To address teacher shortages, Ohio needs better data

Over the last few years, dozens of Ohio school districts have expressed growing concern

What should we make of Ohio’s declining college enrollment rate?

In November, the Ohio Department of Education released the latest college enrollment and college completion rates of Ohio’s high school graduates.

How to turn children into financially-literate adults: Evidence from Brazil

In 2010, a group of researchers from the World Bank and the Central Bank of Brazil began to study the efficacy of a financial education program delivered to high schoolers in Brazil that aimed to help young people make good decisions around saving, borrowing, and credit usage.

It’s time to shine a light on Ohio’s Resident Educator Program

Starting a teaching career is no easy feat. There are students and staff to get to know, curricula to learn, school routines and expectations to get acquainted with, and a host of other challenges. For many novice teachers, the first few years can be overwhelming enough to push them out of the profession entirely.

Could scholarships and loan forgiveness help Ohio diversify the teaching profession?

Research is clear that a more diverse teaching force can improve a wide range of student

Teacher compensation compared to other professions

Sylvia Allegretto and her colleagues at the union-backed Economic Policy Institute (EPI) have been arguing for over eighteen years that teachers are underpaid. Her latest in a long line of reports on the topic was published in August and follows the same methodology as all previous versions.

Post-pandemic patterns indicate too little access to grade-level work

Helping students catch up from more than two years of school-closure-related learning loss will be an impossible task if they do not have regular access to grade-level work in their classrooms.

Checking in on Ohio’s curriculum reform efforts

Unless there’s a political or ideological controversy, curricular decisions in schools and districts rarely make headlines. That’s too bad because these choices are immensely important.

ODE’s budget proposal wisely boosts Ohio’s early literacy efforts

In late August, the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) unveiled its FYs 2024–25 budget priorities to a state board of education committee.

Ohio should help teachers who are buying their own classroom supplies

Thanks to inflation and supply chain issues, back-to-school shopping was an especially tight squeeze for many families this year. But parents aren’t the only ones shouldering the financial burden. Teachers are, too.

About last week’s “emergency” school levies

Last Tuesday, Ohioans finally voted in primaries for state representative and (if applicable) state senator after the traditional spring primary was delayed due to redistricting issues.

Why and how Ohio should tackle teacher wellness

The mental health crisis has been a persistent headline over the last few years, as research and

Three ideas to help Ohio improve early literacy

In late June, the national educational advocacy organization ExcelinEd published a comprehensive early literacy guide for state policymakers.

The special subsidies baked into Ohio’s new funding formula

Politicians are notorious for handing out subsidies for certain projects and sectors

Ohio needs a well-functioning ACE program to address the enrichment gap

There’s a growing body of <

Investing in the teacher workforce

How families adapted to early Covid disruption and remote learning

In the spring of 2020, a group of researchers from the University of California San Diego was engaged in a longitudinal study of changes in young children’s learning experiences during kindergarten and first grade at an anonymous, medium-sized, socioeconomically diverse school district in southern California.

What to expect from Ohio’s federally-funded summer and afterschool programs

Since the start of the pandemic, Ohio schools have received more than $6 billion via three federal relief acts.

Can Ohio clean up its teacher pension mess?

Ohio’s teacher pension system is woefully underfunded, imposes significant costs on teachers and schools, and shortc

Ohio takes a positive step toward statewide high-dosage tutoring

In late March, the Ohio Department of Education announced a grant program aimed at developing and expanding tutoring for K–12 students in the wake of pandemic-caused learning losses.

The romance versus the reality of teacher pensions

Pensions, a promise of guaranteed lifetime income for retirees, have been around since antiquity.

What do teachers know about their retirement benefits?

How many teachers know even the basics about their retirement plan? Too few according to a recent study by Dillon Fuchsman of Saint Louis University and Josh McGee and Gema Zemarro of the University of Arkansas.

One successful formula for teaching young children to read online

Can children learn to read via fully online instruction?

Assessing a standards-aligned physical science curriculum

While not as rapidly embraced as its math and ELA cousins, which have great merit, a new set of science standards has slowly gained traction in a majority of states.

Ohio’s teacher pension mess

Due to massive financial woes, Ohio suspended cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for retired teachers in July 2017.

Benefits and balancing acts: The impact of faith on educational outcomes

A 2018 Pew Research Center study demonstrated the perhaps surprising fact that the United States remains a robustly religious country, indeed the most devout of all the wealthy Western democracies.

Intensive interventions and the third grade reading guarantee

Passed in 2012, Ohio’s third grade reading guarantee aims to ensure that all children have the foundational literacy skills needed for success in middle school and beyond.