Gadfly Bites 8/23/21—“A great challenge”
Schools across the Miami Valley areas, including charter and private schools, are finding it even more challenging than usual, they say, in filling
Schools across the Miami Valley areas, including charter and private schools, are finding it even more challenging than usual, they say, in filling
Post-secondary preparation supports are numerous and common in high schools across the country.
Here’s the final look at Columbus City Schools’ summer program this year, including the news that 112 of the 412 seniors in the class of 2021 w
We will top and tail today’s edition of the Bites with two “say what?” clips.
Earlier this summer, Ohio’s state superintendent Paolo DeMaria announced his retirement, effective in September.
The Dispatch is celebrating the first day of school today—for a year that they characteri
Before they can stand in front of a classroom full of students, most prospective teachers have to pass state licensure exams. But how many candidates pass those exams on the first try and how many need multiple attempts? Which schools fare best at readying their students for these exams?
An interesting, if tangential topic to start our Friday: The latest annual report on poverty trends from the Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies notes an ongoing lack of broadband access in some parts of the s
I have to admit I didn’t realize just how venerable (for lack of a better word) those schools-specific public transit routes for Cincinnati City Schools students were—in use for more than 40 years—which explains to my satisfaction why district officials were so incensed when they learned that those r
The vast majority of Ohio teachers are paid according to salary schedules that reward seniority and degrees earned, the result of state l
The new school year is starting up in an increasing number of schools and districts around Ohio.
RedefinED’s Matthew Ladner posits that a number of factors—including an ongoing baby bust, that crazy little thing called ‘rona, and the recent removal of restrictions on where charter schools can locate—will c
I know we’re not supposed to talk about “Covid slide” among kids because there is no such thing.
During summer 2012, Governor Kasich signed House Bill 525, legislation that allowed the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) to implement a city-wide school turnaround plan.
As we noted on Friday, Woodcrest Elementary in Columbus City Schools started the new school year last week.
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
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!
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.
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
Fordham’s data guru Aaron Churchill was quoted in this piece looking at the changes ahead for school and district report cards
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.
In case you missed it, the state budget bill passed out of the legislature very late in the day on Monday.
In case you missed it late in the day on Friday, House Bill 82 passed out of the General Assembly. Among other things, the bill contains a serious revamp of school and district report cards.
Fordham-provided stats are referenced in the piece on the status of a school funding revamp currently included in the state budget bill.
Today, the General Assembly passed House Bill 82, legislation that contains comprehensive reforms to the state’s school report card system. In recent years, education groups (including Fordham) have urged the legislature to make improvements to the report card that would make it fairer to schools and easier for Ohioans to understand.