ohio Department of Health this week released its Covid guidance for K-12 schools for the new school year
Ohio’s Covid guidance for fall
We’re back after a week’s vacation. Let’s get caught up!
Bites will be on vacation for the next week. Back on Wednesday, July 28, with what I hope will be a more scintillating edition than this one. To wit…
Only two clips for today, and both of them are military-focused. How nice!
Federal education funding
Officials with Akron City Schools tell the ABJ that they “learned a lot about online learning since March 2020”.
With the state budget bill on the books, most loyal Gadfly readers have more time to kick back and read something other than legislation. Here’s a synopsis of a few recent reports that caught my eye. Ohio has one of the nation’s largest AP opportunity gaps
As we have noted in these Bites since the passage of the state budget bill, the cold light of day is a strong antidote to formerly red hot rhetoric. It also seems to induce some caveat emptor vibes as well.
After months of debate, the state budget was signed into law by Governor DeWine
The powers that be in Youngstown City Schools—all of them—seem to be looking forward to the day that local control will be fully re-established in the distri
More on the state budget
Fordham’s data guru Aaron Churchill was quoted in this piece looking at the changes ahead for school and district report cards
Ohio’s new biennial budget
Following on from our theme on Wednesday, perhaps it’s not just the amount of time one takes to absorb new information that matters in terms of response. Perhaps it is natural inclination as well.
After several years of debate, Ohio lawmakers recently passed a much-needed revamp of the state’s school report card.