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Gadfly Bites 7/16/21—It will be different
Officials with Akron City Schools tell the ABJ that they “learned a lot about online learning since March 2020”.
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Poolside potpourri: Ohio’s AP opportunity gaps, a new charter ranking, and fresh national data
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
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Gadfly Bites 7/14/21—Fair(ly confusing) School Funding Plan
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.
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Charter Schools
Thanks to state policymakers, charter schools can now open anywhere in Ohio
After months of debate, the state budget was signed into law by Governor DeWine
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 7/12/21—Easy peasy
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
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Curriculum & Instruction
Gadfly Bites 7/9/21—Exponential
Our own Chad Aldis is quoted in this piece from public radio here in Columbus, saying that the new state budget “completely divorced” school report cards from vouche
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 7/7/21—False choices
Fordham’s data guru Aaron Churchill was quoted in this piece looking at the changes ahead for school and district report cards
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School Finance
Ohio’s budget bill makes major changes to K–12 education policy
On July 1, Governor DeWine signed House Bill 110, the state’s operating budget for fiscal years 2022–23.
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Personalized Learning
How Ohio lawmakers made expanding educational access a top priority in this year’s budget
Late Monday, members of the House and Senate made their final tweaks to the state budget and then sent it off to Governor DeWine.
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Gadfly Bites 7/2/21—Jumping
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.
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Accountability & Testing
A new day for Ohio’s school report cards
After several years of debate, Ohio lawmakers recently passed a much-needed revamp of the state’s school report card.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 6/30/21—“We should have known…”
In case you missed it, the state budget bill passed out of the legislature very late in the day on Monday.
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School Finance
Fordham Institute statement on passage of biennium budget (House Bill 110)
Today, the Ohio Senate and House, each with broad bipartisan support, approved the report of the budget conference committee and sent HB 110 (the biennium state budget) to Governor DeWine for his approval.
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Career & Technical Education
A closer look at stackable credential pipelines in Ohio
The U.S. Department of Labor defines stackable credentials as a “sequence of credentials that can be accumulated over time.” Research indicates that they can lead to higher-paying jobs for students and improve talent pipelines for employers. Over the last few years, Ohio has become a national leader in developing stackable credential pipelines.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 6/28/21—When the stars collide
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.
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 6.25.21
As we await final decisions from the General Assembly on important matters of school funding, report cards, vouchers, and more here in Ohio, we have a bumper crop of charter news from around the country that’s holding our attention.<
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Gadfly Bites 6/25/21—A bumper crop of irony six years in the making
Fordham-provided stats are referenced in the piece on the status of a school funding revamp currently included in the state budget bill.
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Accountability & Testing
Fordham Institute media statement on passage of school report card reform
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.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 6/23/21—Bristles
It is truly an unusual situation when the good folks at Gongwer use an evocative, emotional word like “bristle” in a headline. Must mean it’s budget season and some folks don’t like what they’re seeing in the tea leaves.
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Accountability & Testing
Testimony provided to the Ohio Senate Education Committee on HB 82—6/23/21
NOTE: On June 23, 2021, the Ohio Senate’s Primary and Secondary Education Committee heard testimony on Substitute House Bill 82 which would, among other things, ma
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School Finance
Six ideas that conferees should include in the final budget bill
It’s been a busy budget season filled with heated debates over how to revise Ohio’s school-funding formula, testing and
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 6/21/21—The good old summer time
Lots of folks worried about a decline in student enrollment last year and what it might mean for the future. Oh. Sorry.
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Gadfly Bites 6/18/21—“They’re back on their own…”
On Wednesday, we covered some sobering data about economic segregation in Ohio’s education system, including interdistrict open enrollment.
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School Finance
A primer on the Ohio Senate’s school funding plan
Over the past few years, school-funding policy has been at the forefront of Ohio’s education debates.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 6/16/21—“It’s a tuba thang, shorty.”
Fordham’s Aaron Churchill is one among several of the advocates quoted in this piece applauding the school choice-friendly aspects of the Senate’s budget bill. Naturally.
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School Finance
The Senate’s enrichment ESA proposal could help Ohio eliminate opportunity gaps
Earlier this year, Governor DeWine requested that all public schools create and publish plans to address student learning loss caused by the pandemic.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 6/14/21—The future might be now
A blog by Fordham’s Jessica Poiner is quoted in this piece, looking at the state budget bill’s provisions to expand computer science education.
